"level of humor to the character that was sadly missing in the Raimi films"- Are you for real? Raimi and his crew are the best at chuckle-inducing old school slapstick. It's all over the spider-man films.

"The negroes stole our dates!"

The world is ready for a black Spider-man

fin, I think dev was refering to the fact that spiderman barely had any smart alec quips or funny banter with enemies. In this he is completely right. Toby got the peter parker shit right but sounded like tool being spiderman. Btw black spidey aint gonna happen. It would hurt international BO too much. Most of asia don't want a black dude playing their fav super hero.

Macguire didn't even get the Peter Parker right. I'll never know where fanboys got the idea that Peter Parker is the nebbish dweeb Macguire played him as, he was never like that int eh comics, and after highs chool he actually becomes a cool guy who just happens to be really down to Earth and humble, an arc Macguire never even came close to attempting. I've been saying from the start that the best guy for the role is Andrew Garfield, and the fact that he's on the list (the ONLY one on the list who could play it) is heartening.

I don't have an issue with a black actor playing Spider-man per se, but…well, if Spider-man is black, will Mary Jane stay white? Do you have that mixed race relationship and, as a result, draw a lot of potential criticism over it? Or, if you're going with the idea of that area is predominantly black and, as such, it's more realistic to make Peter Parker and much of the cast black, do you chance alienating the comic geek audience (which, I'm going to guess, is probably mostly white males) by "urbanizing" the whole thing? Just seems like of those things that's best left alone. While I agree that there's nothing inherently white about Spider-man, I think there's a whole can of worms to be opened if you opt to start switching races (or genders, or sexual orientations, etc.) without a damn good reason.

And at the end of rebootquel 1 Sam Jackson as Nick Fury will be there and reveal the big secret: Peter, I am your father. And the Marvelverse will finally be united. Oh wait, this is made by Sony.

re: post #1

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? The Spidey flicks presented one of the most humorless, morose fucking Spidey's ever presented in the history of the character! The Electric Company Spidey was more funny and full of wit and that motherfucker never even talked!

I welcome black Spidey with both arms. ALL HAIL BLACK FUNNY SPIDEY!!!! If that doesn't kill Sony's desire to keep fucking up this franchise, then nothing will! And as a bonus we'll have wacky, Turkish, slapstick Spidey to look forward to in another ten years! GO BLACK SPIDEY!!!

I like Don Glover, but I really don't want an over-acting comedian mugging up the camera and chewing the scenery.

Spidahbro Spidahbro protectin all da bitches an ho's…

Well, Abed's already played Batman. They could team up, I guess.

Dev, I tweeted your news feed about his "twitter bomb" effort last night, can you guys pass along @mrdonaldglover needs the hashtag #donald4spiderman tweeted tonight at 9:30EST??? He deserves an audition and would be great in this role!

He'd certainly be a better choice that those justin bieber lookalikes they've been auditioning lately! I'm for this.

I am torn. You tear me, Faraci. Asunder.

How is this something worth reporting? If I made a petition to be the next War Machine (Im latino) will be up in the frontpage of Chud as well?
Sorry, but Peter Parker is a white male, if this Don Glover wants fame, get him to Jersey Shore or something…

When I was a kid, I always thought Spider-Man was black when I saw him on The Electric Company. This wouldn't be the worst thing, and would be a fresh take for a change.

Oh, I hope not. He's by far my least favourite actor in Community. If it wasn't for his playing well with Ahbed, I'd probably want Cheng to replace him next season.

Tobey's trash talk as Spidey was pretty weak, though he wasn't given much to work with, so who knows how much of that was him and how much of it was the writers. In the comics, when it's done right, he's rapid-fire with the quips. To see a perfect example, I suggest checking out whichever issue of Amazing Spider-Man that Deadpool guest-starred in this year. I forget the number, but it was written by Joe Kelly (the guy who established Deadpool as the comedic character he is today), and it starts with the 2 of them fighting and insulting each other back and forth, but ends with "Yo-Mamma-Geddon". Excellent stuff.

As fun as it would be, and as fresh (as in a fresh of breath air), as it would be, I don't think a black guy will get the part.

This will all backfire when Will Smith's son is cast. What have you done, internets?

Go back and watch it, bitches. And btw, this reboot will never surpass Spider-Man II in terms of witty writing and action. You know it, I know it.

I agree with Devin…except for MYSTERY TEAM. Caught it with this weekend at the New Bev and hated it. But, I do like Glover and am for this.

