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Could the movies soon have the first African American Spider-Man?

If thousands of Twitter users get their way, the star of Sony's upcoming reboot of the franchise will be Donald Glover, best known from his role on NBC's "Community." This weekend the Twitter hashtag "donald4spiderman" became the #3 trending topic in the U.S., and the campaign is still gaining steam.

The origins of this latest attempt by social media users to influence casting decisions occurred last week. After surveying the five mostly unknown white actors said to be vying for the role, Marc Bernadin, a writer for the sci-fi site io9.com, called the choices "bland" and asked, "In this day and age, why does Spidey have to be a white guy?" In response, commenters threw out Donald Glover's name as a possible contender, and a Twitter campaign was born.

A unique aspect of this latest fan campaign is its wholehearted support by the subject in question. Glover seems to like the idea (though he makes it clear on his Twitter page that he's interested in auditioning, not just being handed the role without first having to prove his worthiness). While he had nothing to do with its inception, Glover himself has been promoting the campaign, instructing fans to tweet the #donald4spiderman hash tag at strategic times to keep it trending.

In years past, an Internet petition of this kind might not be given much credence, but given the overwhelming success of the recent social-media uprising to get Betty White a hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live," this could be Glover's ticket to director Marc Webb's tryout room. He and his fans will have to act fast, though: The Hollywood Reporter is already forecasting the five most likely contenders for the role, and Glover is not on the list

Glover, a comedian and former writer for "30 Rock," has starred in only one movie so far: "Mystery Team," a comedy he co-created with his sketch comedy team, Derrick Comedy, which came out in 2009.

One hurdle Glover's fans will have is in his presumed bankability as a movie star: "Mystery Team" brought in a meager $89.4 thousand in domestic box-office sales.
 
twitter can go fuck themselves. I'm already pissed at the reboot Sony is doing to the series. The series can be fixed with Spiderman 4 if written properly. The actors are ok, but story needs to be better. Don't fix what's not yet broken.
 
After watching spiderman 3 its definitely broken, god I almost walked out of the theater it was so bad.

I agree that a revamp especially with a afro American would be awesome, plus I've seen this kid in action and it would be a breath of fresh air for the franchise.
 
[quote name='perdition(troy']dood it would be SO radical if he was black. I MEAN we have a BLACK PRESIDENT why not SPIDEY[/QUOTE]

Because it's just wrong. How about we make Captian America Hispanic
 
[quote name='draven1089']Because it's just wrong. How about we make Captian America Hispanic[/QUOTE]

Why not? It's not like the comics haven't done it themselves with thirty thousand universes and all that shit. It doesn't really matter as long as they pick a good actor and the movie doesn't suck.
 
Why not ruin another franchise. I mean hell if they can make Nick Fury be black, may as well ruin spiderman as well. No reason at all to stick to the mainstays set forth by the comic book. Shit while we are at it, lets redo Thor and instead of him being a Viking warrior, he can now be black also. Thor from this day forward shall wield a spear and instead of a horned viking cap he can have a plate in his lip and a bone through his nose. Thats not to rediculous is it?
 
Nick Fury is black in the Ultimate universe. And Iron Man doesn't fight communists anymore, it's a damn shame.
 
[quote name='SpazX']Why not? It's not like the comics haven't done it themselves with thirty thousand universes and all that shit. It doesn't really matter as long as they pick a good actor and the movie doesn't suck.[/QUOTE]

None of the universes have a black spiderman, The comics hold both black and white Nick Fury. This isn't a issue of color but an issue of staying true to the source. Hell Lets reboot Blade and turn him back into a white guy.
 
[quote name='draven1089']None of the universes have a black spiderman, The comics hold both black and white Nick Fury. This isn't a issue of color but an issue of staying true to the source. Hell Lets reboot Blade and turn him back into a white guy.[/QUOTE]

What I'm saying is what difference does it make? The comics have been rebooted dozens of times into a big confusing contradictory clusterfuck. How is it a big deal if the movie changes it rather than a comic?
 
Being that I work in TV/Film I am all for us black folks getting non stereotypical roles but I dont really understand why change his color. I also disagree with having a group demand a certain race gets casted. Ultimately it doesnt matter a lick because if its good, its good. But as black people if we really want to have more main stream roles we need to tell Black Directors to stop making stupid ass stereotypical movies like Soul Plane.

On the other hand, I love how some of you act outraged even though the reverse of this has been going on for fucking generations. Hollywood has been having Caucasian actors to play every race under the sun. So I dont really understand the cause for super internet sarcasm. Were you this outraged when they changed all the Asians to white college students when making the movie 21?
 
