YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN Showrunner Teases What Fans Can Expect From the Disney+ Marvel Series
A couple of weeks ago, some new images and details were shared at D23 about the upcoming Marvel/Disney+ series, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. The animation in the series is inspired by the Steve Ditko style of comic book art, and so far, we know the series takes place takes place before 2016's Captain America: Civil War, but with a noticeable key difference.
“Rather than coming home to his apartment to see Tony Stark in his home, it’s none other than Norman Osborn who’s chatting up his Aunt May when he walks through the door. And much like how meeting Tony thrust Peter into a spotlight larger than the kid needed, Peter having Norman as his mentor ‘sends his life in an unexpected trajectory that collides him with many unexpected characters in the Marvel universe.”
Now we have some insight on the show from its head writer and showrunner, Jeff Trammell, who appeared on this week's Official Marvel Podcast.
Trammell says that Spider-Man is one of the most relatable characters out there. Although his story is basically burned into pop culture lore at this point, there are still moments when Peter Parker's life can surprise you.
The showrunner says that the crew is looking forward to creating moments for kids just starting their Spider-Man journeys. At the same time, the scribe is also gently preparing some older viewers to not rest on their laurels when it comes to the Web-Slinger.
"I want to give a cliche 'expect the unexpected' answer. But, honestly I think you can expect Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. It's him, he's hanging around New York. It's not like a huge intergalactic adventure, it's him just like at his roots.
And there's a lot of things, that I think, we as a fan base kind of take at a first glance. Like, 'Oh yeah I know this works I know that's part of the story.'
"That's been really fun to dig into. Well, maybe you don't know everything. Or maybe, there are certain things that you're kind of like 'Oh yeah, I know that part.
No surprise there.' And, I'm really excited to dig into those, because it's really fun to be able to subvert those expectations when they've been built up for so long."
The voice cast for the series includes Hudson Thames (What If...?) as Peter Parker, Eugene Byrd (Spidey and His Amazing Friends, 8 Mile) as Lonnie Lincoln, Grace Song (Kidding) as Nico Minoru, Hugh Dancy (Hannibal) as Otto Octavius, Kari Wahlgren (FLCL, Rick and Morty) as Aunt May, and Zeno Robinson (My Hero Academia, Pokemon Master Journeys: The Series) as Harry Osborn. It also includes Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil along with Paul F. Tompkins as Bentley Wittman / Wizard.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is set to hit Disney+ on November 2nd. Are you looking forward to it?