New Spider-Man Will Reportedly Not Be White

Fans are on edge wondering who Marvel and Sony will cast as the new Spider-Man in the shared universe that will begin with Captain America: Civil War. Many people assume the studios would just go with the normal Peter Parker version of the character again, but according to The Wrap's Jeff Sneider, that may not be the case. When he was a guest on the Meet the Movie Press podcast, he said,

"Listen, this is not set in stone guys, but I’m telling you right now, Spider-Man’s not going to be white. Spider-Man’s not going to be white. I’m 95% sure. Spider-Man’s going to be most likely black. But there’s a chance he could also be Latino. 95% sure, not white."

He didn't come out and say that this will be the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man, but he did say, “I don’t think it’s going to be Peter Parker.” He went on to say that the Sony hack may have played a role in this decision saying:

"I really feel strongly. Sony has an opportunity to beat Marvel and DC to the punch with a major black comic book character. Like I mentioned last week, the emails that leaked were perceived as racist in some quarters. I really think that’s going to play into things."

This rumor seems to go against recent reports that the studios were looking at Logan Lerman and Dylan O'Brien for the part of Spider-Man. I personally think it would be very cool to see them switch things up with the superhero, but we're just going to have to wait and see how this all plays out.

Captain America: Civil War will be released on May 5th, 2016, and the first Spider-Man solo film will be released on July 28th, 2017. Would you rather see the classic Peter Parker version of Spider-Man back in action, or see Miles Morales? 

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