{"id":1511964,"date":"2026-06-02T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?guid=2b39f2dbe1a819f23b887d0bc94829a7"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:53:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:53:55","slug":"tom-holland-asked-sony-boss-to-delay-spider-man-brand-new-day-so-he-could-be-in-the-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1511964","title":{"rendered":"Tom Holland asked Sony boss to delay &#8216;Spider-Man: Brand New Day&#8217; so he could be in &#8216;The Odyssey&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/08473aee464d67feef95c2f4ae4218b8.png\" alt\/><figcaption>Tom Holland attends the MLS match between Inter Miami CF and Philadelphia Union at Nu Stadium on May 24, 2026, in Miami, Florida. (Megan Briggs\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Tom Holland is opening up about delaying production on <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/em> so that he could be part of Christopher Nolan's <em>The Odyssey<\/em>.<\/p><p>In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/matt-damon-robert-pattinson-tom-holland-cover-interview-summer-2026\"  rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">interview<\/a> with <em>GQ<\/em>, Holland spoke about an \"uncomfortable conversation\" he had with Sony Pictures head Tom Rothman about the possibility of delaying production on <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/em> in order to star in Nolan's epic, as both films had the exact same production start date.<\/p><p>\u201cSo I said to Chris, like, \u2018Look, I want to do this movie, but if I\u2019m going to do it, I\u2019m going to have to call Sony and have a very uncomfortable conversation,\u2019\" Holland said.<\/p><p>The call went well, Holland said, partly due to Nolan's reputation as a filmmaker. <em>The Odyssey<\/em>'s production started on schedule and actually finished nine days early, Holland noted.<\/p><p>\u201cI think one of the reasons why Sony were happy to move is because Chris has that reputation of, \u2018This movie isn\u2019t going to go five months over, and we aren\u2019t actually going to lose Tom for two years,\u2019\" Holland said. \u201cAny other director, it might have been a slightly different conversation.\u201d<\/p><p>Both films are premiering to theaters this summer. Holland said this period really \"feels like the beginning of the next chapter of my life.\"<\/p><p>\u201cI really feel like a young man now,\" Holland continued. \"I have so much amazing stuff happening in my personal life to take me through to the rest of my life, and I feel like I have a new perspective on where I want to exist in Hollywood.\"<\/p><p><em>The Odyssey<\/em> arrives in cinemas and to IMAX screens on July 17, while <em>Spider-Man: Brand New Day<\/em> swings into theaters on July 31.<\/p><p><em>Disney is the parent company of ABC News and Marvel Entertainment.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Holland attends the MLS match between Inter Miami CF and Philadelphia Union at Nu Stadium on May 24, 2026, in Miami, Florida. (Megan Briggs\/Getty Images)Tom Holland is opening up about delaying production on Spider-Man: Brand New Day so that he cou&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1919,"featured_media":1511967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/08473aee464d67feef95c2f4ae4218b8.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1451],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1511964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abc-entertainment-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-05 21:14:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2026\/06\/08473aee464d67feef95c2f4ae4218b8.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1919"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1511964"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1511968,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1511964\/revisions\/1511968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1511967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1511964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1511964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1511964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}