Sony and Marvel may have parted ways, but that's apparently not stopping progress on a sequel to Spider-Man: Far From Home. Deadline reports (via CBR ) that Far From Home writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers are still working on the screenplay for a third solo Spider-Man movie featuring Tom Holland's Peter Parker.

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But while the writers and star of the previous two Spider-Man movies seem to still be on board, director Jon Watts is another matter entirely. According to Deadline, Watts has no current deal in place and is being courted by both Marvel Studios and Sony following the two studios' breakdown in negotiations this week . Should Watts elect to keep working with producer Kevin Feige and stay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony will have to find a new director to continue this Spider-Man series.Deadline also sheds a bit more light on the current state of that rift and the fallout of this week's unexpected news."There are bruised feelings between those studios over the Rashomon-like press narratives that followed Deadline’s scoop, over who did what in dismantling a brilliantly orchestrated introduction of a hit superhero franchise. It has gotten so bad that some wonder if it would even be possible for them to rethink things and come to terms on Spider-Man."McKenna and Sommers' script will no doubt be heavily impacted by the final outcome of Disney and Sony's standoff. Should the two studios fail to reach a new arrangement, Spider-Man 3 will be forced to sever all ties to the MCU. While Holland's Peter Parker and much of the main cast will likely return, don't expect to see Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury or Jon Favreau's Happy Hogan in that case. Here's a closer look at all the MCU plotlines that would have to be abandoned if Spider-Man vanishes.For more on this week's big Spider-Man kerfuffle, read Sony's official comment , see why Spider-Man's face is still plastered all over Disney's D23 art and find out why the MCU will survive without Spider-Man

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