Hollywood star Tom Holland says he requested Sony to postpone the production of Spider-Man: Brand New Day so he could start working on Christopher Nolan's directorial The Odyssey.
The actor recalled his conversation with Sony Pictures boss Tom Rothman, stating, 'I want to do this movie, but if I'm going to do it, I'm going to have to call Sony and have a very uncomfortable conversation.'
He added that the break also allowed the makers to bring Destin Daniel Cretton, who replaced Jon Watts, the director of the first three MCU Spider-Man films, who stepped away from the franchise.
The Odyssey almost saved Spider-Man because we wouldn't have had Destin...He wouldn't have been ready to make the movie when we were ready to go. We wouldn't have had the six-month period to develop the script with Destin to get it to a place where it is now.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day marks the fourth film for the actor, who has previously featured in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home, which released in 2021.
The film is set to release in theatres on July 31, while The Odyssey is set to release on July 17 and also features Matt Damon, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Anne Hathaway, and Charlize Theron, among others.
