SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Star Zendaya Among Finalists To Play ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL

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Apparently Zendaya (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Maika Monroe (It Follows), and Rosa Salazar (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials) are all in the running to star as the cyborg bounty hunter- though sources report that Zendaya looks like the frontrunner at this point. According to Variety, Bella Thorne is also a finalist.

No release date has been set for Alita: Battle Angel yet as the project is still not officially greenlit. Word is the studio is still trying to get the budget under control. You can check out the synopsis below:

Set in the 26th century, ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL tells the story of Alita, an amnesiac female cyborg who is rescued from a scrapyard by a doctor. The rebuilt Alita, remembering only her training in a deadly martial art, becomes a hunter-warrior, tracking down and eliminating vicious criminals. Within the context of an epic action-adventure, the film will explore a young woman’s journey of self-discovery and finding love.

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Spider-Man: Homecoming snares Tony Revolori and Laura Harrier

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Spider-Man: Homecoming has webbed up two more cast members.

Tony Revolori, who played the lobby boy Zero Mustafa in The Grand Budapest Hotel, and Laura Harrier, an alum of the enduring soap opera One Life to Live, will appear in the superhero reboot, EW has confirmed.

The two join an ensemble that includes Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Marisa Tomei as Aunt May, and Zendaya in an unknown role. Michael Keaton is in talks to play a villain in the Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios co-production, and Jon Watts (Cop Car) is directing.

Spider-Man: Homecoming is slated to hit theaters July 7, 2017.

This is shaping up to being a very diverse cast. 

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/15/spider-man-homecoming-tony-revolori-laura-harrier

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Zendaya Joins ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot

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They crank out another Spiderman every few years, here's hoping this one has more of a twist...

Zendaya has landed a key role in Marvel and Sony’s “Spider-Man” reboot starring Tom Holland, sources confirmed to Variety.

Jon Watts is directing the currently untitled “Spider-Man” film from a script by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal are producing the movie, which focuses on a teenage Peter Parker’s high school days.

Holland is starring as Parker, while Zendaya’s role is still under wraps. Marisa Tomei will play Aunt May.

Zendaya was one of a handful of actresses who had been testing with Holland for the past couple of weeks, but insiders stress that the character is neither Parker’s love interest nor a lead role. She will, however, play a bigger part in future installments.

Plot details are still being heavily guarded.

Holland’s Spider-Man will first make an appearance in the upcoming “Captain American: Civil War” with a standalone pic bowing on July 7, 2017. Production is expected to start this summer.

Zendaya is the star of the Disney Channel series “Shake It Up!” and “K.C. Undercover.” The actress-singer also appeared on “Dancing With the Stars” in 2013 and recently had a guest role on “Black-ish.”

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