Sony Pictures And Marvel Announce Tom Holland Is New SPIDER-MAN

The search for the new Spider-man is over.

Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures announced Tuesday that THE IMPOSSIBLE star Tom Holland would be taking over the role of Peter Parker and the web-slinging superhero.

Jon Watts, who directed the indie thriller COP CAR, has been set to direct the still-untitled film.

The new Spider-Man will first appear in a Marvel film from Marvel’s Cinematic Universe (MCU). Sony Pictures will thereafter release the next installment of its $4 billion Spider-Man franchise, on July 28, 2017, in a film that will be 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.

Feige commented, “As with James Gunn, Joss Whedon, and the Russo brothers, we love finding new and exciting voices to bring these characters to life. We spent a lot of time with Jon and find his take and work inspiring.”

Sony Pictures promises a new creative direction for this iteration of SPIDER-MAN. Since 2002, there have been five films in the $4 billion series, with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield previously in the title role.

Holland, a 19-year-old English actor, has also appeared in “Locke” and the TV series “Wolf Hall.” He can be seen this December in Ron Howard’s IN THE HEART OF THE SEA.