Important Casting Calls for Marvel Studios

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is getting bigger and bigger every time you look.  Within the past couple of months, they have signed incredible individuals to play either iconic characters that will be apart of the Cinematic Universe, or crewmembers to lead those movies.  These hirings effect the upcoming season of Daredevil as well as the Marvel Studios version of the Amazing Spider-Man.

For the upcoming Daredevil season, it was announced that the protagonist would be the Punisher.  The studio hired former The Walking Dead actor Jon Bernthal to lead that role.  In a simple world, that news would have been enough but the studio recently just announced that the Daredevil’s love interest/ work partner Elektra would also appear.  Elektra is going to be portrayed by Elodie Yung, who played a character in the 2013 film G.I. Joe: Retaliation that looks very similar to Elektra, red costume and all.  The best news is that they just started filming this week, which mean it will be coming out sometime next year.  Having the Punisher show up in the same universe as the Avengers is very exciting because it creates the potential of some awesome conflicts and/or team ups in upcoming films.

The most important signing comes with Tom Holland, who is set to portray Peter Parker/ Spider-Man in upcoming Marvel Studios films.  Unlike previous films, the studio, in conjunction with Sony Pictures, chose to go young with this rendition of Peter Parker.  This is a good move on their part since a Spider-Man movie was released last year and they need to do everything in their power to differentiate this new Spider-Man from the old one.  It was also announced that Jon Watts will be directing the movie.  This goes along with Marvel Studios hiring mostly independent directors for their blockbuster films.  There should be nothing to worry about because not well-known directors directed the best Marvel Studios films up until this point. 

In conclusion, in Marvel we trust.  Get excited ladies and gentleman.