Plus, and I realize not many of us have much faith at this point in the new Spidy film, this was a joke, right?

Chevy Chase is the star of Community.

I don't want a black spidey because it would almost force them to either bring up race in a movie that wouldn't benefit from it on any level or change the majority of the major characters to black, not all but most of them. I mean does mary janes dad seem like the type that would think nothing of his daughter dating a black boy. But if they did do it Don Glover would be alright even though in Mystery Team he was just little bit too reminiscent of Jim Carrey but still entertaining.

@ #3: The already did, his name was Venom.

Why not a white Blade, Shaft, or Bishop?

This is a great idea, and it would renew my interest in Spider-Man films! Of course, Danny Glover would have to play Uncle Ben, just to confuse the "Is Donald Glover the son of Danny Glover?" issue even more. (hint: he isn't!)

To further quote the Reverend Al Sharpton: "You talk about racial equality, how we're making progress. The problem with that progress is it's always a day away. Tomorrow, tomorrow – you love that! – because it's always a day away. I'm here to stick out my chin today! Today! Give us an African-American Spider Man! Give us a black that can run faster than a speeding bullet and leap over tall buildings in a single bound! Not tomorrow – today! Today! The sun needs to come out today! Not tomorrow, your Honor! God Almighty! Give the American people a black Orphan Annie. It's just not good enough to say she doesn't look the part."

Why does Holltwood insist on blackwashing our movies?

A latino spiderman would work… bring on Taylor Lautner!

its nice to support your film buddies, but this casting idea makes zero sense with where the studio wants to go. nice waste of space on the site tho.

NO. WRONG. too old, no resemblence to the comic, bad. im sorry but just plain NO.

comment #29—-everyone knows that a new little orphan annie would almost HAVE to be asian. also, the time between when she first meets daddy warbucks and when the adoption paperwork would actually go through would be about 6 years. it would play like the new "robin hood". and THEN the adventures begin…

@ #27 – Don't be a fucking retard. I know that sounds harsh, but think for a second. How many non-white superheroes are there to begin with? Shit, most of the alien superheroes even look white! The assumption that a white Blade is the same as a black Spider-Man is based on the idea that we have a level playing field, and we REALLY don't. While I'm not sure of how I feel about this, Don Glover at the LEAST getting a chance to audition PROMOTES equality and diversity in casting. What you suggested does the exact opposite.

Too be more authentic with todays demographic in Queens. If Peter is Black than obviously Mary Jane is either black or Puerto Rican.

The only reason Peter is white is the fact that when Spiderman was created white was the majority.

comics should represent the time and age it is representing.

YES, do it!

I have no problem with a black Spider-Man. Not familiar with the actor. However, casting a black actor in the role might make the reboot that much more interesting. BTW, I'm white and a huge comics fan. I had more of an issue with making Nick Fury black. Don't have the same problem with Spidey.

No problem with a black Spidey either… it's just the choice of actor ugh! Donny Glover is a weaksauce camera hog who overcompensates in everything from his comedy to his drama. No need to reward another tepid GenTube "comedian" for half-assed skits. Giving him spidey would be like giving Andy Sanberg a shot at Daredevil after one season on SNL! At least comedians the like of Dane Cook, who are only semi funny, went through the grinder of the comedy circuit before getting movie deals. This Donny guy from what I've seen is a half-formed, grinning fool with a couple ideas that probably work on paper but comes stumbling out of him like an uncomfortable computer engineer who can't deliver a punch line. Or emotion in general. I don't get why he's popular? Maybe twenty somethings see themselves as wound up nervous wrecks who fail upwards?

Thinking about it, Chris Rock woulda been perfect ten years younger. At least he delivers with confidence.

While we're tossing beloved properties around in the wind why don't we just give Blowjob girl She Hulk?

I fully support this. ::insert Mary Jane pot joke here::

this idea is streets ahead

#5- Have you ever read a spidey comic? I'm not talking McFarland tripe, but Stan Lee, Romita, or Ditko Spidey- Parker was a hopeless dweeb. Why do you think at the beginning his major nemesis was the high school jock?

No way this happens ! I don't think changing the race of an Iconic Super hero is the right thing to do, I don't think times have changed that much that we have to mess with everything just because it's predominantly white. If we went on that logic then we mite as well make him gay as well, with a white boyfriend (Martin Jane or something), hell why even stop there! Doc Ock is a transgender, and there is no newspaper job, Peter works for fanboy website…..this is all stupid. twitter and facebook are a "here now gone tomorrow" type of websites where people will join stupid causes cause their friends do and is not a basis for what people really want. what people really want is continuity and stability. we don't need to shake up everything that doesn't need it just cause it sounds cool for a minute. if this actually happens then it would be a huge FAIL. I wonder how the Batman fans would feel about such a drastic change to their favorite hero.

