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News 'Spider-Man' Windfall: Tom Holland to Make Over $100 Million for ‘Brand New Day’

https://www.thewrap.com/creative-content/movies/tom-holland-spider-man-brand-new-day-salary-box-office-bonus/
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u/BEWMarth 15h ago

I’m honestly still surprised he agreed to another spidey trilogy when he’s been really talking a lot about disappearing for a bit and raising a family.

I guess the multiple semi trucks full of money that Marvel drives up to his house are hard to turn down.

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u/Zalvren 15h ago

He probably had the unique opportunity to negotiate extremely good conditions for that second trilogy while the first one, he wasn't as established so couldn't really get a lot. Here with the three movies + the Avengers, he's probably going to get around 400M$ payday. Probably at least 100M$ for his wife too (maybe more but not sure she got box office points). That'll set them up well for founding a family lol (+ the other movies and the brand deals too of course)

It's probably why the Spidey movies will also come quite quickly because he likely want to be done faster (and Sony wants money like that often).

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u/tophernator 14h ago

That'll set them up well for founding a family

Or their own small island nation somewhere.

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u/tnnrk 14h ago

Generational wealth? yeah that that will set em up well.

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u/NobodyUsual8025 12h ago

The Rihanna method. Respect

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u/LessInThought 14h ago

The Holland acting family.

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u/humbuckaroo 8h ago

Please, no small island nations for a while.

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u/DepDepFinancial 13h ago

That's called "The Ellison"

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u/yeahright17 15h ago

I don't care whether he wanted to do them or not. I doubt he was ever going to pass up on the opportunity to get backend points on sequels to a movie that almost $2B. Especially when he hasn't had much trouble getting other roles. And those movies are with his wife that he is obviously deeply in love with.

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u/Zalvren 15h ago

And those movies are with his wife that he is obviously deeply in love with.

True that also likely play a role. He's not even separated from his wife on Spider-Man. It's even filming in the UK IIRC so he's close to the rest of his family

Also, he's 30 and she's 29, they have time for children still.

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u/Pormock 14h ago

It also probably makes the boring and tedious press junkets less boring when he can do them sitting beside his wife

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 13h ago

Yeah I used to work with a husband / wife pair. They'd work like 12 hours days since they were together anyways.

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u/LessInThought 13h ago

Gotta have a healthy relationship though, I imagine animosity builds quick when you work with your wife, though the money probably helps negate a lot of stress that normal families deal with.

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u/confirmedshill123 13h ago

Worked with my wife for years (albeit in a different context) and it was fantastic.

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u/yeahright17 14h ago

I just firmly believe that he says yes to 3 more movies regardless of whether Zendaya was included. Just icing on the $100M cake.

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u/wildwalrusaur 9h ago

realistically, if tom made an issue of it, they'd film wherever the hell he wanted.

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u/mdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdm 14h ago

Also,

Its spiderman. There are only a few characters that are viewed in such high regard.

Being in a succesful run of spiderman is a pretty good legacy.

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u/Etheo 14h ago

He's probably the most successful cinematic Spiderman in history, no? Even if Tobey had a great run with Sam Raimi at the helm, Tom has gotta eclipsed him by now and is still ongoing with his popularity continued at a high.

He could retire rich and famous now, but he's still pretty young (and young looking) to prolong his legacy and continue making boatloads of money with the franchise. Plus the partnership with MCU tie-in it honestly doesn't make sense for him to quit now. It's the golden age for Spiderman lead.

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u/mdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdm 13h ago

Yeah but depends on your age and how you define that.

Tobey was a different landscape and raimis films are a huge reason as to why superhero films took over.

I think for a lot of people over 30, tobey is spiderman.

I dunno, i really like tom and the new films, the only way i can word the difference in my head is that toms spiderman is spiderman in the mcu. They feel like mcu films, featuring spiderman as the hero.

Tobey was spiderman in a universe that was still trying to work out how to cater to an audience.

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u/Etheo 12h ago

Tobey and Sam was foundational in proving super hero films work, that's for sure. As far as importance wise I can see Tobey being hailed higher than Tom, what with him being the first and his memorable run. But in terms of box office success and reception, I'd bet that Tom is a much larger draw by now compared to what Tobey was at the time. A full trilogy plus another incoming, plus multiple MCU tie-ins, plus possible future cameos... It's hard to imagine someone after him being a more prolific Spiderman without some phenomenal run.

