Donald Glover is set to star as the Spider-Man villain 'Hypno-Hustler' in a new film for Sony.
Donald Glover has signed on to appear in a new Spider-Man cinematic adaptation, but it's probably not what fans would have imagined. The star of Atlanta is now attached to star in, and produce a feature which is set in Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man universe of Marvel Comics characters, according to a report by The Hollywood Reporter.
Hypno-Hustler is not a top-tier antagonist in Spidey's rogues gallery, and is routinely considered one of his lesser foes, particularly in 'top ten' lists, however THR reports that Glover was drawn to the fact that there is a musical aspect to the character - he can hypnotise his victims with guitars, and his band robs their audiences during shows - and that with no other live-action adaptations of the character so far, he would be afforded greater creative freedom for his...
This is not Glover's first foray into Spider-Man. He has flirted with the character, and the comics, for a number of years now, and was part of a large fan-led campaign to take over the role of Spider-Man in 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man, which was eventually led by Andrew Garfield, who made two films as Peter Parker for Sony, before appearing in Marvel Studios' Spider-Man: No Way Home alongside Tom Holland and Tobey Maguire.
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