Politically correct is getting ridiculous. Spiderman wasn't black in the comics so not cool to make him black in the movie. Samuel Jackson is already playing director of shield's part which is not black and that's ridiculous. Let's cast a white french chick to play as selena while we are at it.

I thought he was from Forest Hills, which Wikipedia has as 2.5% black.

Agreed PC is way out of control… Yeah let's make Spider-man black, screw marvel comic history… I hope they don't fall for this bull

PC has gotten way out of control… yes let's make spider-man black , screw Marvel comic history …
This is just plain stupid and I hope they DONT do it

enough with the political correctness; this is a terrible idea! if you want to see a black spidey go watch richard pryor in the toy.

who gives a fuck what colour he is??
jesus christ apparently 2010 isnt as enlightened as I thought. still a fucking mountain of racist douchebags around.
please explain how in the fuck it matters whether he is black or white…HE WEARS A FUCKING MASK MOST FO THE TIME.

jesus christ no. i'm black, now that that's out of the way, spidey's white to me. it always interested me that this intelligent young white guy would lower himself to black people's level and get beat up by a bunch of white guys, just kidding… but it would freak me the hell out to see a black spidey.

I think it's an insult to both black and white people to assert that race "doesn't matter." Peter Parker (one of the whitest of white names I can think of) was about as white bread as you could ever get and that was part of his whole character. This is almost (but not quite) as absurd as the black Balder in Thor or Jamie Foxx as Sinatra. If you're really as color-blind as you claim to be, how about John Goodman in a Martin Luther King biopic? Sly Stalone as Mike Tyson? (Actually Jamie Foxx is doing that one too, which only shows the double standard that exists.)

Spider-Man is a white character, and is best displayed as a white character. Don Glover is hilarious but he ain't spider-man. I hate when people try and do this stuff.

I have nothing against black people but Spiderman is a white dude, that's why Luke Cage is such a great side-kick that always makes fun of Spidey's background.

This is a shitty turn of events… I will watch the movie of cource but come on what's up with a black kid in a Spidey costume?

But who am I to say who is fit for a role? If the kid does a good job then what the hell…

I solved the problem… black actor in white face paint! Hey, if you want the part then play the part.

If Donald Glover DOES become Spidey next, I'm done with any hope of a good Spider-Man movie.

theres a black-suit joke to be had with this somewhere…

does anyone really think glover's intention is to get the part? i find it more likely that he wanted to sit back and laugh at the douchebags screaming against a black spiderman. and his plan is obviously working. that said, if he gets the part good on him

@24 : Chevy isn't bad but no way is he the best on the show.

Nothing' to do with raaaay-cism, it's just a dumb idea. We've had several white-into-black characters (Kingpin, Nick Fury, Balder(!)) but you'd hear some of these "color blind" hypocrites shriek with indignation if someone were to suggest a WHITE Luke Cage or Black Panther.

^^^^^^^ is correct in many ways. Changing the race of a character is definitely a gimmick. Just because a white KINGPIN doesn't make "stereo-typical" sense doesn't mean that it's not intergral to translating the original character. And even if changing their race is the route the studio is going to take, then at least do the decency to take it serious and cast a great actor – not camping it up with Michael Duncan Clarke.

I'm African/American, and honestly don't think that a story's characters should be changed to fit the current marketing trend or a certain demographic. I don't want to see a "black" spider-man for RACES sake. It's like changing the main character of a novel and expecting it not to unravel – i.e: Changing the "Halle Berry" look-a-like to Angelina Jolee is as much a disrespect as turning a Russian "Collossus" into a Mexican one.

Would Uncle Ben be black too? Than we could have rice jokes!

I don't remember anyone making a big deal when Angelina Jolie was cast as Fox in Wanted. I think donglover is hilarious and able to convincingly play a teenager on tv.

Why not make him Green Lantern/John Stewart??

Look, if the blacks want superheroes, let them make up their own…stop hijacking ours.

Donald Glover forget about spiderman, it is not going to happen. why dont you make up your superhero and bring that idea to one of the studios. I have a suggestion, call your self Black man, because you wanting to become Spiderman is the most ridiculous idea I ever heard of. Spiderman is not black so stop acting as if he is