The official news has finally arrived about WHO will be Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the next film – Tom Holland!
For months now there has been so much speculation as to who will don the outfit and be the next Spidey, but now we need guess no more after Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have announced that, following a lengthy casting process, actor Tom Holland (THE IMPOSSIBLE, IN THE HEART OF THE SEA) is the man who has bagged the most coveted job that young actors have been vying for lately.
The first standalone film from the new Spider-Man franchise, directed by Jon Watts, will be released worldwide on 28th July, 2017.
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.
“It’s a big day here at Sony. Kevin, Amy and their teams have done an incredible job,” Tom Rothman, Sony Pictures Motion Pictures Group Chairman, said. “The Marvel process is very thorough, and that’s why their results are so outstanding. I’m confident Spider-Man will be no exception. I’ve worked with a number of up-and-coming directors who have gone on to be superstars and believe that Jon is just such an outstanding talent. For Spidey himself, we saw many terrific young actors, but Tom’s screen tests were special. All in all, we are off to a roaring start.”
“As with James Gunn, Joss Whedon, and the Russo brothers, we love finding new and exciting voices to bring these characters to life,” Kevin Feige added “We spent a lot of time with Jon and find his take and work inspiring.”
Amy Pascal added, “Sony, Marvel, Kevin and I all knew that for Peter Parker, we had to find a vibrant, talented young actor capable of embodying one of the most well-known characters in the world. With Tom, we’ve found the perfect actor to bring Spider-Man’s story into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.”
Sony Pictures will finance and release worldwide the next installment of the $4 billion Spider-Manfranchise, in a film co-produced by Kevin Feige and his expert team at Marvel and Amy Pascal, who oversaw the franchise launch for the studio 13 years ago. Together, they will collaborate on a new creative direction for the Web-Slinger.
Holland will most likely appear first as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War in 2016 before getting his own film in 2017.
