

The MCU hobgoblin won’t be Ned.
Since Homecoming people have been talking about Ned becoming the Hobgoblin like in the comics. Except in the comics Ned wasn’t the Hobgoblin. He was framed. The real Hobgoblin was Fashion Designer Roderick Kingsley. I don’t think the CEO has it in him to be a super villain. He’s too chill.
The only way I can see it happening is if they just rip off Willem Dafoe Goblin and have Ned get the goblin serum + split personality. I highly doubt that will happen since Kevin Feige notoriously hates doing stuff that’s already been done before.
I do believe the MCU will bring in Roderick Kingsley but he won’t be the Hobgoblin. Just a red herring to mess with comic fans. The Hobgoblin will be Peter Parker’s teacher, Mr Harrington.
In Incredible Hulk it’s shown that Harrington was a student at the extremely prestigious Cutler University. So he’d be smart enough to make his own tech. His wife faked her death during the snap and left him. Motivation for a future breakdown. It’s possible that at some point after No Way Home he just snapped and became an unhinged supervillain. Think Michael Douglas in “Falling Down”.
It would also emulate the feeling of the Green/Hobgoblin mystery in the comics. The idea that someone Peter knows is the titular villain. In this case it’s someone that would shock both Comic fans and MCU fans.