There have been a lot of rumours about Marvel’s take on Spider-Man following their deal with Sony Pictures to bring the iconic character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. An early report stated that he will be a teenager, with a greater focus on his high school years, but there have also been rumblings that Peter Parker wouldn’t be used for a third time. Instead, some claimed that Miles Morales would be the series’ new star.

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has now confirmed that Peter Parker is indeed the Spider-Man that they will be using in Captain America: Civil War and beyond, while his high school years will be the focus.

“In terms of the age of an actor we’ll eventually to cast, I don’t know,” he admitted before revealing: “In terms of the age of what we believe Peter Parker is, I’d say 15-16 is right.” As for how that will effect Peter’s adventures moving forwards, Feige is keen to recapture the spirit of the comic books (unlike Sony).

“I think it was midway through the first film that he graduated high school. At the beginning of the second Marc Webb film, he graduated high school. And some of my favorite Spider-Man arcs and Spider-Man stories, he’s in high school for a lot of it. We want to explore that. That also makes him very, very different from any of our other characters in the MCU, which is something else we want to explore: how unique he is when now put against all these other characters.” That should make fans of Spider-Man very happy, and it sounds like the Marvel Cinematic Universe of the character will focus on previously unexplored aspects of Peter.

“We want to play with Spider-Man in the high school years because frankly there’ve been five Spider-Man films and the amazing thing about it is, even though there’ve been five Spider-Man films, there are so many things from the comics that haven’t been done yet. Not just characters or villains or supporting characters, but sides to his character.” What exactly will that entail? Feige adds: “The most obvious being the ‘young, doesn’t quite fit in’ kid before his powers, and then the fella that puts on a mask and swings around and fights bad guys and doesn’t shut up, which is something we want to play with and we’re excited about.”