As part of this week’s news that Sony and Marvel Studios/Disney have butted heads over Spider-Man, it looks as if a battle is on to land Jon Watts.

If you remember, Sony Pictures own the cinematic rights to ol’ Web-head – the character being essentially borrowed to Marvel Studios to use in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – and talks to extend the relationship between the two studios ended in a stalemate this week.

For Disney, they wanted to co-finance any future Spider-Man movies while also receiving 50% of profits. For Sony, that didn’t sound like a good deal to them. Holding all of the cards in this, Sony declined Disney’s offer. That means that Tom Holland is currently signed on for two more Spider-Man outings that will not be a part of the shared Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Anyways, back to Jon Watts.

Unlike Holland, Watts – director of Spider-Man: Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home – is not signed on for any more Spidey pictures. According to Deadline, both Sony Pictures and Disney want the director signed up for future projects.

Sony clearly would like Watts to return to direct the next installment of action for Tom Holland’s Wall-crawler, while Disney wants Watts to helm one of their future MCU films.

At this point, there is still a chance that an arrangement can be made between Sony and Disney over the use of Spider-Man, of course – and fans are crossing fingers, toes and all other crossables in the hope that Holland’s Peter Parker does indeed remain a part of the MCU for the foreseeable future.