Marvel’s other Spider-Man, who isn’t Peter Parker, is finally swinging his way off the page and onto the screen. Sony Pictures Animation have confirmed that Miles Morales will be at the center of the studio’s upcoming Spider-Man animated movie.
As you may know, the half-black half-Latino hero was created for the Ultimate Marvel universe after writer Brian Michael Bendis was inspired by Donald Glover’s campaign to take on the role in The Amazing Spider-Man. After Peter Parker was killed off in the 2011 Spider-Man comics, Miles, a young man who had recently suffered a similar “bitten by an enhanced spider” accident, became Spider-Man to honor the fallen hero.
.@PhilipLord and @ChrizMillr are bringing the Miles Morales story to the big screen in all-new animated stand-alone SPIDER-MAN feature.
— Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) January 18, 2017
Experience the upcoming stand-alone animated SPIDER-MAN feature, directed by Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey, in theaters 12/21/18. 🕷️
— Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) January 18, 2017
Donald Glover has voiced Miles on television for Ultimate Spider-Man before, but casting for the new movie has not yet been announced. Written by The Lego Movie’s Phil Lord, the yet to be titled animated film is scheduled for release on Dec. 21, 2018.
