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Another actress may have joined the upcoming 鈥淪pider-Man鈥� film starring Tom Holland.聽

Zendaya of 鈥淪hake It Up!鈥� has reportedly been cast in the new 鈥淪pider-Man鈥� movie. The actress is currently starring in the Disney Channel program 鈥淜.C. Undercover.鈥�

Fans of past 鈥淪pider-Man鈥� movies are most familiar with heroines Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy when it comes to female leads, but Zendaya may not be playing either of those characters.

writes that Zendaya is portraying someone named Michelle, while says 鈥渢he character is not [Peter] Parker鈥檚 love interest nor a lead role. She will, however, play a bigger part in future installments.鈥�

Also cast in the movie so far is 鈥淓mpire鈥� actress Marisa Tomei, who reportedly will be portraying Peter鈥檚 guardian Aunt May.聽

The comic book hero Spider-Man has been adapted for the big screen in two different series, first in the movies starring Tobey Maguire that debuted in 2002 and then in a separate series starring Andrew Garfield that came on the scene in 2012.聽

Only three years will separate the franchise's latest incarnation from 2014鈥檚 鈥淭he Amazing Spider-Man 2.鈥澛�

How will the upcoming movie compare to previous incarnations?聽

writes that the new movie will take place in high school but will not be a story of how the web-slinger gained his abilities.

The new movie's omission of the hero's origin story will be one significant departure, but a bigger change might be underway for Spider-Man.

, Holland will appear in this spring鈥檚 Marvel movie 鈥淐aptain America: Civil War.鈥� Spider-Man is a Marvel character but the movies featuring him are currently released by Sony. Marvel licensed the hero in the late 1990s.

As Marvel has become a bigger and bigger force at the multiplex, the question has continued to arise over whether Spider-Man would pop up in a Marvel film alongside characters like Iron Man or Captain America like he often does in the comic books. Comic book fans know that Spider-Man appears in the 鈥淐ivil War鈥� story that is being told in the upcoming film.

Last year, Marvel and Sony made a deal to work together on upcoming Spider-Man movies and, , 鈥淢arvel and Sony Pictures are also exploring opportunities to integrate characters from the [Marvel Comics universe] into future Spider-Man films.鈥澛�

So while Maguire and Garfield starred in films that seemed to be separate from other comic book movies, the new movie or movies starring Holland will be made in a movie industry where Spider-Man is reunited with his Marvel Comics crossover contemporaries.聽