Donald Glover Joins Spider-Man: Homecoming
Here’s a sentence that feels good to write: Donald Glover will be in Spider-Man: Homecoming!
Those Community veterans can breathe a sigh of relief, Glover, who was the focus and active supporter of a fan campaign to get him cast as the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man when Sony first rebooted the Spider-Man franchise (the part went to The Social Network’s Andrew Garfield while Glover was able to partly fulfill his dream by voicing mixed-race Spider-Man Miles Morales on Disney XD’s animated series Ultimate Spider-Man), will now join the cast of Homecoming in an unspecified role.
Homecoming is Sony’s reboot of its Spider-Man franchise, which it has partnered with Marvel to produce, and the movie is due to begin production later this month.
Tom Holland is starring as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in a story that takes the character back to his high-school roots.The project has been quietly casting up and the roll call includes Michael Keaton as a villain, Marisa Tomei as Aunt May and Zendaya as the female lead.
Also on board are Tony Revolori, who starred opposite Ralph Fiennes in The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Laura Harrier, who appeared on the soap opera One Life to Live. Robert Downey Jr. will appear as Tony Stark/Iron Man.
Jon Watts is set to helm the film.
Spider-Man: Homecoming will hit cinemas on July 7, 2017.
