Hey eveyone! Zach Who Watches Movies here with some exciting news. Marvel has finally cast their Spider-Man! not only that, but they have also picked a director I think none of us saw coming. Collider is reporting that Tom Holland has been cast as the iconic web slinger with Jon Watts set to direct the stand-alone film. Woah. This is not what I, or I'm sure most anyone else expected. We knew Holland was on the shortlist but Jon Watts wasn't even on my radar for director. As of two weeks ago we all thought Asa Butterfield was playing Parker and the list of potential directors looked like five more Marc Webb's.
This is great casting in my opinion. Even though I am not even that familiar with either of their work I just love the direction they are taking this. They are going with a young peter Parker this time and Tom Holland is perfect for it. He looks like a sixteen year old and although the only work I know him from is Locke and he is only a voice in that I always trust Marvel's decision making. The comes in Jon watts as director, I haven't seen his film Clown yet but I have heard it is fantastic horror. This is what I love about Marvel, they bring in the most unique talents for their films, and now they are tapping into horror directors. After James Gunn made Guardians a hit they gave Dr. Strange to horror vet Scott Derrickson, and now this.
The new collaboration between Sony and Marvel is off to a crazy start. Spider-Man will make his first appearance in the MCU next year in Captain American: Civil War and then in his own standalone film in the summer of 2017. What do you guys think of the castings? is Tom Holland too unknown to form an opinion? Do you like that Marvel is tapping more horror directors for their movies? Let me know what you think either in the comments below or on twitter @ZachWWMovies. As always, thanks for reading and I am Zach Who watches Movies. Smell ya later!
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