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Spider-Man 5: Kristian Harloff's Tom Holland trilogy theory

A theory that the next three films keep the Day branding, build to Venom and set up a live action Miles Morales

KH Kristian Harloff (AI-assisted)30 October 2026Editor: Digital Fox Talent Editorial TeamOn YouTube since 2019 · more than 230,000 subscribers 325 words · 1 min read
Spider-Man 5: Kristian Harloff's Tom Holland trilogy theory

"They're going to announce a Spider-Man 5. They just have to put together the deals." I think Marvel is going to do another trilogy with Tom Holland, made up of Spider-Man 4, 5 and 6, and then close out that last one by bringing in Miles Morales.

Tom Holland has talked about where he thinks the character is going in general. The first three films were what they were. I believe this is a new trilogy.

Why a second Tom Holland trilogy could end with Miles Morales

The way I see it, you close out the last film with Miles Morales and end Holland's run there. That's how you can move Spider-Man into something new, almost like what Marvel is doing with the X-Men. At that point, the message I imagine the studio giving would be that it isn't stopping. It would keep making these Marvel movies, and it would keep making Spider-Man movies, but Tom Holland would be done for now.

I don't think they'll reboot it and do another Peter Parker. Instead, the pitch to audiences becomes simple: you loved Miles Morales from the animated films, and now you finally get to see him in live action. I think the time will be right for that. The reaction in the discussion was that people will be so amped.

The Day branding could carry the new Spider-Man trilogy

The discussion also turned to how Holland's first three films shared a naming pattern: Homecoming, Far From Home and No Way Home. The thinking there was that the new branding will be Day, starting with Brand New Day. Doomsday is already taken, but the expectation is that there will be two more Day titles to round out the trilogy.

Venom and the symbiote suit as the trilogy's endgame

On where the story might head, the suggestion was that Venom would probably be the next movie, or at least that Peter gets the symbiote suit, with the trilogy ending on Venom. Miles would then be introduced, maybe in the third film.

That would set up the handoff. Once Holland wraps up this second trilogy, Miles Morales would take over the next one.

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Adapted with AI from Kristian Harloff's video of 29 October 2026 and checked against the video before publication. Editorial standards · Corrections

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