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Following the Atlanta shoot, Spider-Man: Homecoming filmed for a few days in NYC, and now filming on the movie has wrapped. Tom Holland, director Jon Watts and Tony Revolori all took to Instagram to post about Spider-Man: Homecoming wrapping. “Our last day on [Spider-Man: Homecoming] and this how we are feeling but we got this,”

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They say three’s a charm, but not in the case of Uncle Ben’s death scene.

While Uncle Ben died twice before: once in the 2002 Sam Raimi Spider-Man (played by Cliff Robertson) and a second time in the Marc Webb Amazing Spider-Man (played by Martin Sheen), it won’t be happening for a third time in the Tom Holland reboot.

Spider-Man reboot director Jon Watts told Empire Magazine (via Yahoo) more of what Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige has been saying, which is no origin story.

“There are only so many times you can kill Uncle Ben,” Watts said, with mention of how he likes the idea of their plan to feature a teenage Peter Parker.  “I love the idea of making a coming-of-age high-school movie. We’re really going to see Peter Parker in high school and get deeper into that side of it. He’s just 15 now.”

Regarding Tom Holland, who is 19-years-old and hails from the UK, Watts offers he is the perfect Wall Crawler.

“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.”

Tom Holland will first appear as Peter Parker in “Captain America: Civil War” out next May followed by the standalone Spider-Man movie set for a 2017 release; Marisa Tomei is rumored for Aunt May.

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The new writers of Spider-Man previously dropped some details on the direction they are taking the character, and now we hear from new director Jon Watts.

Watts will be helming the standalone Spider-Man movie starring Tom Holland which bows in 2017.

“He can be a real high school student,” Watts said of Holland to EW.com. “That’s why people love Spider-Man. He’s the most grounded, relatable of superheroes. And Tom can really do that. He captures that. And he can do a standing back-flip. He’s perfect.”

Watts also talks about the Spider-Man connection to the rest of the Marvel Universe, which is a first for both Sony and Marvel.

“It’s a big universe, so everyone sort of works with each other to make sure that there’s continuity and that it all fits together,” Watts said. “It’s really exciting actually. We’re just getting started, working on the script and all that, but it’s going to be a great process.”

The untitled Spider-Man movie has a July 28, 2017 release with the script being written by John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein. Holland is expected to first appear in Captain America: Civil War, and Marisa Tomei is rumored to be playing Aunt May.

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Earlier, Marvel’s Kevin Feige cited John Hughes as an inspiration for the tone of the new Spider-Man, and now it’s learned the writers of the Vacation remake will pen the new Spidey film for Sony.

John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein, both of whom were actually in talks to direct Spider-Man before Jon Watts got the gig, will be writing the Spider-Man reboot for Marvel and Sony.

The story will see the new Peter Parker set in high school, but is said not to be an origin story.

Marisa Tomei is close to signing on as Aunt May and will appear first in Captain America: Civil War along with Tom Holland, the new Spider-Man.

The Spider-Man reboot is set for a July 28, 2017 with Feige on as producer along with Sony’s Amy Pascal.

John Hughes directed the original National Lampoon’s Vacation back in 1983; the new Vacation movie opens July 29th.