19-year-old British actor, Tom Holland!
Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios are proud to announce that after a full worldwide casting search, Tom Holland will play Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the next Spider-Man film, in theaters in IMAX and 3D on July 28, 2017. The film will be directed by Jon Watts, director of “Cop Car,” the upcoming thriller that made its debut earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival.
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.
I’ll be interested to see how they bring Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe… hopefully the rumors of having him appear in CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR are true and we will get our first look at Tom as Spidey!
What do you guys think of their decision? From the looks of the videos I think he could pull it off!
Holland can be seen next in the film, “In the Heart of the Sea” opposite other Marvel actor Chris Hemsworth (THOR).
-Matt@1063RL
