Marvel & Sony Short List 'Spider-Man' Directors & Actors

Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures has come down to the choice of the actor who'll play Peter Parker — Asa Butterfield and Tom Holland are the frontrunners though Matt Lintz and Charlie Rowe also made strong impressions.

Sony Pictures and Marvel have also narrowed the choice down to which director will helm a multi-picture arc that takes Peter Parker through high school - Ted Melfi and Jonathan Levine. Still in contention are John Francis Daley & Jonathan M. Goldstein.

The studio narrowed the search from an initial field of a dozen directors, and the final decision comes down to producers Amy Pascal and Marvel’s Kevin Feige, with Sony Pictures chief Tom Rothman. Marvel and Sony are also meeting with writers, but several of these finalists can write scripts as well.