Move over, Peter Parker: why live-action Spider-Man should go all in on Miles Morales
It’s Miles Morales’ multiverse – and we’re just living in it. The increasingly popular Spider-Man, first introduced as part of Marvel’s Ultimate comics universe in the early 2010s, has Across the Spider-Verse on the way – and a starring role in Insomniac’s Spider-Man PS5 sequel later this year. If you believe Sony producer Amy Pascal, a live-action Miles Morales movie could be next.
Out of the three, it’s the live-action project which sets my Spidey-Senses tingling. Yes, there is the argument that Miles Morales already has his own space with the trilogy of Spider-Verse movies, but Miles finally deserves to swing into live-action – so he, and whoever plays him, can be a Spider-Man for a whole new generation of budding webheads in the same way Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland have been.
That’s not to say Spider-Man 4 with Tom Holland is a bad idea. Far from it. No Way Home’s decision to essentially reboot the franchise with a back-to-basics approach should be commended. Yet, Peter Parker feels a little played out by this point on the big screen. Unless you’re going for a new spin on the character – a college-age Peter, a leader of the Avengers, or body-swapping with Doc Ock all spring to mind – then it just makes sense to build out Miles’ legacy instead.
Miles already has all the tools that could make the leap to live-action: a fun powerset, including invisibility, and a genuinely cool, non-tryhard personality already make him stand out. The fact he has to deal with a supervillain uncle adds a much more personal touch to proceedings.
It also offers Sony a clear-cut way to separate the convoluted Spider-Man/MCU situation and start afresh with their own stories and ideas without having to work around whatever
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