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Spider-Man director Jon Watts steps down from helming Marvel Studios' upcoming Fantastic Four reboot

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Jon Watts is out as the director of Marvel Studios' upcoming Fantastic Four reboot.After spending years of his career directing the Tom Holland led Spider-Man films, the acclaimed filmmaker is temporarily stepping away from the superhero genre, according to Deadline.With Watt at the helm, all three Spider-Man films - Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) - went on to become bonafide hits for Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures.

He's out! Jon Watts, 40, has stepped down as director of the upcoming Fantastic Four rebootApparently, there wasn't any falling out between Watts and the studios.In fact, both Marvel and Watts confirmed that the split was amicable, but neither side cited a reason for the split. 'Making three Spider-Man films was an incredible and life changing experience for me,' Watts said in a statement.'I'm eternally grateful to have been a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe for seven years.

I'm hopeful we'll work together again and I can't wait to see the amazing vision for Fantastic Four brought to life.'Watts had expected to make the third iteration of the Fantastic Four franchise his next film, not that long ago.

But, in the end, he decided he needed to step away. Bonafide hit! The most recent of the three movies - Spider-Man: No Way Home - grossed $1.89 billion on a $200 million budget to become the sixth highest grossing film of all-timeMarvel and Sony officially announced that Holland would star as Spider-Man and that Watts would direct the film Spider-Man reboot back on June 23, 2015.Now, after making three installments with Watts at the helm, Marvel Studios had nothing but positive things to say about the work they did together, in a separate.

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