Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

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Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man logo.png
Genre Superhero
Created byJeff Trammell
Based on Marvel Comics
ShowrunnerJeff Trammell
Starring
Music by
Opening theme"Neighbor Like Me"
by The Math Club feat. Relaye & Melo Makes Music
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes2
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Danielle Costa
  • Tim Pauer
AnimatorRick Glenn
Editors
  • Alexander Wu
  • Hannah Long
Running time28–30 minutes
Production company Marvel Studios Animation
Original release
Network Disney+
ReleaseJanuary 29, 2025 (2025-01-29) –
present (present)
Related
Marvel Cinematic Universe television series

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is an American animated television series created by Jeff Trammell for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It is the 12th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from Marvel Studios and is produced by Marvel Studios Animation. The series explores Peter Parker's origin story and early days as Spider-Man, and is set in an alternate timeline from the main films and television series of the MCU where Norman Osborn becomes Peter's mentor instead of Tony Stark. Trammell serves as showrunner and head writer, with Mel Zwyer as supervising director.

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Hudson Thames voices Peter Parker / Spider-Man, reprising his role from the Marvel Studios animated series What If...? (2021–2024), with Kari Wahlgren, Grace Song, Eugene Byrd, Zeno Robinson, and Colman Domingo also starring. Disney+ announced the series as Spider-Man: Freshman Year in November 2021, with Trammell attached. It was originally intended to be set in the main MCU continuity but the creative team found this too restrictive and decided to move it to an alternate timeline, allowing the series to explore familiar ideas and characters in new ways. It was retitled Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man by December 2023. The 3D cel-shaded animation pays homage to the art style of early The Amazing Spider-Man comic books by Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr., with animation provided by Polygon Pictures and CGCG, Inc.

The first season of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man premiered with its first two episodes on Disney+ on January 29, 2025, with the remaining episodes being released in groups until February 19, as part of Phase Five of the MCU. Two more seasons are in development.

Premise

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man explores Peter Parker's origin story and early days using the Spider-Man persona. The series is set in an alternate timeline within the multiverse where Norman Osborn becomes Peter's mentor instead of Tony Stark, as happens in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's (MCU) main timeline. [1] [2]

Cast and characters

Main

Guest

Additionally, Ettore "Big E" Ewen has been cast in an undisclosed role. [16] The character White Rabbit is confirmed to be appearing in the series. [17]

Episodes

No.Title  [18] Directed byWritten byOriginal release date  [19]
1"Amazing Fantasy"Mel ZwyerJeff TrammellJanuary 29, 2025 (2025-01-29)
On Peter Parker's first day at Midtown High School, a fight between sorcerer Stephen Strange and a symbiotic alien destroys the school. Peter rescues another freshman, Nico Minoru, from the alien. He falls unconscious after being bitten by a spider that emerged from a portal Strange created during the fight. Several months later, Peter has developed spider-like abilities and is secretly operating as the vigilante Spider-Man. Due to the destruction of Midtown High, he and Nico—now best friends—are attending Rockford T. Bales High School which does not have the advanced courses and technology that Peter was excited for at Midtown. Also attending Bales are Peter's childhood crush Pearl Pangan and her new boyfriend, football team captain Lonnie Lincoln. On the way to school one day, Peter saves Harry Osborn from a group of thugs who livestream the interaction. Later, he stops two criminals on the run from the police and receives wider public attention. After school, Peter returns to the apartment he lives in with his widowed aunt May Parker and is greeted by businessman Norman Osborn.
2"The Parker Luck"Liza SingerCharlie NeunerJanuary 29, 2025 (2025-01-29)
Norman offers Peter an exclusive internship at his company, Oscorp, which Peter gladly accepts. The next day, he goes to Oscorp after school and meets fellow interns Jeanne Foucault, Asha, and Amadeus Cho. Peter is discouraged by the stern Bentley Wittman, a scientist who oversees the interns, but enjoys himself more after being assigned to work with scientist Carla Connors on an energy project. Peter misses the school's victory at a football game and is unable to join Nico when they are both invited to a party by Lonnie and Pearl. During a break in his work, Peter sees a news report about a building on fire and goes to investigate as Spider-Man. He finds an arsonist named Butane who has been hired to destroy a building with his high-tech flamethrowers as part of an insurance scam, though he is accidentally destroying the wrong building. Peter subdues Butane and notices a familiar logo on his equipment. Arriving back at Oscorp later than he hoped, Peter is summoned to Norman's office. Norman shows Peter security footage of the latter putting on his Spider-Man suit.
3"Secret Identity Crisis"TBATBAFebruary 5, 2025 (2025-02-05)
4"Hitting the Big Time"TBATBAFebruary 5, 2025 (2025-02-05)
5"The Unicorn Unleashed"TBATBAFebruary 5, 2025 (2025-02-05)
6"Duel with the Devil"TBATBAFebruary 12, 2025 (2025-02-12)
7"Scorpion Rising"TBATBAFebruary 12, 2025 (2025-02-12)
8"Tangled Web"TBATBAFebruary 12, 2025 (2025-02-12)
9"Hero or Menace"TBATBAFebruary 19, 2025 (2025-02-19)
10"If This Be My Destiny..."TBATBAFebruary 19, 2025 (2025-02-19)

