Who Will Be Cast As The New Spider-Man?

Now that a new Spider-Man franchise is in the works, the next obvious question is: Who will play the Wall-Crawler? Spider-Man and Peter Parker are massive roles to fill, and as such, will be on the top of Marvel’s casting to-do list.

But since they studio executives have so much on their plate already, we thought that we’d help out by offering a few suggestions on who should play the next big-screen Spider-Man. It’s a varied list that not everyone will agree with, but we think the below entrants could not only pull off a convincing Peter Parker and Spider-Man, but also have the best shots at doing so.

Taron Egerton

Dave Franco

Logan Lerman

Matthew Lewis

John Gallagher Jr.

If Gallagher Jr.’s memorable turn on The Newsroom taught us anything, it’s that he knows how to play the affable geek. He may not have the ready-made build for a superhero like Spider-Man, but he certainly has the brains. In the Newsroom, Gallagher’s Jim Harper was sharp, witty, a shameless geek for what he loved, and uncompromising in his values. Heck, Jim practically was that universe’s version of Peter Parker, as he constantly championed—wait for it—responsibility over everything else. Gallagher Jr. also plays well with others. The Newsroom was hardly short on colorful personalities that required some mindful handling from Jim, not unlike Spider-Man’s. If Gallagher could keep pace with Will McAvoy’s newsroom, there’s no reason he couldn’t handle J. Jonah Jameson’s.

Bonus: Drake Bell

As the voice for Marvel Animation’s Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon, Bell has already mastered Spider-Man to a certain degree. He knows the cadence, range, and small ticks that make Spider-Man, well, Spider-Man. And since he’s already in the Disney family, he could transition fairly easily from the animated world into the live-action one.