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Andrew Garfield is out as Peter Parker / Spider-Man.
It should be noted that as of last week (and potentially even today) there were still ongoing talks between the joint Sony/Marvel team and Andrew Garfield about him reprising his role ultimately it came down to decision on the script setting of Midtown High or Empire State University. When the final decision was made to set the movie in Midtown High was made, it aged Andrew Garfield out of the role.
A follow up note suggests that if Sony/Marvel decide to go with Miles Morales (a black/latino teenager) than it is entirely possible for Andrew Garfield to resurface as Peter Parker in a later movie.
A short list from a Marvel insider has suggested that Dylan O'Brien and Logan Lerman are the current finalists. The third name on the short list is Daniel Radcliffe, yes Harry Potter himself, I wonder if Emma Watson would be up for Mary Jane.
Please note that the same insider suggests that setting will be Midtown High School and Miles Morales will be Spider-Man. Call it a hunch but I am not sure either Dylan O'Brien, Logan Lerman or Daniel Radcliffe can pull of a scrawny black latino teenager. A Name to watch for is Tyrel James Williams if Miles Morales is the way it goes.
Spider-Man will first appear in at least 1 MCU before his stand-alone movie in 2017. That leaves Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange and Guardian of the Galaxy 2 as possibilities. There has long been rumors that Spider-Man would make a cameo in Avengers: Age of Ultron but with principal filming done hard to see him making more than a quick appearance. Same issue with Ant-Man. Doctor Strange and Guardians of the Galaxy 2 aren't really good fits for Spider-Man, so that leaves the very obvious Captain America: Civil War.
Work on The Amazing Spider-Man 3 has been indefinitely suspend and The Amazing Spider-Man 4 has been cancelled.
No one expects that Sony would return to the TASM storyline; however the new deal is for one movie plus appearances in the MCU, so it is highly unlikely that they would return to that story arc, but not impossible.
The untitled Spider-Man film is scheduled for release July 2017.
The short list for directors include Drew Goddard and Andrew McKay. McKay who has earned praise and admiration from Marvel Studios for his work with Ant-Man Script probably has the upper hand at the moment. A name that has been linked in the past is Joss Whedon, and I am sure that if he wants to direct this movie he will be given the keys, however his life has been MCU for the past six years and he has indicated he wants to take some time off.
Brian Michael Bendis, principal writer of the Ultimate Spider-Man has been linked to a screen play.
Filming is scheduled later this year, late fall(?), in Atlanta Georgia, which makes me believe a number of decisions have already been made but not announced.
The Sinister Six has been delayed.
Drew Goddard is still in the director's chair, however it appears that Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach will be elevated to Executive Producer and replaced by other producers.
No word has been given on the other actors who have been slated for the film, including Chris Cooper, Paul Gaimatti, Felicity Jones, Sally Field, Dane DeHaan).
Work on Venom and Female Lead set in the Spider-Man Universe continues but no release dates have been set for either project.
Alex Kurtzman is still slated to direct and Ed Solomon is still working on a script for Venom.
Writing the Female Lead Spider-Man story is Lisa Joy Nolan (whose name should sound familiar).
Permission has been granted for Sony to use/explore characters from the Marvel Universe within all three movies.
All four Sony films will linked to the MCU with only the Spider-Man film truly being canon.
There has been a rumor that Sony wanted to make multiple Spider-Man stories at the same time, The Ultimate Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man, amongst other options.
A rumor that has picked up a little steam in the wake of the Marvel Sony partnership is that Sony may make a Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends film. The short lived TV Cartoon series saw Peter Parker (Spider-Man), Angelica Jones (Firestar), and Bobby Drake (Ice-Man) as college roommates and fighting crime. What is interesting about this rumor is that Firestar and Ice-Man are Mutants controlled by X-Men IP at 20th Century Fox, for this rumor to have any validity it means an agreement between Sony and 20th Century Fox needs to be reached; however there is history here as 20th Century Fox's Daredevil (starring Ben Affleck) had Kingpin from the Spider-Man IP.
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