Glover wouldn't be a good Spiderman. Now if the campaign was for the guy who plays Abed on Community I would be down with that, that guy is awesome.
 
I'm not a fan of the fact that the stories are using the hook of first black Spider-Man when, really, this isn't what it's about. It seems that this is more geared towards the fact that Glover is simply a nice fit for the part, and not a 'breaking barriers' thing. The more news pieces that use that hook, however, and that's what it inevitably turns into.

Of course, this will always turn into a racial debate (remember the Kingpin debacle from a few years ago?), which never helps. Problem with that will ALWAYS be that a lot of people will view any opposition as racist.
 
[quote name='ITDEFX']twitter can go fuck themselves. I'm already pissed at the reboot Sony is doing to the series. The series can be fixed with Spiderman 4 if written properly. The actors are ok, but story needs to be better. Don't fix what's not yet broken.[/QUOTE]

You may think it's not broken.

However, to me, the Spiderman films are some of the worst comic book movies ever made.

X2 still reigns supreme.

It sucks that Sony Pictures/Columbia still holds the rights to Spidey. With how well Marvel Films seems to be taking care of its characters (not necessarily the movies per se), it'd be nice to see what they could do with Spidey in house.
 
[quote name='007']I'm not a fan of the fact that the stories are using the hook of first black Spider-Man when, really, this isn't what it's about. It seems that this is more geared towards the fact that Glover is simply a nice fit for the part, and not a 'breaking barriers' thing.

Of course, this will always turn into a racial debate (remember the Kingpin debacle from a few years ago?), which never helps. Problem with that will ALWAYS be that a lot of people will view any opposition as racist.[/QUOTE]

That is very very true. There is a very legit point that people have when Hollywood changes the race of people. But its too easy for the news to run with the extreme of Black vs White thing and then show a bunch of chuckle heads on both sides vomiting nonsense.
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']You may think it's not broken.

However, to me, the Spiderman films are some of the worst comic book movies ever made.

X2 still reigns supreme.[/QUOTE]

I agree, and it's all about the casting. The Spiderman casting was terrible. The only good choice was Dafoe and then they didn't even use his face for the Goblin character - what a fucking waste.

Loved X2 but for me Blade is #1
 
Who is Peter Parker? A smart, picked-on kid from Queens whose science nerdery puts him in the path of technology run amok and he's bitten by a special spider that gives him powers. He's so cocky when he first gets the upper hand over the bullies in his life that he doesn't design to stop a petty thief, and as a result his uncle dies. He has a fraught personal life -- Aunt May worries about him and never has enough money, his love life is always complicated not only by his own issues but also by the risk of having anyone be Spider-Man's girlfriend. But when there's trouble, he's pure superhero, a wisecracking athlete who can't be stopped.

What's "white" about that? If you want to say that there's an important subtext to Captain America needed to be Aryan, OK, I'll bite. If you want to argue that it could have been hard for a black sergeant to advance to such a place in WWII that he'd be in charge of the Howling Commandos, you might have a bit of a case.

But every retelling of Spider-Man is just that: a re-telling. Details change. The important things stay the same, and sometimes even those change. Like Peter's first love being Mary Jane, not Gwen, and Green Goblin not killing Peter's girlfriend. To me the death of Gwen is the ultimate Spider-Man story, but Raimi was able to make a faithful Spider-Man movie while handling all of those crucial details differently. Peter being white is not a crucial detail.
 
[quote name='Soodmeg']On the other hand, I love how some of you act outraged even though the reverse of this has been going on for fucking generations. Hollywood has been having Caucasian actors to play every race under the sun. So I dont really understand the cause for super internet sarcasm. Were you this outraged when they changed all the Asians to white college students when making the movie 21?[/QUOTE]

While I think it would be weird to have a black spiderman, you make a damn good point. I would imagine the reason many weren't up in arms about your example is that maybe people have never heard of it. I know I sure as hell haven't. Just like that upcoming movie Airbender I think it's called (I could be very wrong on the name). It's the movie that apparently has a lot of white actors for something that originally has a mostly Asian cast. The article I read on it was the first time I had even heard of the movie/universe or the issue about the castings, so there wasn't much reason for me to be upset about it. At the same time, I think it is totally lame to change source material in such drastic steps.
 
[quote name='camoor']I agree, and it's all about the casting. The Spiderman casting was terrible. The only good choice was Dafoe and then they didn't even use his face for the Goblin character - what a fucking waste.

