SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Producer Plans To Focus On "Quality And Emotion" Not "Spectacle" In SPIDER-MAN 4

@McMurdo - He doesn't need to be the main villain but could work as an obstacle to overcome, maybe hired by the main villain (e.g. Kingpin).

@McMurdo - I have some thoughts regarding Spider-man's future in movies and since we don't have the editorial section on this site anymore, I'm just going to write them here. SPOILERS for No Way Home.

1. Hidden clues to the lost past.
The spell that wipes out Peter's existence from minds of everyone on the planet probably effected all regarding data as well, like pictures, videos, official documents etc. But I don't think it effected the objects that aren't directly holding information. I think it will be Black Dahlia necklaces and Lego Death Stars that'll unlock missing parts of their past narrative for some characters.

2. Mac Gargan will be the Venom of MCU.
In the mid-credit scene we saw Eddie Brock leave a pieces of Venom symbiote to MCU before returning to his own universe. This pieces will undoubtedly be the Venom symbiote of MCU. Like in the comics, it will first attach to Peter, before finding a new host. I think that instead of bringing in another version of Eddie Brock, symbiote will bond with Mac Gargan, who also did a tenure as Venom in the comics. For a villainous Venom, Gargan seems logical choice, since he is already an established bad guy in MCU. Whether or not Gargan first becomes Scorpion, maybe. Perhaps Scorpion is the villain Peter beats while wearing the symbiote himself. Anyhow, if Gargan becomes the Scorpion, it will probably be very brief.

3. If there is going to be a Goblin in MCU, it will be Ned.
Peter's best friend Ned Leeds is an amalgamation of a few characters from the comics. He is mostly based on Miles Morales best friend Ganke, he has taken the role of Harry Osborn as Peter best friend in the MCU and he is a namesake of Ned Leeds from the comics. Considering that in the comics Harry turned in Green Goblin and Ned Leeds was one of the Hobgoblins, I'd imagine there's a good chance for Ned to become a goblin. With the whole amnesia plotline, there is are a multiple good ways how that can be written. It would also have nice emotional stakes for the audience as we have now really seen how good and close friend Peter and Ne were up until now.

4. There is Norman Osborn in MCU as well.
In No Way Home it was suggested that Norman Osborn might not even exist in MCU. Oscorp didn't, that much was confirmed. I think the there might be Norman Osborn in MCU as well, he just isn't a public figure. Norman Osborn has been many thing s in comics and after No Way Home it would not be surprising at all if MCU's Norman Osborn is different version from the one we've already seen. I personally like the fan theory that Christopher McDonald's undisclosed role in Secret Invasion -series is actually Norman Osborn. A Dark Reign type of mastermind Norman menacing over MCU's future could a fascinating way to go.

@McMurdo - Marvel Studios has more than enough ability to make boring villains into compelling ones. They did so with Vulture brilliantly.

@Urubrodi - Keep half ass MJ and Ned out period going forward.

@Thing94 - that half ass waa far bettee than Dunsts "REAL" mj.

@Urubrodi - yeah I think those two time is up as far as this franchise moves forward. We might get Ned back as Hobgoblin at some point, maybe like an opening credits throwaway villain or something but “Michelle Williams Jane-Watson” is more than likely all the way done.

@OmegaBlack13 - the reason I say that is because Ned’s already established and we’ve already had a Goblin in this universe. A second goblin could be looked at as kind of redundant.

@tylerzero - I want to give most of the credit to Kevin Feige here.

@Spidey91 - Yeah, you'd think that Spider-Man 3 would have been enough as a lesson.

@heisei24 - Because she is, which is what she needs to do.