Production

Development

By June 2021, Marvel Studios Animation was developing a slate of at least three more series in addition to their Disney+ series What If...? (2021–2024). [20] [21] [22] The next month, these were said to be in various stages of development and were not expected to debut until at least 2023. [23] Spider-Man: Freshman Year was announced during a Disney+ Day event in November 2021, with Jeff Trammell serving as head writer. [1] Trammell was asked to develop the series after pitching a different animated project to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and animation head Brad Winderbaum. [24] Mel Zwyer served as supervising director, [25] with Stu Livingston as an episodic director. [26] [ independent source needed ] Marvel Studios' Feige, Louis D'Esposito, Winderbaum, and Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt were executive producers alongside Trammell. [25]

During Marvel Studios Animation's panel at San Diego Comic-Con in July 2022, Spider-Man: Freshman Year and the other projects discussed were referred to as being part of the "Marvel Animated Multiverse". A second season was announced at the panel with the title Spider-Man: Sophomore Year. [27] The series was retitled Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man by December 2023. [28] In January 2025, Trammell said the series was not limited to covering one school year per season, [5] and Winderbaum said a third season had been green-lit. [29] Trammel was listed as both showrunner and head writer by Marvel.com . [30]

Writing

The series depicts the origin story of Peter Parker / Spider-Man, which was never explored in detail in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films; [3] Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige stated in 2015 that they decided to not retell the character's origin in Captain America: Civil War (2016), [31] which was the character's first MCU appearance, [3] since there had already been two versions depicted in the Spider-Man films directed by Sam Raimi (2002–2007) and Marc Webb (2012–2014) and the studio decided to "take it for granted that people know that". [31] The series was originally planned to be set within the MCU's "Sacred Timeline" before the events of Civil War, but the creative team found this to be too restrictive regarding which characters and comic book elements could be included. They decided to move the series to an alternate timeline, [32] taking advantage of the MCU's multiverse concept: the story begins similarly to Civil War but depicts Norman Osborn becoming Peter's mentor instead of Tony Stark / Iron Man, which leads to Peter meeting other unexpected characters. [2]

