Over the weekend it was reported that five young actors had tested for the role of Peter Parker in Sony and Marvel’s upcoming Spider-Man reboot, and now it seems the two studios have whittled down their director shortlist to four possibilities.
According to Deadline, the candidates to helm the solo movie have been whittled down to Ted Melfi (St Vincent) and Jonathan Levine (Warm Bodies), who are said to be the favourites, while John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein (Vacation) remain on the radar. Meanwhile, Jon Watts has also emerged as a potential candidate after impressing with his feature debut Cop Car.
Spider-Man is set for release in July 2017, with Asa Butterfield (Ender’s Game), Tom Holland (The Impossible), Judah Lewis (Demolition), Matthew Lintz (Pixels), Charlie Plummer (Boardwalk Empire) and Charlie Rowe (Red Band Society) all in contention for the role of the web-slinger.
James says
Isn’t Jonathan Levine the director of that upcoming racist Christmas movie with Seth Rogen? You know, the one where fat ugly Rogen plays an explicitly Jewish character yet again, while good-looking Jews Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Lizzy Caplan play non-Jews? Isn’t that obscenely racist? Why does Rogen keep pulling this trick over and over again? (he always casts himself as a Jew opposite good-looking Jews who are made to play non-Jews, see also James Franco, Paul Rudd, Zac Efron, Dave Franco, and so on. If he insists on playing his own ethnicity, why can’t they?). Levine should be disqualified just for his participation in this.
BTW, here’s a good suggestion for Spider-Man casting: why not Denzel Washington as Norman Osborn? I know it’s slightly out of the box, but Denzel has that perfect mix of calculating intelligence and physical menace that Norman is supposed to have. If Norman is going to be a major villain in the marvel universe, Denzel would be just perfect, and I could see him taking on all the Avengers.
HolyFranchiseBatman! says
Not a bad shout on Denzel as Norman Osborn. Hopefully whoever they cast they’ll do the character justice – he could be a great villain for the MCU as well as Spider-Man.