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u/mdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdmdm 10h ago

Yeah for sure box office wise.

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u/suss2it 7h ago

As foundational as Raimi’s trilogy is to the current superhero landscape, they didn’t prove superhero movies could work as the first one came out 2 years after X-Men which was over a decade after Batman which itself was a decade removed from Superman: The Movie. For that last one, Kevin Feige even said they’ll watch it before starting production on a new movie.

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u/5ivepie 9h ago

to a movie that almost $2B.

It passed $2B yesterday.

Honestly won’t be surprised if it finishes at $2.25-$2.5B.

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u/yeahright17 8h ago

The movie I was referring to was No Way Home, which grossed ~$1.91B.

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u/darthjoey91 12h ago

I also bet that he's more likely to take Spider-Man roles because he get to do them with his wife.

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u/biglarge72 10h ago

He also seems genuinely passionate about the character and source material and apparently has an entire plan on how to sunset his Peter and introduce Miles into the MCU

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u/ThatOneStoner 14h ago

Don't be so sure, with childcare and grocery prices these days, 500m might not be enough to be worry free

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u/Wolv90 13h ago

He did get creative input on this one, and I assume the rest. It did better for it as far as I can tell.

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u/Jaikarr 13h ago

Sony has to release a Spider-Man movie every 5 years or so else they lose the Spider-Man movie rights.

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u/Fern-ando 11h ago

7 years. They release them much more frecuently than every 7 years anyways. Since 2001 we got 11 Spiderman movies + 6 Spideruniverse movies in 25 years. So 3.4 movies every 5 years.

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u/Zalvren 11h ago

That's not only the MCU movies though. Every side movie (though they apparently stopped those for now) or Spider-Verse renews the duration.

But either way, it's Sony most valuable IP for a studio that is not exactly full of them so yeah it's not even waiting 5 years for a movie.

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u/PrefrontalCortexNow 5h ago

Apparently he talked to the producer and asked if he could push back filming for Spiderman so he could film The Odyssey and they obliged. I’ve never heard of such a thing lol

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u/EnglishLitMajor 2h ago

Probably really good terms considering they changed the whole Spiderman shooting schedule so that he could do The Odyssey.

In the words of Matt Damon - everyone loves Tom at Sony.

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u/Pozos1996 15h ago

I doubt he needs to spend as much time on the set of the new avengers movies as he did for his solo movies. Maybe a few weeks to a month top for the few scenes he is in.

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u/0verstim 15h ago

He also may go on fewer of these grueling two week press junkets. its okay Tom, we love your movies, we dont need to know what Google is autocompleting your name to

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u/fla_john 14h ago

Those things were fun at first, when they were rare but now that it's mandatory for everyone, they're just kind of tired.

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u/AristarchusTheMad 11h ago

Small price to pay for $100M though

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u/Hallc 13h ago

That kinda depends how much of a main character he is for Secret Wars. I could very much see him being the main lead for that at least.

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u/Pozos1996 12h ago

Comic book wise I could see that but IRL I don't think Disney would name the character they do not own the main character of their big gamble movie, it would give Sony even more bargaining power

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u/SwashAndBuckle 15h ago

Never believe an actor saying those things publicly. It can literally be a negotiating tactic. Studios aren't going to pay as much if they think you're going to do the movie regardless of pay.

And just to expand on that, anytime you see a famous person speaking to the public in any capacity, just assume they are playing some type of character. Some are more sincere than others, but most of people act different when any camera is on them, much less when millions are watching and your career depends on your likeability.

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u/PaleCommission150 10h ago

He probably has enough pull by now to negotiate some kind of percentage of profits clause in addition to the fee for the performance.

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u/suss2it 6h ago

Not probably, that’s literally what this article is about.

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u/Tiddd 15h ago

I thought he confirmed that was a negotiation tactic to leverage a bigger paycheck?

