Yelchin Is Spider-Man Finalist
1 min readAnton Yelchin, Star Trek XI‘s Chekov, is on the final list of candidates to play Peter Parker in Sony’s Spider-Man.
The studio wants to finish casting the main role so it can move on to casting other roles for Spider-Man, which begins production before the end of the year.
Yelchin joins a list of contenders including: Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot), Aaron Johnson (Kick-Ass), Andrew Garfield (The Social Network), Logan Lerman (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief) and Alden Ehrenreich (Tetro). Frank Dillane (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) and Michael Angerano (Lords of Dogtown) are also on the final list.
Spider-Man, directed by Marc Webb, will be shot in 3D, with a script 
by Jamie Vanderbilt. Spider-Man will be released on July 3, 2012.
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