Rumor: Asa Butterfield Has Been Cast as Spider-Man

Call this a rumor for now, but Latino-Review reports that Asa Butterfield (Ender's Game, Hugo) has been cast as the new Spider-Man. We've been waiting to figure out who Sony and Marvel would choose to play this role since it was announced that the character would be shared among the two companies, and word is that Butterfield and the studio are in negotiations and it's just a matter of the ink drying on the contracts before an official confirmation is issued.

I like Butterfield the most out of all of the names who were legitimately rumored to be the new Peter Parker/Spider-Man, so I'm happy with this choice. He was the frontrunner for the role, has blockbuster movie experience, he's only 18 and looks younger than that (unlike Andrew Garfield, who always looked a little too old to be a teenaged Spidey), and he's an excellent actor. It'll be great to see him mix it up with Downey, Evans, and the rest of the MCU mainstays. He's expected to show up first in Captain America: Civil War before swinging into his own solo movie at Sony on July 28th, 2017. Still no word on who will direct that film, but here's the latest list of contenders.