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Spider-Man star Tom Holland has been cast in a new film directed by Christopher Nolan. The English actor joins Matt Damon, whose involvement was announced earlier this month.
Nolan has penned the script for the secretive project and is also set to produce the film alongside his wife and Syncopy Inc co-founder Emma Thomas. The couple have worked together on all of Nolan’s previous features.
Details about the plot of the upcoming film are yet to be revealed, but a release date has been announced. The untitled project is set to arrive on July 17th, 2026.
Nolan won universal acclaim with his last offering, 2023’s Oppenheimer, which starred Cillian Murphy in the title role. The film followed the story of Robert Oppenheimer as he developed the atomic bomb and his subsequent regret. Damon also starred in the film as Leslie ‘Dick’ Groves, a lieutenant general in the US Army.
Oppenheimer became part of a cultural phenomenon when it was juxtaposed against Greta Gerwig’s Barbie due to their coinciding release date. The pair of films were dubbed Barbenheimer by fans online. The film also performed exceptionally during awards season, taking home seven Academy Awards and earning Nolan his first ‘Best Director’ win.
While Damon has collaborated with Nolan before, this will mark Holland’s first time working with the director. The actor is most well-known for his role as Peter Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Holland landed the role in the mid-2010s, making his first appearance as the arachnid superhero in Captain America: Civil War.
Since then, he has led a trilogy of feature films focused on Spider-Man and appeared in ensemble Marvel films such as Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. He is set to reprise the role in the fourth Spider-Man film and will likely make an appearance in Avengers: Doomsday.
Holland’s most recent full-length feature was Uncharted in 2022, which adapted its story from the video game of the same name. Holland took on the role of protagonist Nathan Drake and the film took the box office by storm. A sequel is in the works, though Holland’s involvement is yet to be announced.
Since then, Holland has appeared in Todd Graff’s television series The Crowded Room alongside Amanda Seyfried and Emmy Rossum. Between several Spider-Man projects and a collaboration with Nolan, Holland’s shooting schedule seems to be picking up.
Holland and Damon are the only cast members to have been announced for Nolan’s new film, which is expected to arrive in the summer of 2026.
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