<P> Spider - Man: Homecoming is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider - Man, co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing . It is the second Spider - Man film reboot and the sixteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Jon Watts, from a screenplay by the writing teams of Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, Watts and Christopher Ford, and Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers . Tom Holland stars as Spider - Man, alongside Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Tyne Daly, Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr . In Spider - Man: Homecoming, Peter Parker tries to balance high school life with being Spider - Man, while facing the Vulture . </P> <P> In February 2015, Marvel Studios and Sony reached a deal to share the character rights of Spider - Man, integrating the character into the established MCU . The following June, Holland was cast as the title character and Watts was hired to direct . This was followed shortly by the hiring of Daley and Goldstein . In April 2016, the film's title was revealed, along with additional cast, including Downey in his MCU role of Tony Stark / Iron Man . Principal photography began in June 2016 at Pinewood Atlanta Studios in Fayette County, Georgia, and continued in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York City . The other screenwriters were revealed during filming, which concluded in Berlin in October 2016 . The production team made efforts to differentiate the film from previous Spider - Man films . </P> <P> Spider - Man: Homecoming premiered in Hollywood on June 28, 2017, and was released in the United States on July 7, 2017, in 3D, IMAX, and IMAX 3D . Homecoming has grossed over $880 million worldwide, making it the second most successful Spider - Man film and the fourth highest - grossing film of 2017 . It received positive reviews, with critics praising the light tone and focus on Parker's high school life, and the performances of Holland, Keaton and casts . A sequel is scheduled to be released on July 5, 2019 . </P> <P> Following the Battle of New York, Adrian Toomes and his salvage company are contracted to clean up the city, but their operation is taken over by the Department of Damage Control (D.O.D.C.), a partnership between Tony Stark and the U.S. government . Enraged at being driven out of business, Toomes persuades his employees to keep the Chitauri technology they have already scavenged and use it to create and sell advanced weapons . Eight years later, Peter Parker is drafted into the Avengers by Stark to help with an internal dispute, but resumes his studies at the Midtown School of Science and Technology when Stark tells him he is not yet ready to become a full Avenger . </P>

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