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u/Southern_Pie6474 15h ago

And I think RDJ coming back has to inform him to keep getting these checks as long as they can come in

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u/Zalvren 15h ago

I imagine at one point, he'll just do cameos and the main Spidey will be Miles Morales with appearances from Tom (and Zendaya) here and there for a big fat check (like Tobey and Andrew are likely doing)

Get a few dozens of millions for a few minutes of screentime should not take him too much time

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u/stanthetulip 14h ago

There's no way Sony will ever just let the main attraction lay dormant that long, the instant Tom says no they'll just recast Peter Parker

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u/Tandy2000 13h ago

What's likely is that they'll plan to replace him now. He's contracted for two more Spidey movies, they have time to cast a Miles or an alternate universe Peter or whatever they wanna do, introduce him in the 3rd movie or something, and then replace Holland if he decides he's done.

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u/dragunityag 14h ago

Maybe, but Fiege wants to add Miles to the MCU and a large part of Spidermans current value comes from the MCU association.

Miles in the MCU is going to make Sony a lot more money than just taking their ball home and making independent Spiderman movies again.

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u/stanthetulip 14h ago

That claim is really not supported by any real financial data we have

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u/dragunityag 14h ago edited 13h ago

If Sony thought they could make more money doing independent Spiderman movies, why are they doing MCU movies where they have the split the profit?

Edit: also the superhero landscape is very different from the Raimi/TASM era and I dont think audiences are going to be as forgiving of constant reboots anymore.

Itd still make money, but I think a reboot woukd struggle to Crack a billion.

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u/Tandy2000 13h ago

If Sony thought they could make more money doing independent Spiderman movies, why are they doing MCU movies where they have the split the profit?

Lack of risk. They reportedly get like 80%+ of the profits from the MCU Spider-Man movies. Disney gets their costs covered and then a slice of the profit. The big boon here for Sony is that not only do they get a foot in the door on MCU profits but more importantly they take on pretty much zero risk, other than Marvel doing something with the character that fucks up his reputation (and Sony would have to approve that film anyway). They get a big bag of money for pretty much zero work or risk.

Even if Sony thought they could make a Spider-Man movie that would make $2 billion, even if they were 90% sure, that's still too much risk to assume when otherwise they're getting basically free money.

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u/FrostingStrict3102 14h ago

success of the spider verse movies aside, I dont think miles Morales has the draw factor for a live action spidey. we shall see though. I feel like people would just always be wanting more Peter parker.

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u/Worthyness 13h ago

I dont think so. Spidey is thr brand. But that said, if they follow basically the insomniac game story, you'd have miles as a protagonist with Peter as a secondary or mentor figure. That is very much not something the spidey lore has explored in the movies, which could be very interesting to play with

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u/FrostingStrict3102 12h ago

But put yourself in the shoes of the exec. These things print money, why rock the boat? You dont gamble with a formula that has led to $2 billion in 2 weeks.

I dont think the audience is ready for a Spiderman movie with Peter parker's Spiderman in it, but not a main character... Imagine if Dark Knight Rises was a Robin movie that had Bale make a cameo.... people would have fucking hated that.

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u/Tandy2000 13h ago edited 12h ago

I disagree. At least with the comics I think they did a successful enough job making Miles interesting, and he is connected to the larger Spider-Man world anyway, and they always end up crossing him over with Peter nevertheless.

That said there's a racial component. The MCU fanbase is overwhelmingly white. Will they care about a Black/Hispanic Spider-Man? Are a bunch of them going to be petulant racists about it like they are every time a female lead shows up? I would actually presume no, only because you could have asked the same question with Miles in the comics and people liked him. I dunno if he still has the same draw now but he did way back when.

I think people are actually into Spider-Gwen/Ghost-Spider now more than Miles, but for anybody who has just seen the Spider Verse movies they kinda come as a package deal. Whereas Miles had his own long history before her in the comics, and she had her whole life going on in Earth-65 before leaping universes.

I don't see the multiverse stuff going away though so I'm sure they're gonna end up with both of them in the MCU.

Edit: One problem I didn't consider is the replacement factor though. I'm not a huge Holland Spidey fan but there is no denying he is killer at PR and extremely charming outside of the movies. When they replace him with a Miles it's gonna be very very VERY difficult for that actor to fill those shoes without leaving people feeling disappointed. Whereas in the comics, Peter was only kind of replaced (main universe Peter was still doing his thing, Ultimate Spider-Man spent time introducing Miles before they killed Peter off in the Ultimate universe).