Trammell said the series would explore Peter's identity pre-Spider-Man and how his superhero career began. [14] The creative team took inspiration from early The Amazing Spider-Man comic books by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, [33] as well as previous Spider-Man animated series. Trammell took specific inspiration from the way characters were developed in The Spectacular Spider-Man (2008–09). [5] He wanted to use the series to approach familiar ideas and characters in new ways, such as Norman Osborn's role as Peter's mentor. [5] [24] Spider-Man's origin story in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man sees Peter get bit by a spider falling out of a portal created by Dr. Stephen Strange as he is fighting a symbiotic alien, connecting his origin to magic rather than science as in the comics. [17] [34] [35] Winderbaum said the series was "so essentially Spider-Man" because it features Peter trying to juggle high school, caring for his aunt May, and being a superhero. He said the large ensemble of characters allowed for interesting relationships and stakes, [33] and an emphasis on the "neighborhood" from the series' title by featuring supporting characters in prominent roles; [36] Winderbaum compared this to Trammell's work on the animated series Craig of the Creek (2018–2025). [37] Several characters not usually associated with Spider-Man are included in the series, including Nico Minoru in the role of Peter's best friend, as well as Jeanne Foucault and Amadeus Cho. Trammell considered including a young Jessica Jones as one of Peter's classmates. [38]

Writers for the first season included Tremmell, Charlie Neuner, Raven Kone, and Halima Lucas. [39] By January 2025, the second season scripts had been written, with Winderbaum preparing at that time to hear Trammell's pitch for the third season. Given the series' renewal for three seasons, Winderbaum noted that Trammell had been building a narrative through-line for the series since the first season. [29]

Casting and voice recording

Charlie Cox was revealed to be reprising his role as Matt Murdock / Daredevil from previous MCU media in July 2022, [27] while Paul F. Tompkins was cast as Bentley Wittman. [14] Cox recorded his lines in 2021 during breaks in filming the live-action MCU series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022). [40] In September 2023, a United States Copyright Office filing for the series revealed that Hudson Thames was voicing Peter Parker / Spider-Man, reprising his role from the first season of What If...? (2021), [4] [41] with Eugene Byrd as Lonnie Lincoln, Grace Song as Nico Minoru, Hugh Dancy as Otto Octavius, Kari Wahlgren as May Parker, and Zeno Robinson as Harry Osborn. [4] The creative team were struggling to settle on an actor they felt could live up to Norman Osborn's reputation when Zwyer suggested casting Colman Domingo. Trammell thought that was a "genius idea" and they immediately approached the actor, who was "super excited" to take on the role. [5] Domingo's casting was announced in August 2024. [8]

In December 2024, Vincent D'Onofrio was revealed to be reprising his role as Wilson Fisk / Kingpin from previous MCU media, [15] with Cathy Ang as the voice of Pearl Pangan. [13] Ahead of the series' premiere in January 2025, more actors were revealed to have been cast in the series: Robin Atkin Downes as Dr. Stephen Strange; Anjali Kunapaneni as Jeanne Foucault; Erica Luttrell as Asha; Aleks Le as Amadeus Cho; Zehra Fazal as Carla Connors; Jake Green as Butane; Mick Wingert as Tony Stark / Iron Man, reprising his role from What If...?; Roger Craig Smith as James Sanders / Speed Demon and Dmitri Smerdyakov / Chameleon; Anairis Quiñones as Maria Vasquez / Tarantula and Carmela Black; Travis Willingham as Mikhail Sytsevich and Thaddeus Ross; Sarah Natochenny as Mila Masaryk / Unicorn; Leilani Barrett as Benjamin "Big Ben" Donovan; and Jonathan Medina as Mac Gargan / Scorpion. [12] Additionally, former wrestler Ettore "Big E" Ewen was revealed to be part of the cast. He began work on the first season in 2022, and was working on the second season by January 2025. [16]

Animation and design

Because Marvel Studios Animation does not have a "house style", the creative team were free to develop an animation style that differed from previous series What If...? and X-Men '97 (2024–present). [5] They wanted to avoid copying one of the many different animation styles used for the animated Spider-Verse films and settled on paying homage to the early The Amazing Spider-Man comic books, specifically those featuring art by Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr. Trammell described the series as a "moving comic book", which is achieved through 3D cel-shaded animation provided by Polygon Pictures and CGCG, Inc.. [5] [24] Polygon was chosen because of the 2D animation look they had achieved in their previous work. Trammell said the company was able to match their desired style while keeping the "characters feeling alive and real, without feeling stiff and mechanical". [24]

