The rumor I heard is that Disney and Sony reaching that Spider-Man streaming deal was the first stepping stone in further strengthing the relationship between the two companies. The premise is that following the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Peter Parker’s story will continue in an alternating format. Marvel Studios seems to be planning to expand his story by having the usual three live-action film trilogy for the character along with three seasons of a Spider-Man Disney+ show, where each season will fill in the gap between each movie release. The first could very well be the newly announced Spider-Man: Freshman Year, a show that will serve as the MCU Peter Parker’s origin story.
In this scenario, the separate seasons may be given a different name of course, but potentially may be led by the same team from Spider-Man: Freshman Year. It would just be moving forward in time for Peter to go along with and fill in between the films. To help you visualize what could happen (if these rumored plans I heard about are accurate) see below:
- Freshman Year (Season 1)
- Spider-Man 4 (TBD)
- Spider-Man (TBD) Disney+ (Season 2)
- Spider-Man 5 (TBD)
- Spider-Man (TBD) Disney+ (Season 3)
- Spider-Man 6 (TBD)