An upcoming Marvel animated series featuring one of the most popular characters just got an intriguing new update. While speaking on theOfficial Marvel Podcast, Marvel Studios Head of TV and StreamingBrad Winderbaumtalked about the upcoming MCU TV slate, including but not limited to the animated seriesYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. The series tells the story of Peter Parker’s early years in the MCU as he learns to become the web-slinger, long before he meets Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) and lands under his wing inCaptain America: Civil WarandSpider-Man: Homecoming. When asked what fans can expect fromYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Winderbaum said,“It has twists and turns that are amazing, but the real power is the ensemble, the neighborhood.”
Spider-Mandidn’t become one of the most if not the most beloved comic book figures ever on his own. The webhead boasts one of the best rogues galleries of any superhero in history, withcompelling villains such as Green Goblin, Kingpin, Doc Ock, and many more facing off against him time and time again. Spider-Man has also been known to team up with other legendary characters like Deadpool and Captain America and will continue this trend inYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,which is expected to feature cameos fromCharlie Cox’s Daredevil andVincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin. However, they aren’t the only two Marvel characters that have yet to appear in the MCU who played a role in Peter’s formative years as Spider-Man.
‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Will Feature Iconic Spider-Man Characters
It’s no secret thatTom Holland’s path to becoming Spider-Man in the MCU has been different from his counterparts,Tobey MaguireandAndrew Garfield. Both of the latter Spider-Men interact with famous characters such as Norman and Harry Osborne, but Holland’s iteration of the webhead has always been a bit less traditional. However, Winderbaum teased thatYour Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Manwill see the web-slinger interact withMarvelcharacters we haven’t yet seen in the MCU:
“Jeff Trammel [the showrunner] is amped up in such a major way playing with characters like not just Peter Parker, but Nico Minoru, Lonnie Lincoln, Harry Osborn, and others that flesh out this teenage ensemble.”
The appearance of Harry Osborn is exciting enough, but to think about Lonnie Lincoln’s Tombstone or Nico Minoru showing up to fight/help Spider-Man in The Big Apple is undeniably exciting.Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Manseems to be both connected and disconnected from theMCU, which leaves a certain amount of creative freedom to introduce these characters without breaking continuity or raising future questions.Learning more about MCU Spider-Man’s past is also an exciting prospect, especially considering Phases 3 and beyond, since his introduction, have leaned more on the present and future to tell his story.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Manwill stream onDisney+but does not yet have an official release date. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates and watchSpider-Man: Far From Homeon Disney+.
Spider-Man: Far from Home
Following the events of Avengers: Endgame (2019), Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.
