These Are Five Contenders For Spider-Man New Look

The big question surrounding the big screen reboot of “Spider-Man” franchise is on who will play the title character, taking up the mantle from Tobey Maguire and return to highschool as the new Peter Parker. Director Marc Webb (500 Days of Summer) and Sony are also getting closer and closer to their younger and grittier 3D reboot of the franchise, as they have narrowed down the list of contenders to five young men. Early reports had Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson, Gamer) as the leading candidate and HitFix went as far as saying he was locked for the role, before Deadline completely shot it down and added that he’s not even a contender. Now, Heat Vision reported that Webb has been spending his last few months meeting and testing a pile of actors to find the right Peter Parker and the list is now down to the following five young men: Jamie Bell, Alden Ehrenreich, Frank Dillane, Josh Hutcherson and Andrew Garfield.

Hutcherson we already knew about from an IESB report in early April but the other four haven’t been publicized as candidates until now. He’s the youngest of the group at 18, while the others range from 19 (Dillane) to 27 (Garfield). While Sony previous idea is to cast a relative unknown, so to find out that British actor Jamie Bell, who’s had big roles in “Jumper”, “Defiance” and the upcoming “Jane Eyre” adaption and “Tintin” films, also in the running is somewhat unexpected. So at this point, just wait and see who will become their actual top pick?