Sony & Marvel Shortlisting Directors For Next 'Spider-Man' Movie

Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios with Kevin Feige are shortlisting a list of directors for the next live-action Spider-Man movie. Currently making the list are 50/50 and Warm Bodies writer/helmer Jonathan Levine; Ted Melfi, writer/director of Golden Globe-nommed St. Vincent; Pitch Perfect helmer Jason Moore; John Francis Daley & Jonathan M. Goldstein, the directors/writers of the updated version of John Hughes’ Vacation; and Napoleon Dynamite and Don Verdean writer/director Jared Hess. A decision should be made by the end of next week with a final choice with studio chief Tom Rothman.

There is also a search going on for a new young actor to play Peter Parker. The role might be cast before a director and writers are set because the character is expected to show up in the next Marvel movie, Captain America: Civil War.