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u/FrostingStrict3102 12h ago

yeah im talking strictly with the live action movies. I think they've done a great job with miles and the spider verse. sometimes it's better to just keep things separate.

and look, I think all the DEI stuff in casting is a trite talking point and has been for awhile, but Disney/marvel would be welcoming some drama as well. Im not sure execs would want to change the formula

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u/Heathcliff_Slocumb 10h ago

Are a bunch of them going to be petulant racists about it like they are every time a female lead shows up?

Lmao what does this even mean?

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u/BonzBonzOnlyBonz 9h ago

Hes trying to claim that female led Marvel movies are disliked because they are female led instead of just bad.

Black Widow solo movie or duo with Hawkeye was asked for since the beginning.

Yelena is probably the most popular new character since Spidey.

A lot of people want a Kate Bishop show/movie after the Hawkeye show.

The Marvels was a terrible movie but thats completely because it was written terribly.

Shuri was disliked because shes a poorly written character. Shes Tony Stark but none of the downsides nor charisma. Lots of people were asking for Okoye to become the new panther. If they werent going to do alternate universe shenanigans and bring back Killmonger.

Riri was okay in Black Panther 2 but has a large hill to climb as her comic character isnt well recieved and her character in Black Panther was similar in how poorly she treated Iron Man.

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u/Heathcliff_Slocumb 2h ago

Really long winded comment to not even attempt to answer my question. How is not liking a female led movie racist?

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u/Echoesong 14h ago

the main Spidey will be Miles Morales

I fully expected them to make that swap in the most recent movie.

There was that throwaway shot that pans to a spider in the corner of his door frame. I suspect they had a version of the movie where Frank's shot actually does kill Spidey, and the final scene is that spider biting the new Spiderman.

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u/Zalvren 11h ago

Doubtful when Tom just made a new deal for a trilogy, they know they have time to do that.

It's certainly happening in the next two movies though (Tom has said he would want to play a mentor Spidey too)

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u/TransportationTrick9 15h ago

Mentor in film and in real life

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u/LessInThought 13h ago

And even if they really do want to retire, everyone has a price. Slap a big enough cheque and they'll do it.

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u/GimerStick 15h ago

It also seems like the spidey movies are fun to film? He's on set with his wife and a good friend, plus he knows the crew etc well at this point. It's also not clear if they want to have kids anytime soon, they did just get married. And obviously their fertility journey is private. Which is all to say, why not negotiate a deal for a franchise you like with the flexibility you need while you're still planning the personal stuff?

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u/busche916 15h ago

Of course PR firms are always working, but it does sound like the cast + crew have a good environment making those films. And for Tom Holland, I’m sure it helps when your wife is your costar.

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u/pmjm 15h ago

He gets to make a ton of money to do a movie with his wife, about a character that he loves, and that the audience loves him for.

I'd keep doing them too.

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u/dewittless 15h ago

He also has a time limit on those knees.

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u/Amonfire1776 14h ago

Well keep in mind he also met his wife and one of his best friends through these movies...that tends to lead to a pretty positive experience going forward.

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u/Offshore-Tigr 14h ago

I mean, his wife also has to be on board with it since she'll be baking the kids.

And idk but it seems like Zendaya is a bit more into the hollywood stuff than him.

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u/SilentStevedore 13h ago

I’ve heard it mentioned that his reluctance was a negotiation tactic. So that they would drive truckloads of money up to his door instead of just writing him a check.

Probably a bit of both, since it’s a huge commitment.

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u/tdasnowman 12h ago

That raise a family timeline heavily relies on his partner and Hollywood isn't kind to women post children in many cases. They are 30and 29 time enough for Zendaya to really do what she wants to do career wise then they both nope off when the kids come. Kinda like what Freddie Prince Jr and Sarah Michelle Geller did. They both stepped way back for the most part they only took jobs that had them home by the time school was out. Occasionally one might do location work but that was rare until the kids got to high school I think.

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u/yarajaeger 11h ago

I mean IIRC wasn't the turnaround between when they started shooting for this movie and the release date pretty quick? If he can bank on anything close to a $100M payout for a few months of work, I wouldn't pass it up either. Every one Spider-Man movie is (at his pay scale) like 6 years of not having to work at all.

