It’s been a while since No Way Home has come out, and everyone is waiting for Tom Holland’s next outing as Spider-Man Peter.
While Marvel Studios and Sony are cooking, rumors are going around online surrounding possible plot points for the film. One of the latest ones to come from @MyTimeToShineH is that the next main villain could be a woman this time. Check out the post:
Spider-Man 4 will have a FEMALE main villain. It's NOT Sadie Sink. They already have someone cast. Announcement imminent. pic.twitter.com/RRRhsMJk4k
— MyTimeToShineHello (@MyTimeToShineH) March 20, 2025
While no further details have been revealed, the source also says that Sadie Sink isn’t playing the main villain, so it’s possible that she could just be another love interest for Peter Parker; though it’s doubtful that she could be the ‘real’ MJ Watson like some would suggest.
As for the female villain, a lot of fans are assuming that it could be Black Cat. Though she did have some kind of fling with Peter in the comics, it has been said that she is more in love with the Spider-Man persona and not Peter—which made the pairing ultimately doomed.
Personally, I’m up for a genderbent version of any classic villain that hasn’t been presented in the MCU yet like Doc Ock or Lizard; but I also wouldn’t be opposed to Dakota Johnson returning as Madame Web just to be some kind of other mentor figure for Peter.
After the highs of No Way Home, fans are worried that Sony will just want to keep milking the multiverse concept to death. Hopefully we get something street-level again soon to really come back to the roots of the MCU Peter Parker like with Homecoming.
Watch out for Spider-Man 4 when it hits theaters on July 31, 2026.
