Recently it was rumored that casting for the reboot of Spider-Man was down to 5 actors. All are young looking actors with varying acting experience. None of them are Donald Glover. Glover is encouraging his fans to use the hash tag #donald4spiderman in tweets to spread the word. There is also a facebook page Donald Glover 4 Spiderman!! picking up steam as well.
A few film blogs have started to pick this story up. One of the most respected in the industry,
SlashFilm (Peter Sciretta) had this to say:
"At the exact moment I’m publishing this article on Sunday night, the #donald4spiderman tag is popping up on over 100 new tweets every 60 seconds. Seems like a lot of people on the internets think its an inspired idea."
Donald Glover is an actor/writer who's most notable roles have been in NBC comedies
Community and
30 Rock where he has also served as a writer.
From the comments at other blogs and twitter feeds I was seeing, many are saying to give him a chance and that this is a fresh and/or unique take on the role. Many of us here at CBM tend to follow comic canon just a
little bit more than Joe Q Public. So, what say you: Should he be given a chance? Are you open to any kind of unique take on one of the most popular characters, superhero or otherwise, ever? Is this all just a publicity stunt?