 The companies later said on June 23, 2015 that, after many auditions, Tom Holland had been cast to play Spider-Man within the MCU.In November 2016, Holland announced that he signed a multi-picture contracts for six films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.In August 2019, Disney and Sony failed to come to a new agreement to co-produce future Spider-Man movies and as a result ended their partnership, with Spider-Man and related characters being taken out of the MCU.