Marvel Studios and Sony Clash Over Direction of Spider-Man 4

While Kevin Feige and Tom Holland favor a grounded narrative, Sony pushes for another multiverse spectacle.

Marvel Studios and Sony are reportedly in disagreement over the direction of the next Spider-Man film, with Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige and actor Tom Holland favoring a more grounded narrative while Sony is pushing for another multiverse spectacle.
Spider-Man: No Way Home, which brought together all three live-action Spider-Men and their greatest villains, was a major success, becoming the third-highest-grossing superhero film ever made.
A more grounded Spider-Man film could explore characters who haven't been seen on the big screen before, such as Scorpion, Chameleon, or Mr. Negative, and could bring Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin from Daredevil and Echo to a larger stage.
Sony's plans for Spider-Man 4 reportedly involve bringing back Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, but this seems unlikely given the direction hinted at the end of No Way Home.
Tom Holland has stated that the next Spider-Man film 'has to do the character justice' for him to return.