Tag: Marvel

Marvel announces Tom Holland as new Spider-Man

JUNE 24 (Reuters) — Tom Holland has been selected to play Spider-Man in the next incarnation of the super hero franchise. The 19-year old actor, who played opposite Naomi Watts in “The Impossible,” is expected to appear in “Captain America: Civil War” before his first standalone film hits theaters in July 2017. Holland will follow in the web-slinging footsteps of Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire, both of whom played the character on the big screen.

Actor Martin Freeman joins Marvel’s ‘Captain America: Civil War’

MAY 6 (Reuters) — From solving murders in central London with “Sherlock” and traipsing through Middle Earth in “The Hobbit,” actor Martin Freeman is heading into the Marvel universe, the Walt Disney Co-owned studio said on Tuesday (May 05). Freeman, 43, who played Bilbo Baggins in “The Hobbit” trilogy and won an Emmy for his role as Dr. John Watson alongside Benedict Cumberbatch’s crime-solving detective in BBC’s popular “Sherlock” series, is joining the cast of […]