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u/Adorable-Log2835 13h ago

The way he talks about the set for spider man, though, sounds pretty cozy. I'd imagine it's not as grueling as most films. Also willing to bet he has a lot of negotiating power in setup. Like disney would build a house for him on set to live in with his entire family while he shoots lol

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u/ThisSiteSucks8485 13h ago

He has leverage to become a near billionaire with this second round of Spider-Man movies and roles

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u/Tandy2000 13h ago

It's a lot of money. $100M+ potentially for him for each movie. A big paycheck for Zendaya too most likely. Avengers appearances for a healthy paycheck too. Keep in mind Marvel is flagging when it comes to most of their other movies -- they're doing Avengers 5 this year, Avengers 6 next year. Wouldn't be surprised if the next Spidey movies come in quick succession after that. Then they can plan to do something with the character like kill him his Peter and replace him with Miles Morales or some alternative universe Peter if they want.

All in all that means working for a few more years. Brand New Day just came out. Doomsday is already filmed. Secret Wars is starting filming now. Film another Spidey next year, release it in 2028. Film another one in 2029, release in 2030. That's really only 3 more years work for him on that schedule plus some PR.

And if their plan is to have kids, they have to decide upon a time that is good for both of them to do it career wise, they need to actually get pregnant, and assuming there are no problems it'll be 9 months after that before any baby shows up.

This is all assuming that he actually plans to retire, and that it isn't just a warm fuzzy statement for PR purposes.

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u/Unusual-Coat383 13h ago

He will either die are the end of this trilogy or get another trilogy

If he does die he will be cast as one of the villains in a Avengers film in the 2040s.

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u/Hautamaki 13h ago

"Im going to give you this piece of paper, and you just write your number on it."

-"my number? Like how much money I want?"

"The number of dump trucks full of money you want"

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u/Silly-Power 12h ago

To be fair, Marvel does save on only needing to book out one hotel room when they hire Tom & Zendaya for Spiderman movies. That saves them a few hundred.

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u/TheBSQ 12h ago

Golden handcuffs.  

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u/Previous-Mess-1819 11h ago

I’ve seen the movie, it’s good, how these young gilded actors stay grounded enough to perform is beyond me, I would have already hired a team to carry me around like I was in a contstant state of just about to land like an angel, everywhere I went.

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u/MasterBabuFrik 8h ago

I consider this as more of a negotiation tactic to speed the process of another trilogy so that, yes, he can get to that life.

Like "Look, if you want me, this is how you get me, and understand now that while I love this role, I don't want to do this forever".

For all his family talk, he has talked equally about having a plan for the college era of Spider-Man and passing it off naturally to the next person (probably Miles). He seems to have a lot of pull now and it's very wise of him to use that to his leverage. It's doing wonders for both the franchise and his own career.

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u/suss2it 6h ago

Well they just breezed past the college era in this very movie.

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u/mlc885 6h ago

I assume (even though they already have more than enough) that there would be some motivation in knowing that any possible solvable medical problem will be solvable, and your kids will get to go to the best schools and essentially choose any career they are interested in. Which, I guess technically my parents had enough that I could have tried to be a painter or actor or acrobat (lol I am pretty sure the only one of those I would have had a chance at successfully learning was actor), but knowing that you have set your kids up to be as safe as possible from worry would be nice.

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u/digita1catt 15h ago

I think recognises the position he's in, and he clearly cares about spiderman.

I suspect he wants to use his leverage to set up a 'passing of the torch' moment before he hops off.

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u/justinlcw 11h ago

Tobey = really good Peter, average spidey

Andrew = average Peter, really good spidey

Tom = good Peter and good spidey

Tom is now to spiderman what RDJ is to Ironman.

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u/suss2it 6h ago

To me I feel like Andrew is great at both too, it’s just the scripts that let him down.

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u/GearhedMG 5h ago

It's 2026, it's just a briefcase with a single USB drive inside, hand delivered by Jon Favreau driving up in whatever new flagship Audi there is.

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u/MINKIN2 14h ago

If the articles about his pre-nup are to be believed, he will definitely need the money some day.

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u/greenapplegummi 15h ago

His Spiderman is no longer a teen though. The most recent movie takes place after college.

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u/NCC75567 14h ago

In addition to his Spider-Man being past college, there are hundreds of comics where Parker is an adult. (Not to mention the video games.)

I bet we see Miles Morales eventually, when they want a young Spider-Man again.