Spider-Man Reboot Release Moved Up

The upcoming Spider-Man reboot from Sony Pictures is coming slightly sooner than expected. Deadline reports that the film company has announced that the movie will now open on July 7, 2017. Previously, it was scheduled to debut on July 28, 2017.

Filling the July 27 slot for Sony will be its Jumanji remake, which was previously pegged to open on Christmas Day this year.

"The move of Jumanji into the summer will provide a pretty solid 1-2 punch for the studio," Deadline reported.

The Spider-Man reboot will be directed by Cop Car's Jon Watts. It stars British actor Tom Holland as Peter Parker, who will be aged 15 in the film, at least the start of it.

"I love the idea of making a coming-of-age high school movie," Watts said in an interview last year. "We're really going to see Peter Parker in high school and get deeper into that side of it. He's just 15 now," said Watts. "Tom was pretty perfect. He's very athletic. He can actually do a backflip! If he didn't already capture the spirit of the character, with that on top, the kid is Spider-Man".

Ahead of the standalone film, it is expected that the new Spider-Man will make his first Marvel Studios appearance in Captain America: Civil War, which is due in May 2016. In February this year, a deal was struck between Marvel and Sony--who hold the big screen right to the character--to allow Marvel to include him in their ongoing Cinematic Universe. 2017's Spider-Man will be a co-production between both studios.

In other movie premiere date news, Disney announced today that Star Wars Episode VIII has been delayed to December 2017, while Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales will open in May 2017.