Los Angeles, California - Tom Holland will have top-class supporting cast around him for Spider-Man 3.

Variety and Hollywood Reporter announced on Thursday that Benedict Cumberbatch (44) will reprise his role as Doctor Strange in the next Spider-Man installment.

He will be Peter Parker's mentor figure, following in the footsteps of Robert Downey Jr.'s Tony Stark and Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury.

Shooting for Spider-Man 3 is scheduled to begin this month in Atlanta and will be directed by Jon Watts.

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Holland (24) and Cumberbatch first met on the set of Avengers: Infinity War in 2018. Cumberbatch made his first appearance as a Marvel hero in 2016.

In Doctors Strange, he played neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange, who fights against evil forces with his magical powers.