Michael Keaton to play villain in Spider-Man Homecoming?

From playing Batman in 1989, Michael Keaton has switched over to the dark side. The Oscar award-winner is in talks to play the villain in Spider-Man reboot.

Veteran actor Michael Keaton is being eyed for the villain’s role in the new Spider-Man reboot starring Tom Holland. The 64-year-old actor is in talks to join the Sony film; the details about his role are kept under wraps, reported Variety.

A file picture of US actor Michael Keaton. The actor has been eyed to play the villain in Spider-Man Homecoming. (AFP)

It is not clear whether the character known as Adrian Toomes would be the main villain or just one of the bad guys that Spider-Man defeats in a scene. If the deal goes through, Keaton will join Marisa Tomei who plays Peter Parker’s Aunt May, and Zendaya Coleman who plays a non-comicbook character named Michelle in Spider-Man Homecoming.

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Jon Watts is directing the film from a script by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. Production will begin this summer on the film which releases on July 7, 2017. For Keaton, this marks a transition from DC Comics to Marvel. He famously portrayed Batman in Tim Burton’s Batman in 1989.

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Keaton was recently seen in Birdman and Spotlight, which both took home Oscars for best picture. Keaton also earned a best actor nomination for Birdman. He can next be seen in The Founder as McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc.