J.K. Simmons, known for playing the brash Daily Bugle editor J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy and Spider-Man: No Way Home, may return in Marvel and Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man 4.
In an interview with ScreenRant, Simmons playfully teased his possible MCU return, responding, “No spoilers. Sorry, I’m not telling!“
In the MCU version, J. Jonah Jameson is the executive reporter at TheDailyBugle.net and hates Spider-Man. We see in the final events of No Way Home that Jameson has forgotten Spider-Man’s identity due to Doctor Strange’s spell. So, he will definitely return in the next Spider-Man movie.
In an interview with ComicBookMovie.com, Simmons revealed that he and Tom Holland never actually met during the filming of No Way Home. He mentioned that his only on-screen scenes were with Tobey Maguire, not Holland. Simmons also shared that even people in the industry are surprised when he tells them he’s never met Holland.
Simmons said, “Well, I only really appeared on screen with Tobey [Maguire].” Simmons added, “Even people in the industry, in the media are taken aback when I say I have never met Tom Holland. Even at whatever the last premiere that I went to, we just didn’t happen to cross paths.”
He continued, “So obviously I have great affection for what Sam [Raimi] and Tobey and I and the gang did, Kirsten [Dunst], everybody in those films, and my participation in the latest iteration is much more limited.”
Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) will direct the film from a screenplay by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, it will be the fourth installment of the Spider-Man series.
The script for Spider-Man 4 is expected to be completed by March, with filming set to begin in June in the United Kingdom. Production is expected to wrap in October 2025, and the film will have a budget of $200 million.
Recently, insider Daniel Richtman revealed that Spider-Man 4 will feature a new female love interest for Peter Parker. Black Cat is a potential choice, but the official casting will be announced soon. Meanwhile, Zendaya, who reprises her role as Michelle “MJ” Jones, will have a “severely reduced” role in Spider-Man 4 due to scheduling conflicts with several other films she has signed on for.
Produced by Amy Pascal, Rachel O’Connor, Feige, Louis D’Esposito, and Mitch Bell.
Spider-Man 4 will hit in theaters on July 24, 2026.
Source: ScreenRant
