Latino Review has the scoop, telling us that Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have set their sites on the next Peter Parker.
According to the site, Asa Butterfield is the frontrunner of the previously reported batch of names that included 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 site received a “no comment” but have always been one of the forefront of major Marvel scoops. We believe in them implicitly.
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As we stated in the above linked article, all of the aforementioned names are too old for the role, and this includes Butterfield. At least with Butterfield, we know we’re getting a seasoned actor who was absolutely fantastic in both Hugo and Ender’s Game (a critically panned movie I actually enjoyed quite a bit).
The new Spider-Man will first appear in Anthony and Joe Russo’s upcoming Captain America: Civil War, which will hit theaters May 6, 2016.
THEN, and only then will this new Peter Parker swing into action solo on July 28, 2017. Drew Goddard is rumored to direct with the title also rumored to be Spider-Man: The New Avenger.