With Peter Parker losing his friends by the end of No Way Home, a lot of fans speculate that the next Spidey movie could introduce him to some of his flings from the comics like Black Cat.
A rumor has been going around that Anya Taylor-Joy (Dune: Part Two, The Witch) is being considered for a part, and producer Amy Pascal (via ComicBookMovie) was asked to comment on them during a press event. She said about Taylor-Joy possibly coming in:
“She would be fantastic. She’s amazing, [but] we’re not quite at that stage yet. There’s a lot of fantastic female characters but I can’t talk about all this.”
No official story has been dropped for Spider-Man 4, but rumors are heavily hinting that Black Cat will finally make her live-action debut as Peter Parker’s new short-term love interest. Before rumors of Taylor-Joy were floating around, it was said that Sydney Sweeney (Madame Web) was being eyed for the part.
As far as fans know Spider-Man 4 is set to release in the summer of 2026 with Shang-Chi director Destin Daniel Cretton at the helm. Marvel is said to want another street-level story for Peter akin to Homecoming, but it’s said that Sony wants to keep digging at the multiverse concept. With the SUMC ending with Kraven though, it’s possible that Sony’s plans could be changing moving forward.
With Taylor-Joy and Holland being the same age, I can imagine her being a pretty great Black Cat/Felicia Hardy—especially since she can play a bit older compared to Holland’s ‘aw shucks’ nerd Peter Parker. It would definitely be a fun dynamic to put MCU Peter in, but we’ll have to wait and see what happens.
Spider-Man 4 is expected to come out July 26, 2026.
