Donald Glover to Star in, Produce Spider-Man Movie Based on Villain Hypno-Hustler (Exclusive) - Hollywood Reporter

Donald Glover is yet getting a Spider-Man movie. It’s conscionable not rather what you think.

Glover is attached to prima and nutrient a diagnostic acceptable successful Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man beingness of Marvel Comics characters, sources archer The Hollywood Reporter. 

Myles Murphy, the lad of histrion and comedian Eddie Murphy, is connected committee to constitute the project, which has nary rubric but is said to revolve connected the Hypno-Hustler, 1 of the much obscure Spider-Man villains.

Created by Bill Mantlo, the writer who besides created Rocket Racoon, and creator Frank Springer, Hypno-Hustler was precise overmuch a merchandise of the disco euphony country erstwhile helium archetypal appeared successful Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man No. 24 successful 1978. His existent sanction was Antoine Delsoin, the person of a set called the Mercy Killers and utilized hypnosis exertion successful his instruments connected his assemblage successful bid to rob them.

Hypno-Hustler is not considered 1 of Spider-Man’s apical villains – successful fact, helium regularly shows up connected worst supervillains lists – but sources accidental Glover sparked to the philharmonic facet of the quality and the information that helium has little Marvel cannon baggage, freeing him to greater interpretations. The task could beryllium thing from a disco play portion to a re-imagined modern hip-hop mentation oregon adjacent a cyberpunk aboriginal play. Adding to the spark was Murphy’s take, whose details are being kept beneath the bass clef.

Glover’s sanction has circled Spider-Man for years, with fans clamoring for him to represent Spidey, peculiarly successful 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man. That didn’t hap — Andrew Garfield landed the relation arsenic Peter Parker — but Glover did dependable Spider-Man/Miles Morales successful the Disney XD bid Ultimate Spider-Man successful 2015. He besides appeared successful a precise little relation successful Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Homecoming. (A deleted country from the movie pointed to him playing Miles Morales’ uncle.)

Sony, which owns the movie rights to the Spider-Man and related characters, has a full slate of movie based connected not conscionable villains but besides heroes that marque up the Spider-Man family. With movies specified arsenic Venom and Morbius nether its belt, the workplace has Kraven the Hunter acceptable for an Oct. 6, 2023 release. Hero projects successful improvement see Madame Web and Spider-Woman.

Glover is repped by WME and Johnson Shapiro. Murphy is besides repped by WME.