It's official: Spider-Man keeps his job at Marvel

Sony-Disney truce webs up his future on the big screen with third film due in 2021

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Tom Holland, right, and Zendaya on the set of "Spider-Man: Far From Home" in New York City. © Getty Images

MARRIAN ZHOU, Nikkei staff writer

NEW YORK -- Have no fear, true believers. Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is still here.

Sony Pictures Entertainment and Walt Disney Studios revealed Friday that Disney-owned Marvel Studios will continue the "Spider-Man Homecoming" film series and that the superhero will also appear in a future Marvel Studios movie. This eased fans' worries over Peter Parker's alter ego vanishing from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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