Loved X2 but for me Blade is #1[/QUOTE]


Blade 1 and 2 were great, blade 3 was horrible :whistle2:\

Casting for the Spiderman series was "OK", not great but ok. Dafoe was a great in the first movie, but I really, really hated the Goblin mask....hated his son's outfit too. Part 3 had potential but had really weak villains. Peter fucked up his life with the black suit and he may never fully recover his relationship with MJ...Harry is dead...good riddance....and of course Sandman gets away for accidentally killing his uncle. Great..... :=\

[quote name='help1']Would help sell tickets.[/QUOTE]


HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.............. maybe for the first week then drop off after the second week.


We don't need to worry about spiderman for now.... Marvel is doing "OK" with Iron Man/Hulk/Thor/CA....

Now see DC needs to really get their ass in gear.
 
[quote name='Soodmeg']Were you this outraged when they changed all the Asians to white college students when making the movie 21?[/QUOTE]
If I saw that crappy movie maybe I would cry about it.
 
[quote name='Ryukahn']Just like that upcoming movie Airbender I think it's called (I could be very wrong on the name). It's the movie that apparently has a lot of white actors for something that originally has a mostly Asian cast. The article I read on it was the first time I had even heard of the movie/universe or the issue about the castings, so there wasn't much reason for me to be upset about it. At the same time, I think it is totally lame to change source material in such drastic steps.[/QUOTE]

It's called Avatar: The Last Airbender

avatar-the-last-airbender.jpg


The three main characters don't look very asian too me, nor do I care. I'll still see the movie when it comes out.
 
Spiderman could be purple for all I care - as long as the story, script and acting are good. Spiderman 3 was terrible but I really enjoyed 1 and 2. I do think they should get someone young/high school age to play the part though - that's what makes Spiderman so interesting.
 
[quote name='perdition(troy']If I saw that crappy movie maybe I would cry about it.[/QUOTE]

The list is long with movies made from stories, novels, short films, animations, that were set in ethic societies and wound up with White Actors. Hell when you pull your head out of your ass you would realize that virtually every game you played that had a non white main character somehow ended up with a American White voice actor. And most of the time they dont even have the gutso to hide it.

So, "Not seeing that crappy move," isnt the really the point.

Also, the Airbender show is 100% rooted in Asian History. The reason why they are outraged is the show is based on and celebrates the Asian culture and to have a 90% white cast is really just a slap in the face of the people who created it. Them, "Not looking very Asian," to you means nothing.

Again, this guy is the extreme that people talk about when complaining about this things.
 
[quote name='life.exe']Glover wouldn't be a good Spiderman. Now if the campaign was for the guy who plays Abed on Community I would be down with that, that guy is awesome.[/QUOTE]

Hell yeah, that guy is awesome.
 
[quote name='A Happy Panda']You may think it's not broken.

However, to me, the Spiderman films are some of the worst comic book movies ever made.

X2 still reigns supreme.

It sucks that Sony Pictures/Columbia still holds the rights to Spidey. With how well Marvel Films seems to be taking care of its characters (not necessarily the movies per se), it'd be nice to see what they could do with Spidey in house.[/QUOTE]

I have nothing against the Spiderman movies...I enjoyed them all actually. I grew up with some of the comics, and constantly watching the cartoon. Watching the movie, was for me anyways, a great experience. Even the third movie, which I enjoyed. Most people didn't like "Emo" Peter Parker, but I rather enjoyed it.

I just don't get why they are re-doing the movies again at this point...the last 3 just came out. Wait like 20 years and then re-do them. Hollywood is apparently just running out of ideas. Look what happened with the Incredible Hulk,...they released the first movie and, oops, lets redo it. I'll be waiting for the remake of the Iron Man movies soon after the third is released. :roll:
 
[quote name='GaveUpTomorrow']I have nothing against the Spiderman movies...I enjoyed them all actually. I grew up with some of the comics, and constantly watching the cartoon. Watching the movie, was for me anyways, a great experience. Even the third movie, which I enjoyed. Most people didn't like "Emo" Peter Parker, but I rather enjoyed it.

I just don't get why they are re-doing the movies again at this point...the last 3 just came out. Wait like 20 years and then re-do them. Hollywood is apparently just running out of ideas. Look what happened with the Incredible Hulk,...they released the first movie and, oops, lets redo it. I'll be waiting for the remake of the Iron Man movies soon after the third is released. :roll:[/QUOTE]


:rofl:
 
Why would a black spiderman be sweet? How does someones color make it more interesting? If he was white you wouldnt be saying "sweet! Another white spiderman!" or if he was mexican you would be bitching about it.

Thats a pretty dumb reason to be excited about something since skin color shouldnt matter but your still making it matter even if you dont mean it in a negative way pointing it out and making it a issue is still negative no matter how you slice it. For instance, saying "Yeah a black president will be great" is just as ignorant and dumb as saying "Oh no! Not a black president, this is terrible"
 
I like Donald Glover, but this is a terrible idea. May as well remake Malcolm X with Michael Cera in the titular role. They also really missed the boat by not getting Jon Lovitz to play B.A. Baracus in the new A-Team movie.
 
