We’ve barely been getting any progress reports on Spider-Man 4, but the film has just cast what seems to be a major role.
According to Deadline, Sadie Sink (The Whale, Stranger Things) has joined the cast of Spider-Man 4. Besides Tom Holland, no one else has been confirmed to return for the movie. We do know that the director is going to be Shang-Chi’s Destin Daniel Cretton.
No official details have been revealed on who Sink is playing, but it has been confirmed that the role will be ‘significant’. Deadline suggests that she’s going to be X-Men member Jean Grey, but others online speculate that she could be Firestar—a superhero that appeared in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, together with Iceman.
Admittedly Firestar does seem like a character that’s easier to write around, but it would make sense that she could be swapped out for Jean Grey and still partnered up with Iceman Bobby Drake. They could easily make them friends Peter makes in college who both went to the same (mutant) high school.
Then again, maybe that’s introducing too many things in one movie. With all the multiverse rumors going around, some speculate that Sink could be playing an MJ variant, but some fans have wanted Felicia Hardy/Black Cat to finally make her live-action debut.
Until Marvel and Sony make some official announcements, all fans can really do is guess. With Stranger Things finally ending, it looks like the MCU is the next big thing for Sink.
Spider-Man 4 is aiming for a release date on July 31, 2026.