Leo Romero was the lead character designer, with comic book artists Chris Samnee, Paolo Rivera, and Ethan Young also working on the series. [24] Trammell praised Romero for modernizing the designs while retaining classic elements. [5] They leaned further into comic book references for Peter's suits and some of the villains' costumes, [24] including those for Octavius and Gargan. [42] Spider-Man suits featured in the series include a homemade suit made from "gym pants, sneakers, goggles, a blue sweatshirt, red undershirt, knee pads, very clunky web-shooters, and a red logo on the chest"; a yellow suit; a "classic 60s" red and blue suit; [43] a white and blue Oscorp suit resembling Spider-Man's Future Foundation costume from the comics; [44] a "beetle" costume reminiscent of the comic book character Hornet; and a dark suit similar to the comic book character Dusk. [45]

By January 2025, animatics for the second season were halfway complete. [29]

Music

Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson were revealed to be composing the series' score in June 2024. [46] The series' theme song, "Neighbor Like Me" by The Math Club featuring Relaye and Melo Makes Music, is a rap that samples the theme song from the animated series Spider-Man (1967–1970) by Paul Francis Webster and Bob Harris. The song was released as a single by Hollywood Records and Marvel Music on January 21, 2025. [47] [48]

Marketing

The series was discussed during Marvel Studios Animation's panel at the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con, where character art was revealed. [14] The series was featured in a sizzle reel of Marvel Studios Animation's 2024 series in December 2023. [28] Trammell, Thames, and Domingo promoted the series during Marvel Studios Animation's panel at the D23 Expo in August 2024, where Domingo's role as Norman was announced and footage was shown. [49] [17] [50] Footage from the series was included in a video that was released by Disney+ in October, announcing the release schedule for Marvel Television and Marvel Animation projects through the end of 2025. [51]

Marvel Comics began releasing a five-issue comic book prequel series, also titled Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, in December 2024. The comic was written by Christos Gage and features art by Eric Gapstur. [52] Trammell explained that the comic book fills a timeline gap in the series' first episode. He said it was possible that more comic books could be written to fill other timeline gaps later in the series. [5] A trailer for the series was released at the end of December, following the conclusion of What If...?'s third season. Toussaint Egan of Polygon described the series as "long-awaited", [53] and Jordan King at Empire called it "hotly anticipated". [54] King and IGN 's Adam Bankhurst both highlighted the trailer's combination of classic Spider-Man references—including the art style and theme song—with contemporary animation and imagery. [54] [55] Discussing the trailer for Gizmodo , Justin Carter said it was "well worth the wait" and felt the series would be appreciated by people who wanted the MCU's Spider-Man to have some "smaller adventures". [56]

Release

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man premiered with its first two episodes on Disney+ on January 29, 2025, with the remaining eight episodes being released weekly in groups of two or three until February 19. [19] Chris Agar of ComicBook.com described the release schedule as unusual for an MCU series and suggested it was designed to avoid overlapping with the debut of the Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again in March. [19] The series was previously scheduled to be released in 2024, [28] [57] and a filing for the first episode with the United States Copyright Office in October 2023 had indicated an approximate release on November 2 of that year. [58] The first season is part of Phase Five of the MCU. [59]

Reception

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an 97% approval rating with an average rating of 8.2/10, based on 33 reviews for the first season. The site's critical consensus reads: "Embracing the wholesome aesthetics of the webslinger's original comic run while adding some fresh plot wrinkles, this family-friendly Spider-Man is a lovable incarnation of the Marvel superhero." [60] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the first season a score of 77 out of 100 based on 10 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [61]

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