Back in May it was rumoured that Tom Holland’s wall-crawler would be going up against both The Vulture and The Tinkerer in next year’s Spider-Man: Homecoming.
The Vulture was confirmed at Comic-Con with some concept art (with Michael Keaton expected to be filling the role of Adrian Toomes), and now Deadline is reporting that Michael Chernus (Captain Phillips, Orange Is the New Black) has joined the cast of the film as Phineas Mason, better known as the engineering genius The Tinkerer.
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Are you excited about seeing Spidey going up against The Vulture and The Tinkerer? What do you make of the choice of villains for the reboot? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…
A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Marvel Studios’ “Captain: Civil War,” begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging superhero in “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”
Spider-Man: Homecoming sees Tom Holland and Marisa Tomei reprising their roles from Captain America: Civil War as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Aunt May, alongside Marvel veteran Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. New additions to the cast include Michael Keaton (Birdman), Michael Barbieri (Little Men), Zendaya (K.C. Undercover), Angourie Rice (The Nice Guys), Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus), Martin Starr (Silicon Valley), Donald Glover (Community), Laura Harrier (One Life to Live), Kenneth Choi (Captain America: The First Avenger), Hannibal Buress (Broad City), Isabella Amara (The Boss), Jorge Lendeborg, Jr. (Graceland), JJ Totah (Glee), Abraham Attah (Beasts of No Nation), Michael Mando (Better Call Saul), Selenis Leyva (Orange Is the New Black), Bokeem Woodbine (Riddick), Tyne Daly (Cagney & Lacey), Garcelle Beauvais (Hollywood Today Live), Tiffany Espensen (Kirby Buckets), Tyron Woodley (Kickboxer: Vengeance) and Martha Kelly (Baskets). The film is set for release on July 7th, 2017.
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Originally published August 11, 2016. Updated March 2, 2020.
