Marvel And Sony Can't Seem To Agree On Spider-Man Actor

This would be funny if it weren't so sad...

With the filming of Captain America: Civil War nearing completion, Marvel and Sony still haven't decided on an actor to play Peter Parker/Spider-Man.  Why?  Is the competition really that fierce?  Not according to TheWrap.com's Jeff Sneider.  He recently appeared on the podcast Meet the Movie Press and revealed that there are currently three actors that are all still vying for the role, but there seems to be disagreement between Marvel and Sony on who should get the role.

Right now, there are three actors that are still being considered for the role.  They are Tom Holland, Charlie Plummer and Matthew Lintz.  Here's where the disagreement comes into play.  Marvel wants to cast Plummer in the role, while Sony likes Holland.

Under the two company's agreement, Sony agreed to let Marvel use the Spider-Man character in their MCU, and Marvel has agreed to help Sony rebuild their Spider-Man franchise.  With all of the success that Marvel has had with their characters and franchises, Sony thought that this would be in their best interest to help make Spider-Man profitable again.  Marvel is going to collaborate with Sony over the stand-alone Spider-Man movies, and help integrate him into their own MCU, but even though Marvel is helping with the stories, Sony is footing the bill.  Because of this, Sony wants their own guy to play Peter Parker, even though Marvel has had a lot more success in this area.  Think Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Chris Pratt as Star Lord, Chris Evans as Captain America...I could go on and on.

That's not to say that Sony hasn't had luck in casting their Peter Parkers.  Toby Maguire and Andrew Garefield were both good choices for the role, so Sony does have a good reason for wanting their own guy.  Just for the record, though, I did not like Garfield as Spider-Man, although I know a lot of people did enjoy him in the role. 

Marvel and Sony have said that they will make an official announcement on who gets the role by the end of this week.  I guess with whoever gets the role, we'll see who has the upper hand in this arrangement.