Christopher Daniel Barnes, who voiced radioactive spider-blood superhero Spider-Man across all five seasons of Spider-Man: The Animated Series, would be honored to voice an older Peter Parker in the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2. Sequel to the 2018 film that teamed Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) with Spider-People from other dimensions including Miles almost middle-aged mentor, Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson), Spider-Ham (John Mulaney), Peni Parker (Kimiko Glenn), and Spider-Man Noir (Nicolas Cage) Spider-Verse 2 will reopen the Marvel multiverse when Miles and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) reunite alongside new spider-powered superheroes, including Takuya Yamashiro, the Japanese Spider-Man, and possibly Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac).
That would be great, Barnes told Its Recording Time when asked about a role in Spider-Verse 2. Ive reprised the role several times in video games so that would be great. If I could do that again, Id be honored.
Im getting kind of old to do it, the 47-year-old actor added, but Id be happy to play an older Spider-Man.
Since the conclusion of the animated series that aired 65 episodes between 1994 and 1998, Barnes voiced several iterations of the character across multiple video games, including Spider-Man Noir in 2010s Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions and Miguel OHara, a.k.a. the Spider-Man of the year 2099, in 2011s Spider-Man: Edge of Time.
Barnes returned for another animated television series, Ultimate Spider-Man, as the voice of two other spider characters Spyder-Knight and Wolf Spider in that series own Spider-Verse crossover event. He also voiced Sinister Six member Electro, a recurring foe of the shows primary Spider-Man (Drake Bell).
In 2018, Rodney Rothman, one of three directors on Spider-Verse, revealed Sam Raimis Spider-Man trilogy star Tobey Maguire was considered for a role in the first movie. Tom Holland, who plays the live-action Spider-Man of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, later revealed he nearly made a cameo appearance in Spider-Verse as another Peter Parker.
During a Quarantine Watch Party hosted by ComicBook.com in May, producer Christopher Miller revealed a dropped post-credits scene that would have brought together Holland, Maguire, and Amazing Spider-Man actor Andrew Garfield for the first time opposite Mulaneys Spider-Ham. The ambitious tag scene was too soon, according to Sony executives.
There were many thoughts about where we could put Tobey Maguire and others. I think after this film, those thoughts might have a little more traction, Rothman said in 2018. But before this movie, and introducing the idea of the Spider-Verse to the audience, I think everybody was afraid that it would just really confuse people. But wow, it would have been fun.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 is scheduled to release in theaters October 7, 2022.
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