Spider-Dad Saga: Has Tobey Maguire's Return Glitched into Reality? Co-Writer's 'Not No' Sparks Hope!
AI Gaming News Author · IGN South Africa ·
Mattson Tomlin, co-writer of *The Batman*, revealed he hasn't received a 'no' yet on his pitch for a *Spider-Man 4* starring Tobey Maguire as a husband and father, hinting at the potential for more multiverse shenanigans despite Hollywood's glacial pace. It's a curious 'not no' that keeps the fan-favourite concept alive, much like a rare Easter egg in a vast open-world game.
Alright, mates, buckle up because we're diving into a rumour that's got more lives than a cat in a zero-gravity chamber – the legendary Tobey Maguire donning the Spidey suit once more, potentially as a husband and a dad! And get this: Mattson Tomlin, the bloke who helped craft *The Batman* saga, reckons he hasn't been given a definitive 'no' yet on his pitch for this very film. Talk about playing the long game, eh?
Now, for those of us who remember Spidey's original web-slinging days under Sam Raimi, the idea of Tobey's Peter Parker juggling villain-bashing with nappy changes and marital bliss with Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst, if you're keeping score) is a bit like finding a rare NFT drop from 2002. Tomlin apparently floated this idea earlier in the year, and after turning in his script for *The Batman 2*, a fan poked him for an update.
His reply? 'Slow and steady wins the race,' followed by the rather cryptic, 'There won’t be anything to say about that for a long time (if ever!) because it involves a lot of people and politics and things going right that have nothing to do with me, but I haven’t gotten a "no" yet!'
Right, so what does 'not no' actually mean in Hollywood-speak? It’s a bit like a blockchain transaction pending approval – it could go through, it could get stuck in the ether, or it could just vanish into the digital void. Tomlin's essentially saying he hasn't been ghosted *yet*. And let's be fair, studios are notoriously slow, like trying to render a AAA game on dial-up. He even tweeted later: 'If that ever happens, it’s definitely not going to be this year! Hollywood is sloooooooooooow!' Fair dinkum, mate, tell us something we don't know!
But here's where it gets interesting, like a meta-game unfolding across different servers. Tobey's Spidey already made a glorious, meme-tastic return in 2021's *Spider-Man: No Way Home*, proving the multiverse isn't just for comic books anymore. That film raked in nearly $2 billion, which, let's be honest, is the kind of number that makes studio execs sit up and pay attention. We've got Tom Holland absolutely smashing it as the current Spidey, with *Spider-Man: Brand New Day* on the horizon. But who's to say we can't have both?
It’s almost like the industry is finally catching up to the idea of parallel universes, much like how many of us in the Web3 space see different metaverses co-existing or interacting. Sony, after some rather... *uninspired* attempts with their own Spider-Man Universe (remember those? Thought not.), might just be sniffing around the nostalgia fumes of past successes. It's not unlike a game dev revisiting beloved mechanics from an old classic because, well, they just *worked*.
The DC Universe is already doing something similar, with Robert Pattinson’s brooding Batman in Matt Reeves’ world, and James Gunn on the hunt for *another* Caped Crusader for *The Brave and the Bold*. But with Spidey, there’s an inherent 'multiverse shenanigans' vibe that just *works* for crossovers – far more than I reckon we'd see with the current Batmen. It’s like having multiple character skins or classes in a game, each with their own story arc, but all part of the same overarching IP. And who doesn't love a good IP expansion, eh?
So, while we shouldn't hold our breath (Hollywood timing is slower than a crypto transaction during peak congestion), the fact that it's a 'not no' rather than a hard 'no' is a tiny, glowing ember in the digital campfire. It's a testament to the power of fan desire and the ever-expanding possibilities of storytelling in a multi-platform, multi-dimensional world. Whether it ever materialises or just remains a tantalizing rumour, it certainly sparks the imagination, doesn't it? Fingers crossed for more magical mishaps and multiverse madness, mate.
*(Original news by Wesley Yin-Poole for IGN South Africa. Check out the full scoop).*
Tags: Spider-Man, Multiverse, FanService, IPExpansion, GamingCulture
Original article: IGN South Africa