Marvel Studios officially unveiled a new title for its upcoming animated series, Spider-Man: Freshman Year.
At a press screening for the first two episodes of What If…? Season 2, Marvel announced that Freshman Year had been renamed Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. No reason was given for the title change.
The studio also revealed that Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man would drop onto Disney+ in 2024, along with two additional animated series — X-Men ’97, a continuation of the beloved X-Men: The Animated Series, and Eyes of Wakanda, which will be tied to the Black Panther franchise.
What is Marvel’s animated Spider-Man series about?
When Spider-Man: Freshman Year was initially announced in November 2021, Marvel Studios shared that the animated series would follow Peter Parker on his to becoming Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, leading many fans to believe that the show would take place before the events of 2016’s Captain America: Civil War.
However, in July 2022, Marvel clarified that the series would take place in an alternate timeline in the MCU, with Norman Osborn replacing Tony Stark as Peter’s mentor. A second season, then titled Sophomore Year, was also announced.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will feature several characters that have not yet appeared in the MCU, as well as some fan favorites. Nico Minoru, Lonnie Lincoln, Amadeus Cho, Harry Osborn, Pearl Pangan, and Jean Foucault are all confirmed to appear in the series as friends of Peter. On the villain side, Spider-Man will come face-to-face with Unicorn, Chameleon, Scorpion, Speed Demon, Tarantula, the Rhino, Butane, Carmela Black, and Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus.
Who is voicing Spider-Man?
Tom Holland, who portrays the main MCU Spider-Man, will not voice the titular webslinger in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Instead, Hudson Thames will lend his voice to the Spider-Man variant. He previously voiced a different Spider-Man variant in What If…? Season 1.
Other confirmed cast members include Charlie Cox as Daredevil, Paul F. Tompkins as Bentley Wittman, Eugene Byrd as Lonnie Lincoln, Grace Song as Nico Minoru, Hugh Dancy as Doctor Octopus, Kari Wahlgren as Aunt May, and Zeno Robinson as Harry Osborn.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will premiere on Disney+ in 2024.
