Our friends at Latino Review are stating that Sony and Marvel’s new “Spider-Man” revamp is rumored to be titled Spider-Man: The New Avenger.
The title makes a bit of sense being that Spidey will appear in Anthony and Joe Russo’s upcoming Captain America: Civil War, which will hit theaters May 6, 2016. And it will also lead into Sony and Marvel’s solo film on July 28, 2017.
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After developing Sinister Six, Drew Goddard is rumored to direct with the following listed as being on the short list to play the newest incarnation of Peter Parker: Asa Butterfield (Hugo, Ender’s Game), Timothee Chalamet (One and Two, Interstellar), Tom Holland (Locke, The Impossible), Liam James (“Psych,” The Way, Way Back) and Nat Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars, Paper Towns).
The title Spider-Man: The New Avenger also makes sense in a marketing and branding scheme of things, when you understand that these movies are made to sell toys. Branding Spider-Man with The Avengers is literally turning silver into gold – or maybe even platinum (depending on how Age of Ultron performs.