Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man plot, cast, episode count, trailer as new Marvel series comes to Disney+
The new Marvel show's animation style is inspired by the classic Spider-Man comics
The latest Marvel Cinematic Universe series is set to be released next week on Disney+.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is set in a parallel timeline to the MCU where Norman Osborn — the alter ego of his nemesis, the Green Goblin — mentors Peter instead of Tony Stark.
The show's animation style is inspired by the classic Spider-Man comics and its trailer even paid homage to the original Spider-Man theme from 1967.
This is everything you need to know about Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man including the plot, who appears in the series and its release schedule.
What is the plot of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man?
A brief plot synopsis from Disney+ reads: "Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is an animated series that follows Peter Parker on his way to becoming a hero, with a journey unlike we've ever seen and a style that celebrates the character’s early comic book roots."
The animated series will tell Peter’s story in a different timeline to the main Marvel Cinematic Universe and prior to the events of Captain America: Civil War.
In this timeline, Norman Osborn (Colman Domingo) serves as Peter’s mentor. With his alter-ego being the Green Goblin, can we really trust him and how does this change Spider-Man's backstory?
The show also features Peter Parker in a range of new special suits and new characters different from the main MCU.
The head writer is Jeff Trammell and Mel Zwyer is the supervising director. Brad Winderbaum, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Dana Vasquez-Eberhardt and Trammell serve as executive producers.
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Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man episode count and release schedule
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man consists of 10 episodes in total, with the first two episodes to premiere on Wednesday, January 29.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man will release multiple episodes every week. Episodes three to five will come out on Wednesday, February 5, with episodes six to eight on February 12, with the final two episodes released on February 19.
The Disney+ release schedule is as follows:
- Episode 1 - January 29
- Episode 2 - January 29
- Episode 3 - February 5
- Episode 4 - February 5
- Episode 5 - February 5
- Episode 6 - February 12
- Episode 7 - February 12
- Episode 8 - February 12
- Episode 9 - February 19
- Episode 10 - February 19
Who is in the cast of Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man?
The talented voice cast includes Mad Men and I Think You Should Leave actor Hudson Thames as Peter Parker and Spider-Man.
Colman Domingo voices Norman Osborn, who previously appeared in Oscar-nominated Rustin, Lincoln, Fear The Walking Dead and Netflix series The Madness.
Eugene Byrd voices Parker's classmate Lonnie Lincoln, Grace Song voices Parker's best friend Nico Minoru, Zeno Robinson appears as Harry Osborn, with Hugh Dancy as Otto Octavius.
Charlie Cox reprises his role as Matt Murdock and Daredevil in another MCU series, with the actor set to star in his own revival series Daredevil: Born Again