Miles Morales was created by comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis and artist Sara Pichelli back in 2011 and Bendis has gone on record to state that the character was inspired by Donald Glover.
Specifically, Bendis stated that the idea for Miles Morales came into his head when he saw Glover wearing a Spider-Man costume during an episode of Community. Said Bendis, "He looked fantastic! I saw him in the costume and thought, 'I would like to read that book.' So I was glad I was writing that book."
Given Bendis' statement, Glover was attached to the character for a number of years and seemed receptive to the idea of portraying Miles in live-action but as the years passed, Glover began to state that he was too old and that too much time had passed.
As such, Glover appeared in Spider-Man: Homecoming as Miles' uncle, Aaron Davis and even briefly mentioned his nephew. Glover also has a live-action cameo as the Prowler in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, having been captured and detained by the Spider-Society.
In a new interview with Vanity Fair to promote his upcoming Mr. and Mrs. Smith reboot, Glover deflected a question about him portraying Miles by stating that he thinks Sony is definitely going to make a live-action film and that he's more likely to portray Miles' uncle.
The Spider-Man discourse starts around the [03:12] mark of the Vanity Fair lie detector interview.
Said Glover on Sony's plans, "There’s definitely going to be like a Miles Morales live-action eventually, and I think they’re probably more concerned with me being Prowler in that or something like that. I'm too old to be Spider-Man now."
Sony definitely seems to be planting the seeds for Miles 'eventual introduction into the live-action Spider-Man cinematic universe, with many fans convinced that whenever Tom Holland grows tired of playing the wallcrawler, Sony will quickly shift over to Miles.
Though primarily depicted as a villain in the animated Spider-Verse films, Prowler does have comic book history as a hero- starting out as a petty thief who turns his life around after an encounter with Peter Parker Spider-Man.
Would you want a live-action take on Prowler to have a more heroic depiction where he teams up with Miles or do you prefer the more villainous take on the character?
Also, given Glover's appearance in Homecoming, do you want a live-action Miles move to be tied to Holland's Peter Parker and the MCU or should Sony wipe the slate clean and start fresh? Let us know in the comment section below.