He was writing and directing the Sinister Six for Sony before the joint deal I'm pretty sure he's the frontrunner since he's already worked with both Sony and Marvel. IIRC he was the frontrunner according to some rumors a couple of months back. He'd be a great choice IMO and think that's who they want.
He had a meeting...obviously that doesn't mean he's got the job but I'm assuming they're going to announce that kinda soon
It was stated that they were going to be using Peter Parker in the press release. What was there to even confirm
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. There no vague or ambiguous statement that could be open to interpretation like "we're glad to be introducing Spider-Man to our film universe". It was specifically "we will be telling the adventures of Peter Parker".
. If people aren't going to believe a press release then I doubt they'll believe Kevin Feige until an actor is cast in the role 



