The Spectacular Spider-Man is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, Hasbro Entertainment, Platinum Dunes and Bayhem Films, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is the second Spider-Man film reboot and the 41th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Michael Bay from a screenplay by the writing teams of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg, and Craig Kyle and Christopher L. Yost. It stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, alongside Michael Keaton, Bill Hader, Gwyneth Paltrow, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Chris Zylka, Bokeem Woodbine, Tyne Daly, Salma Hayek Pinault and Robert Downey Jr. In the film, Parker tries to balance high school life with being Spider-Man while facing the Vulture (Michael Keaton).
