After the surprise news that Tom Holland’s Spider-Man is being pulled out of the shared realm of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it was reported that Holland and director Jon Watts are still signed on for a further two outings for ol’ Web-head. Well, apparently that is not the case.

Via Deadline, Watts – who directed Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home – is apparently not signed on for any further Spidey pictures.

Sony still wants Jon Watts for the two more Spider-Man films that they have tentative plans for, the director – who also helmed the brilliant Cop Car – is being courted for various other projects.

If case you missed it earlier this week, Sony Pictures and Disney have butted heads over renegotiating a deal to use Spider-Man in the MCU. For decades now, Sony has owned the cinematic rights to the character and that’s why it took so long for Spidey to finally arrive in the MCU in Captain America: Civil War.

A deal was finally made where Sony would essentially loan Spider-Man to Marvel Studios and Disney to feature in their shared realm. With that deal now up, talks to continue this arrangement have broken down – largely down to Disney now wanting a 50% cut of profits generated by the Spider-Man pictures.

The House of Mouse did want to co-finance those films as part of this new deal, but Sony has said now. And to be fair, Sony Pictures is the one who holds all of the cards here. For Disney, they already get a huge amount of money from merchandising from the cinematic Spidey, and so many are deeming this as yet another money-grab by Disney as they look to again control everything in the history of cinema ever – continuing on from their purchase of Fox that saw them pick up the likes of the Alien franchise, Planet of the Apes franchise, Avatar franchise, and a bunch of other Marvel characters.

On the other side of this, of course, some fans are outraged at the thought of seeing Spider-Man no longer a part of the MCU. Given Kevin Feige’s involvement in the creative side of every outing for Tom Holland’s Web-head so far, many are worried that without the vision of Feige and his Marvel Studios the cinematic Spidey will end up heading down the dire path of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 or Spider-Man 3.

As ever, expect more this ever-developing situation as we get it.