Claim: Jon Watts functioned with Sony Pictures.

Jon Watts -LRB- born June 28 , 1981 -RRB- is an American film director , producer and screenwriter . Watts directed and co-wrote the upcoming Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures produced Spider-Man : Homecoming , slated for a July 7 , 2017 release .  He directed the films Clown and Cop Car and episodes of the Onion News Network .