We’re also hearing that Sony is particularly keen on getting Garfield back, as they want to portray his version of the hero as bisexual and give him a boyfriend in the film. As you’d expect, the hook would be that it would unite Holland with his predecessors, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield.
We Got This Covered has been informed by our sources – the same ones who told us a She-Hulk show was coming to Disney Plus back in April, and that Taskmaster would be the villain in Black Widow – that the studio is developing a live-action Spider-Verse movie. We still have yet to have a Spider-Man who’s part of the LGBT community, however, but current incumbent of the role, Tom Holland, has lobbied for this to happen at some point.Īnd it seems Sony agrees and is looking to make it a reality. Into the Spider-Verse was fantastic for that, as it featured Miles Morales, the first non-Caucasian Spidey, in the lead.
In a report called “Where We Are on TV,” GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis noted that “less than one-quarter of Americans have a close friend or family member who is transgender,” meaning that many Americans “learn about trans people from what they see in television, movies, and news.In recent years, there’s been a growing desire from fans for the character of Spider-Man to be diversified.
The season three finale of the series concluded with the scene between Cyrus Goodman (played by Joshua Rush) confessing his attraction to his classmate TJ Kippen (Luke Mullen).Īlso last year, a major gay rights organization, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), started pushing for 20 percent of all television characters to be LGBT by the year 2025. Last July, Disney Channel series “Andi Mack” made history by depicting the network’s first teenage gay couple. Movies and television programming geared toward young children are increasingly featuring of LGBT-identified characters. During a Q&A session at the New York Film Academy last October, he was asked about plans to introduce more LGBTQ characters into the universe, “specifically the T - trans characters,” he said, “Yes. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige had also earlier confirmed that Marvel would be debuting an openly transgender superhero. “I was kind of joking, but kind of not joking about MJ (Mary Jane, or Spider-Man’s main love) … And I was like, ‘What if MJ is a dude?’ Why can’t we discover that Peter is exploring his sexuality? It’s hardly even groundbreaking! … So why can’t he be gay? Why can’t he be into boys?” Garfield also said in 2013 that Spider-Man could be portrayed as gay. It doesn’t end there, and these films need to represent more than one type of person.” Holland added, “The world isn’t as simple as a straight white guy. The actor has played the web-slinging superhero in two movies now and although he wondered whether Peter Parker should 'explore his sexuality,' some fans dont seem happy with the idea. But I do know a lot about the future of Marvel, and they are going to be representing lots of different people in the next few years.” Spider-Man should be gay, Andrew Garfield suggested in a recent interview. Following Gwen's tragic death at the hands of the Green Goblin, Peter grew closer to MJ. Like Gwen Stacy, MJ had a romantic history with Peter, and the two young women were seen as rivals. “I can’t talk about the future of the character because, honestly, I don’t know, and it’s out of my hands. Mary Jane, also known as 'MJ', was first introduced in Marvel Comics during a 1965 issue of The Amazing Spider-Man. In a brief pre-SDCC interview, the actor questioned the fluidity of our favorite comic book stories. In an interview with The Sunday Times last year, Holland, who currently plays Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was asked if a gay Spider-Man could make it into the movies. Andrew Garfield Wants Mary Jane To Be His GAY LOVER in THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 By Nick Dourian on Thursday, July 11th, 2013 Andrew Garfield’s letting his freak flag fly today. The entertainment blog We Got This Covered said, citing anonymous but reliable sources, that Sony is developing a live-action Spider-Verse movie that would unite Holland with his predecessors, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, and that the studio is “particularly keen on getting Garfield back, as they want to portray his version of the hero as bisexual and give him a boyfriend in the film.”
Tom Holland as "Spider-Man" | Facebook/MarvelSpiderManĪ report says that Sony plans to feature Spider-Man as a bisexual in an upcoming movie.