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The 'Cast List' for the Spider-Man Reboot is Ridiculous

An image is circulating of the supposed full cast of the film

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From what we know of the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, Tom Holland is playing Peter Parker and Marisa Tomei is playing Aunt May. That's all that's been confirmed thus far. However, a new image popped up on the Internet that claims it's the cast list for the new Spider-Man film, and it looks pretty ambitious, it is completely unconfirmed, and one of the weirdest things other news sites, including us, are reporting on.

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Let's, for one quick second, pretend there's some sort of credibility behind this random image on the Internet. Vulture and Scorpion in the same film and one of them is Billy Zane? Color me interested. Jason Biggs as Scorpion? Well, I just don't see it. The thing about this cast list and there's a lot of characters here that can come back for later films. Harry Osborn is here and we could eventually, down the road, see the Green Goblin for a third time. Flash Thompson also pops up and if they wanted to, he could eventually become Venom and join the Guardians of the Galaxy, right? (Sorry Eddie Brock) Ok, we're jumping way too far ahead.

Obviously, take this with the smallest grain of salt as humanly possible. It's not hard to take a photo of your computer screen, after typing something in a word processor, even in a world where "PrtScn" exists.

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Aside from the fact this was written on a desktop and not a laptop, I also find Idris Elba to be a very versatile actor. What if the "cast picture" above (not mine, obviously) is actually real? That would be cool but there's nothing there that feels official. Sure, there may be some chance that some intern walked by someone involved in pre-production of the film's laptop, who was in town for a meeting, and snapped a picture of their unlocked computer, open for anyone to see, while the director/producer went to the bathroom, but that seems too implausible.

As always, we'll keep you updated as more develops and if by chance the original image is actually true and I'm wrong, then at least I got to spend a few minutes copying and pasting the name "Idris Elba" over and over again, and to me, that's worth it. But chances are, that first image is just some fan's dream.

What do you think of the cast list? Could it be real?