Now I kind of hope they hold off on the announcement for a few more months. The conversations here are just getting more and more insane. Arguing who was on what/if there even were any shortlist, really? I can't wait to see how this debating degrades any further, specially since it won't effect Marvel's and Sony's decision at all.
That's whi you should always take rumors with a grain of salt. Lot of types people with either make up source, mishear rumors, or get out of date info. Sometimes studios will even purposely leak a fake rumor, like say they want an actor to agree to a role, they'll leak a more famous actor being "interested" or "in talks" to convince the first actor to take the role before it's gone. Remember how Jessie Eisenberg was on all of those rumored lists for Lex Luthor? Me neither. The point is, rumors and sources should be view in a general sense, not under a microscope.