[quote name='seanw']Who is Peter Parker? A smart, picked-on kid from Queens whose science nerdery puts him in the path of technology run amok and he's bitten by a special spider that gives him powers. He's so cocky when he first gets the upper hand over the bullies in his life that he doesn't design to stop a petty thief, and as a result his uncle dies. He has a fraught personal life -- Aunt May worries about him and never has enough money, his love life is always complicated not only by his own issues but also by the risk of having anyone be Spider-Man's girlfriend. But when there's trouble, he's pure superhero, a wisecracking athlete who can't be stopped.

What's "white" about that? If you want to say that there's an important subtext to Captain America needed to be Aryan, OK, I'll bite. If you want to argue that it could have been hard for a black sergeant to advance to such a place in WWII that he'd be in charge of the Howling Commandos, you might have a bit of a case.

But every retelling of Spider-Man is just that: a re-telling. Details change. The important things stay the same, and sometimes even those change. Like Peter's first love being Mary Jane, not Gwen, and Green Goblin not killing Peter's girlfriend. To me the death of Gwen is the ultimate Spider-Man story, but Raimi was able to make a faithful Spider-Man movie while handling all of those crucial details differently. Peter being white is not a crucial detail.[/QUOTE]

This hits the nail on the head.
 
[quote name='Matt Young']I like Donald Glover, but this is a terrible idea. May as well remake Malcolm X with Michael Cera in the titular role. They also really missed the boat by not getting Jon Lovitz to play B.A. Baracus in the new A-Team movie.[/QUOTE]

Well Malcolm X was actually a real person.

You'll have to read seanw's post to see the error you're making here.
 
I am a HUGE Donald Glover fan (Mystery Team was awesome) but I'm not too sure about this. He could pull it off but it would be such a big change for the character.

I think Joseph Gordon-Levitt should get the part, but that would only be if he can't get the role of the new Joker.
 
[quote name='draven1089']Because it's just wrong. How about we make Captian America Hispanic[/QUOTE]

I'm pretty sure Captain America should be Native American ;)
 
[quote name='Matt Young']There have been more than a few movies in which a real person was portrayed by a person of a different race.[/QUOTE]

Of course, and usually (or always?) a white person playing a non-white person. There's even a story IIRC that Charlton Heston was cast for Malcolm X in a movie (in blackface) back in the day, but I don't know if that's actually true.

But to say that a black person playing a traditionally white fictional character would be like a white person playing a real black person is ridiculous. That's what I was replying to.
 
no its not. i hate when people try to chane the races or sexs of characters like that. spiderman is white guy leave it alone unless youre oin for an alternate universe thing then cool but i cant help but to think their only doing this to appeal to a wider audience meaning put a black guy in the leading role and maybe youll get more black people in the theaters.

question is though if he does get the role would mj and betty still be white or would they go with latinas and asian chicks? and would they let him talk normally or would he use slang and do stereotypical black things? and how many other characters races would be changed and into what?

id hope they would at least let him use his science know how more because peter parker is very intelligent so if they find a way to mix that into his fighting.
 
[quote name='SpazX']Of course, and usually (or always?) a white person playing a non-white person. There's even a story IIRC that Charlton Heston was cast for Malcolm X in a movie (in blackface) back in the day, but I don't know if that's actually true.

But to say that a black person playing a traditionally white fictional character would be like a white person playing a real black person is ridiculous. That's what I was replying to.[/QUOTE]

that reminds me of that book i read years ago that i think was based on a real story where this white guy dressed up and changed his race to see what it was like being black in the south. its a great book but when it came to makin the movie they guy playing the lead role looked like a white guy doing blackface lol very painful to see not only that but him doing his best to look and sound "black".

not to mention all those shows back then with white guys pretending to be native american or asian fuck david caradine in kung fu is a prime example of that.

it could work but i dont think they should do it thatd be like having a white guy playing the black panther or blade. thougg ive always wished kraven the hunter was a black guy since that episode of batman beyond with that african hunter guy hunting batman. an african kraven could work.

i still think topher grace would make a great peter parker.
 
[quote name='lokizz']

it could work but i dont think they should do it thatd be like having a white guy playing the black panther or blade. [/QUOTE]


Blade started off white. He was turned black after a secret wars.
 
Topher Grace was in Spider-Man 3, though. I don't know if he'd make such a good Parker, anyway. Honestly, as much as I dislike the guy, Michael Cera could play the Parker role quite well, but not the Spider-Man part.
 
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