Earlier this year, Marvel Entertainment and Sony Pictures announced their plans to shoot a new Spider-Man movie.
Actor Tom Holland has been hired to take on the role of the web-slinging superhero (also known as Peter Parker). Filmmaker Jon Watts will take the helm of this project and serve as the director. The theatrical release date has been set for July 28, 2017.
Here’s more from Marvel’s announcement: “Marvel and Sony Pictures, and producers Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal conducted an extensive search for both the actor and the director. The studios and producers were impressed by Holland’s performances in The Impossible, Wolf Hall, and the upcoming In the Heart of the Sea, and by a series of complex screen tests. Following Marvel’s tradition of working with the brightest next wave of directors, Watts also went through multiple meetings with Feige, Pascal, and the studio, before winning the job.” (via Deadline.com)