'Spider-Man 2017' news and theories: movie's new villain could be Kingpin

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Now that Marvel has officially announced who will play the teenage version of Peter Parker in the next "Spider-Man" movie from Marvel and Sony, it is now time for fans to speculate on who he will face in the upcoming film. One of the possible villains to appear in the web-slinger's debut, as rumors suggest, is the Kingpin.

Kevin Feige has recently announced that the villains from the previous installments of "Spider-Man" will not be coming back for this film. When birth movies death asked Feige about which villains will appear in the upcoming movie and if they will ever comeback just like Green Goblin previously did, he said "Right now we're interested in seeing villains we haven't seen before."

With that said, fans have already theorized on who will appear to fight the teenage Peter Parker. MTV has speculated that Kingpin is a top contender for the young Spider-Man.

In the previous "Spider-Man" films, Peter Parker's mortal enemy in those movies is none other than the Green Goblin. And while he is his arch nemesis in the films, it makes sense to pit Kingpin against Spider-Man in the new movie as the two have a very long history in the comics. Kingpin is actually one of the villains Spider-Man has been battling for many years now.

Some think that the idea of Kingpin becoming the villain is a bit far-fetched considering he is in jail, as shown in the season one finale of the TV series, "Daredevil." However, Feige did recently share some exciting news about the potential crossover of actors from the movies to the series and vice versa.

In addition, this movie is not due till 2017, so there is still a good chance that Wilson Fisk is going to be Peter Parker's enemy in the next film.

Though it would truly be cool and exciting to see Wilson Fisk and Spider-Man fight each other, as always, this remains a theory until an official plotline has been released.

"Spider-Man" movie is set for release on July 28, 2017.

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