Next ‘Spider-Man’ Will Still Be Peter Parker, says Kevin Feige
We already knew the character of Spider-Man will return to high school in the upcoming blockbuster, but now Sony Pictures have confirmed they will reintroduce Peter Parker in the film instead of opting for another character, such as Miles Morales, to play Spider-Man.
Speaking with Collider, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige said that the next Spider-Man will be a 15 or 16-year-old Peter Parker.“In terms of the age of an actor we’ll eventually cast, I don’t know,” Feige admits. “In terms of the age of what we believe Peter Parker is, I’d say 15-16 is right.”
Feige said keeping the superhero in that setting for an extended period of time allows for the introduction of new stories, “Some of my favorite Spider-Man arcs and Spider-Man stories, he’s in high school for a lot of it,” he said. “We want to explore that. That also makes him very, very different from any of our other characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is something else we want to explore: how unique he is when now put against all these other characters.”
It's widely reported that Marvel will introduce the new Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, which is scheduled to be released in theatres on the 6th May 2016. Meanwhile, the latest Spider-Man franchise launches on the 28th July 2017.
