Andrew Garfield floats weird Spider-Man road trip idea
Andrew Garfield says he would only return as Spider-Man for something “completely unconventional,” floating a road trip movie as a left-field idea. Speaking on The Playlist’s podcast, the actor stressed he was thinking aloud—not teasing an active project—and wants a genre fans have never seen.
The comments come from an appearance on The Playlist’s “The Discourse” podcast with host Mike DeAngelo, where Garfield was promoting the family fantasy film “The Magic Faraway Tree.” DeAngelo asked what another chapter with Garfield’s Peter Parker would need creatively to bring him back.
Key Takeaways
- Andrew Garfield would only return as Spider-Man for a “completely unconventional” project.
- He floated a road trip movie as one hypothetical left-field genre idea.
- The suggestion was thinking aloud, not confirmation of an active film.
- No new project featuring his Peter Parker has been announced.
What did Andrew Garfield say about returning to Spider-Man?
Garfield did not rule out a return. Instead, he set a high creative bar. “I would need it to be very, very odd,” he told The Playlist. “I would need it to be very strange, and I would need it to be completely unconventional and almost—I wouldn’t say boring—but I would want it to be just completely unexpected, like a genre of Spider-Man that you’ve never seen before, that feels very left field.”
He then added that he does not even know what that would look like, before offering: “Maybe like a road trip movie.” According to The Playlist’s exclusive report, he was clearly brainstorming rather than teasing a greenlit production.
Why does a Spider-Man road trip movie matter?
Fans have long hoped for another outing with Garfield’s wall-crawler after his emotional return in “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” Internet speculation regularly claims he has secretly filmed another Marvel appearance—especially around “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.”
His answer matters because it keeps the door open while rejecting a routine sequel or multiverse cameo for its own sake. A road trip Spider-Man film would be a genre pivot few expect from Sony Pictures or Marvel Studios. Whether either studio would gamble on that idea remains unknown.
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Is there an Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movie in the works?
There is no announced project starring Garfield’s Peter Parker. He previously played the role in “The Amazing Spider-Man” (2012) and “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” (2014), then returned alongside Tom Holland and Tobey Maguire in 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”
The Playlist notes his stance matches earlier comments: he has left the door open, but only for something unusual and worth doing. “No Way Home” already gave his Parker emotional closure after the truncated Amazing series. Any future chapter would need to add something new rather than repeat that trick.
Garfield’s podcast appearance centered on “The Magic Faraway Tree,” directed by Ben Gregor from a screenplay by Simon Farnaby. He stars opposite Claire Foy as parents Tim and Polly. Vertical is releasing the Enid Blyton adaptation in U.S. theaters on August 21.
Could Sony or Marvel ever greenlight the idea?
That is anyone’s guess. Garfield’s hypothetical road trip pitch gives fans a stranger possibility to debate than another crowd-pleasing cameo. Until a studio commits, his Spider-Man future stays an open—and delightfully weird—question.