Could the movies soon have the first African American Spider-Man?

[kong]

Twitter Campaign Wants 'Community' Actor to Be First Non-White Spider-Man
by Lindsay Robertson · June 1, 2010
Could the movies soon have the first African American Spider-Man?
If thousands of Twitter users get their way, the star of Sony's upcoming reboot of the franchise will be Donald Glover, best known from his role on NBC's "Community." This weekend the Twitter hashtag "donald4spiderman" became the #3 trending topic in the U.S., and the campaign is still gaining steam.
The origins of this latest attempt by social media users to influence casting decisions occurred last week. After surveying the five mostly unknown white actors said to be vying for the role, Marc Bernadin, a writer for the sci-fi site io9.com, called the choices "bland" and asked, "In this day and age, why does Spidey have to be a white guy?" In response, commenters threw out Donald Glover's name as a possible contender, and a Twitter campaign was born.
A unique aspect of this latest fan campaign is its wholehearted support by the subject in question. Glover seems to like the idea (though he makes it clear on his Twitter page that he's interested in auditioning, not just being handed the role without first having to prove his worthiness). While he had nothing to do with its inception, Glover himself has been promoting the campaign, instructing fans to tweet the #donald4spiderman hash tag at strategic times to keep it trending.
In years past, an Internet petition of this kind might not be given much credence, but given the overwhelming success of the recent social-media uprising to get Betty White a hosting gig on "Saturday Night Live," this could be Glover's ticket to director Marc Webb's tryout room. He and his fans will have to act fast, though: The Hollywood Reporter is already forecasting the five most likely contenders for the role, and Glover is not on the list
Glover, a comedian and former writer for "30 Rock," has starred in only one movie so far: "Mystery Team," a comedy he co-created with his sketch comedy team, Derrick Comedy, which came out in 2009.
One hurdle Glover's fans will have is in his presumed bankability as a movie star: "Mystery Team" brought in a meager $89.4 thousand in domestic box-office sales.

my comment: give me a f**king break, spidy has always been white, so why change his color because some black people want everthing black? I mean why stop there, make them all black except the bad guys, they can be white [everyone knows all us white people are evil!] and while you are it rewrite history and make all the historical figures Black.

[Oldschool]

Lots of changes are made in remakes?

[kong]

true, but this goes beyond that.....................I was always a big comic book fan and loved Marvel comics. Wesley Snipe's Blade character was spot on and done to perfection. Making Nick Furys character black was, in my opinion, stupid. I feel that if the comic character is white, he's white. If he is black, then he is black...........I understand most storylines have to be updated to make them feel new but to change skin color is to create a new character, peroid. [excluding the Hulk, of course]

[Oldschool]

true, but this goes beyond that.....................I was always a big comic book fan and loved Marvel comics. Wesley Snipe's Blade character was spot on and done to perfection. Making Nick Furys character black was, in my opinion, stupid. I feel that if the comic character is white, he's white. If he is black, then he is black...........I understand most storylines have to be updated to make them feel new but to change skin color is to create a new character, peroid. [excluding the Hulk, of course]

True, the same goes for getting a new actor though, especially in a sequel. They try to pass him off as the very same guy, but it just isn't the same, even if the try to duplicate costume, hairstyle, actions, etc

[kong]

I am dissapointed they are going this way and not continuing the storyline from #3 with the same cast but from what I read they are totaly rewritting the storyline and starting from the beginning............it might be in 3D. new director, new cast, new [updated] storyline................I think it crazy but what do I know, apparently they are talking to the actor from percy jackson and the olympians.........I guess we will see

[Oldschool]

I would prefer a continuation too, but maybe someone wants too much money, or has refused...

[The_Fragile_One]

I don't know who the guy is myself. But hell it would be something different and would work a lot better then say Zac efron as Spidey. Seriously If it's a reboot, let's get it to be so much more then just that. An overall rebirth would be better.