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Spider-Man director reveals Peter Parker’s age in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

September 22, 2015 by Gary Collinson

While we’ve known for some time that Sony and Marvel are taking Spider-Man back to high school for the web-slinger’s Marvel Cinematic Universe incarnation, we haven’t known exactly how old Tom Holland’s Peter Parker will be… until now.

Speaking to Empire (via Yahoo), director Jon Watts revealed that: “I love the idea of making a coming-of-age high-school movie. We’re really going to see Peter Parker in high school and get deeper into that side of it. He’s just 15 now.”

SEE ALSO: Drew Goddard on the Spider-Man reboot, Sinister Six and Daredevil

Spidey makes his MCU debut in Captain America: Civil War, which opens on April 29th 2016 in the UK and May 6th 2016 in the States, while the as yet untitled Spider-Man reboot will hit cinemas on July 28th 2017.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL18yMRIfoszEaHYNDTy5C-cH9Oa2gN5ng&v=qvTY7eXXIMg

Originally published September 22, 2015. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Jon Watts, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man, Tom Holland

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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