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Rumor: Dylan O'Brien has been cast as Spider-Man
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Brutalitops
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So glad it's not Miles.
Too old for the role.
The Hermit
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its official now?
Red Skull set off a mindbomb and it turned Carnage redneck, considering what happen to others. He got off easy.
It's not official until Marvel &/or Sony says so. Until then, all we can do is speculate.
Not if they had a Spider Man over the age of 25.
Either way this announcement bores the shit out of me, I love Spider Man but his representation on film has bored me for years. Just left with X-Men for Marvel stuff I really like.
But they won't.
But they could.
Wafflecakes
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He could play a perfect adult Parker. Fantastic choice.
Wafflecakes
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Crappy adult Parker.... though I am not agreeing that adult Parker isn't a crap idea all on his own.
So glad this is just a rumor.
Mercury Fred
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Same. It would be cool to see him worked into the universe down the road but it makes no sense to make him the main Spider-Man right now.
You'll still watch.
The Hermit
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Because according to his source, Dylan O'Brien has signed his contract. We won't know if his source is on the money until Marvel comments on it (or Sony, whoever says it first).But he edited and said it was official now!! How come?!
What sort of moron updates his own rumor-mongering post to say "Official" when there hasn't been an official announcement, anyway?
The Purple Pill
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He actually reminds me of the spider man in the comics, I read in late 90's.
Hope he's got the right build and personality to boot and glad Sony finally passed it along to Marvel.
Hope he's got the right build and personality to boot and glad Sony finally passed it along to Marvel.
Wafflecakes
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Yup it is. Would come off as super stale in the current rather middle ages MCU cast.
No idea, I guess he wanted to say that the deal is sealed as far as he knows.
I get what you're saying, but actors who are 30 - 33-ish aren't middle aged!
Yeah I'm having some serious doubts about now.
Official: It's still just a rumor
Wafflecakes
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Lol.... in the youth dominated movie/comic book universe they are.
How does a Parker in his 20s compare to a bunch of guys in their 30s and 40s? We just get to skip the high school bullshit.
Donald looks especially young unshaven, but any actor around 25 and Parker of a similar age would be great.
Die Squirrel Die
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What about the ones in their 40s and over?
Everyone wanted Donald Glover.
Exactly.
We don't need a middle aged Parker, but definitely a young adult one that's definitely not in fucking high school.
The stuff that happens while he's in high school is so minimal and unimportant. You could say it's nonexistent. High school definitely isn't the most defining aspect of his life and the MCU supposedly shoving that in to our faces again is boring.
I'll still watch it.
No. No they didn't.
No we didn't.
31 year old who's never tackled a real acting role in his life for a teenage Peter Parker?
MHWilliams
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I like Glover, but he would've been a bad choice for what they're aiming for.
No they didn't.
"Shoving it in our face again".
Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 ALL focus on his adult life. We got the first 25 minutes of Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man as high school movies. So redundant.
The way I see it, we got a bunch of grown ass men in the Avengers and a teenage, high school Peter Parker is more interesting because of how that differentiates him.
Wafflecakes
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No, they didn't.
In fact they were a tiny minority. If you go back to the very first thread after the announcement it has mostly been Dylan, with Donald being maybe 3rd or 4th most talked about.
Let's be real, too.
The only reason anybody has ever talked about Donald Glover as Spider-Man is because he put himself into that conversation.
Not really, it was just the vocal minority.
Okay, fine. There is one. I forgot.
Mm. It's difficult to avoid being skeptical at this point. I would like it to be true, though.
You need to watch Spectacular Spider-Man! In the twenty-six episodes we had, we saw Green Goblin, Big Man, Enforcers, Vulture, Electro, Sandman, Rhino, Doctor Octopus, Chameleon, Venom, Mysterio, Tinkerer, Kraven, Silver Sable, Ricochet, Shocker, Silvermane, and Molten Man. There's plenty of room to be flexible and have exciting things happen in high school.
And as Sheroking points out, this would be the first movie that actually focuses on his time in high school. The previous movies were mostly about him as a college student or as a working adult.
Do we really need to spend another minute showing that he was in high school though?
Oh please. That is not the sole reason that can differentiate him. The fact that he is witty, sometimes irresponsible goofball can be another reason. In fact, I would think that's a much better reason on how to differentiate him.
Don't deny it brehs.
I mean... yeah? I feel like they should spend two odd films on that, so more than another minute.
Even The Amazing Spider-Man only tackled his high-school life to do the Gwen Stacy arc.
Witty, sometimes irresponsible goofball. Only gonna be like three of those in Infinity War besides him.
I've seen more people root for Dylan on GAF and a combination of Dylan & Logan elsewhere. Besides, as stated before, Donald is too old for Marvel's vision of Spider-Man in the MCU.
You're describing at least three other people.
Didn't watch the whole video but it sold me on this guy. You have my blessings Marvel/Sony.
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