Tom Holland Addresses Spider-Man's Symbiote Rumors In Avengers: Secret Wars

Published Jul 30, 2026, 11:28 AM EDT Andy Behbakht has worked as an entertainment journalist since 2010, covering all the latest in Hollywood on both the big and small screens, from staying on top of the biggest breaking news, analyzing movies and television shows in Hollywood, to in-depth interviews with actors and storytellers. Andy's career includes having worked for publications such as FanSided, KSiteTV, TV Fanatic, It's Just Movies, Heroic Hollywood, TV Overmind, and more. Outside of his career as an established reporter, Andy is the host and producer of The Showrunner Whisperer, The Flash Podcast, the editor-in-chief of Multiverse of Color, and the network director of DC TV Podcasts. Sign in to your ScreenRant account This article covers a developing story. Continue to check back with us as we will be adding more information as it becomes available.Rumors continue to follow the Marvel Cinematic Universe and its many projects. The MCU timeline is about to bring one of its most popular heroes back to the franchise, as Spider-Man is finally going to get his next chapter, following the massive ending in 2021's No Way Home. However, the world is already wanting to find out what is coming up for him after his Brand New Day adventure this summer. As there have been rumblings about Holland showing up as Spider-Man with a Symbiote costume in Avengers. Secret Wars, the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast finally asked the actor if there is any truth to it. The British star stressed, "Well...I have absolutely no idea! I swear to you, Josh, that I have no idea what Secret Wars is about, and I think that is by design. Because Marvel knows I am going on this press tour, and that is their biggest asset. And I think it's really important that no one ruins it. I went on holiday with Joe Russo not a month ago, and I know nothing." Holland also spoke about how he loves "the black suit in Tobey [Maguire]'s movie [Spider-Man 3.] I think that's really cool." However, in terms of the MCU version of the web-crawler ever donning that costume, he stated, "I think if we ever got to do a black suit in Spider-Man, I don't know how we would I don't know how we would tackle that challenge because they did it so well in the game, right? And I don't know how you make a suit that's similar to the one in the game without having a CG component." Developing... Avengers: Secret Wars opens in theaters on December 17, 2027. Release Date December 17, 2027 Director Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Writers Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, Stephen McFeely Producers Kevin Feige, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Prequel(s) Avengers: Doomsday Franchise(s) Marvel Cinematic Universe Cast Victor von Doom / Doctor Doom Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic Vanessa Kirby Sue Storm / The Invisible Woman Ebon Moss-Bachrach Ben Grimm / Thing Main Genre Superhero Executive Producer(s) Jonathan Schwartz, Louis D'Esposito Studio(s) Marvel Studios Distributor(s) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures