Zendaya Grabs Lead Role in Marvel's Spider-Man Reboot

According to Comingsoon.net, Zendaya has been casted as a lead character named Michelle in Marvel Studios upcoming Spider-Man reboot!

Tom Holland will make his debut as the webslinger in Captain America: Civil War where he stars alongside Chris Evans as Steve Rogers / Captain America and Robert Downey Jr. in the May 6, 2016 release.

Following that film, Holland will be spinning his own web in an upcoming solo film joined by Marisa Tomei as Aunt May. Set to be directed by Jon Watts, the solo Spider-Man movie will be written by Vacation writers and directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. A co-production between Sony and Marvel Studios, Spider-Man will be released in theaters and IMAX on July 7, 2017.

Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman, known mononymously as Zendaya, is an American actress, singer, dancer, and model. She began performing at an early age with the dance group Future Shock Oakland, the California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, California, and as part of her studies at the Oakland School for the Arts and Cal Shakes Summer Conservatory Program.

Late in 2009, she auditioned for the Disney Channel series eventually known as Shake It Up, landing the role of Rocky Blue. Several of the songs she performed on the show were released as singles, including 2011's "Watch Me", a duet with her co-star Bella Thorne that charted at number 86 on Billboard Hot 100. That year, she also released the single "Swag It Out". Zendaya also parlayed her SHAKE IT UP success into hosting Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off 2011 and a role in the 2012 Disney Channel original movie Frenemies, alongside Bella Thorne. That year, more of Zendaya's songs were featured on the second season of SHAKE IT UP and the soundtrack Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance. After signing a deal with Disney imprint Hollywood Records, she began work on her first solo album.

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