The new Spider Man has been chosen

[Mr. Scot]

News from what I'd consider a reliable source: Marvel.com

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.

His IMDb page: Tom Holland

He's 19 years old, and British.

 

[Jeremy Igo]

Pretty soon it will be more difficult to find a young hollywood actor that hasn't played spiderman. 

[Mr. Scot]

Technically he's only the third, and Andrew Garfield was awful.

I saw something a short time ago claiming the kid from "Ender's Game" had the role, but it didn't seem legit.

[Mol3m4n]

I hope it isn't British accent spiderman. That would be rubbish.

[Mr. Scot]

Well, to be fair, there have been a fair number of American heroes / villains / characters who have been portrayed fantastically by British actors and actresses.

The reverse? Not so much.

[stankowalski]

Do we really need another Spiderman?  

[Crixtala]

Technically he's only the third, and Andrew Garfield was awful.

I saw something a short time ago claiming the kid from "Ender's Game" had the role, but it didn't seem legit.

Garfield was the only part of those movies that was worth watching... he was a great spider-man

Do we really need another Spiderman?  

yes... now that sony and marvel have worked out their deal and spidey will be a part of the MCU, this reboot actually makes sense

[TheRed]

Well, based on the success other British actors have had in superhero roles, he should be pretty good.

Here's an idea, maybe actually do things the right way this go around?

[davos]

I pretend Spider-man 1 & 2 exist.  Then there's like three other movies about a spider-like vigilante.  

[Mr. Scot]

Garfield was the only part of those movies that was worth watching... he was a great spider-man

Can't agree.  Garfield was just as bad as those movies were.

 

I pretend Spider-man 1 & 2 exist.  Then there's like three other movies about a spider-like vigilante.  

Just to clarify, which "1 and 2" do you mean?

I'm gonna assume you mean the rebooted 1 and 2 because Sam Raimi's Spider Man 2 was one of the best superhero movies made (especially Al Molina's take on Doctor Octopus).

[Mr. Scot]

And here's hoping the next Spider Man producer just bites the bullet and pays J K Simmons whatever it takes to get him to play J Jonah Jameson again.

And for Pete's sake (really) please get a Mary Jane who's actually hot.

[Crixtala]

there were rumors going around a few months ago (around the time of the Sony hacks, I believe) that JK Simmons was being mentioned again for the JJJ role... he was absolutely too perfect for the role

I also read a while back that Sony was hoping to make this some kind of Sony multi-verse... since they still own Spider-Man and all the related rights and will still be making their own standalone films (just with Marvel input), they're going to look at the original trilogy as one universe, Garfield films as another and this new batch of films that are tied into the MCU into another

essentially, this would allow them to make films across several different universes/timelines and build off of the good from some and forget the bad from others.  who knows if that will really happen... it could have just been ideas being tossed around at Sony, but it's an interesting idea (and would allow them to also introduce Miles Morales and Miguel O'Hara, etc)

[davos]

Can't agree.  Garfield was just as bad as those movies were.

 

Just to clarify, which "1 and 2" do you mean?

I'm gonna assume you mean the rebooted 1 and 2 because Sam Raimi's Spider Man 2 was one of the best superhero movies made (especially Al Molina's take on Doctor Octopus).

When I say 1 & 2, I'm talking about Raimi.  I pretend they're the only ones that were made haha.  The non-Spiderman 3 I'm referring to are S3 and TAS1&2.  Raimi's 2nd flick is the best of the bunch.  

[Jangler]

I liked 1 reboot, but the second did what the first series did, muddled up.

They just need to stop with the origin stories of the established characters.