Connection to the MCU in “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse”: Here’s What’s Behind the Live-Action Special

You’ll be amazed and would probably have to watch “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” a dozen times to find all the references to the Spider-Man story in the background.

One of the best cameos is definitely the look of Donald Glover as Prowler, who is held captive in the headquarters of the Spider versions as the live-action version of the supervillain. Many of you will surely know the actor from the sitcom “Community”, where he and Danny Pudi form the sympathetic duo Troy & Abet, which was loved by the fans not only for their sympathetic morning show. In recent years, the “Atlanta” series created by Glover himself has also generated a lot of enthusiasm.

The actor is also active as rapper Childish Gambino. He caused a stir in 2018 with his highly political hit “This Is America”. We’ve included the song for you here:

Even MCU fans should already know Donald Glover!

But MCU fans should also know Donald Glover very well, because in “Spider Man: Coming Home“ we could see the charismatic actor and musician as Aaron Davis in a short appearance – and that is known as the real name of the supervillain Prowler.

Donald Glover also mentions his cousin Miles Morales here. In a conversation with Spider-Man, he says that he doesn’t want guns in this neighborhood because a cousin of his lives there. In a deleted scene, we can even overhear a phone conversation between Aaron and Miles. Here the gangster, tied to his car with cobwebs, apologizes to his cousin that he will not make it in time. What the two wanted to meet is not revealed.

We’ve recaptured the scene for you here:

Will we see Donald Glover in a Spider-Man movie again?

We interviewed “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” producer Amy Pascal and also asked her about a possible Donald Glover comeback in one of the future Spider-Man movie projects — even if she didn’t want to answer the question in particular, it may be out her answer can be inferred that she is just as excited about the cast as the author of these lines:

“I’m sorry I can’t answer that question for you, but we all love Donald Glover, he fits the role so perfectly and is just amazing.”

You can read the entire interview here:

In any case, it doesn’t seem unlikely that we’ll see Donald Glover in a future Spider-Man movie, as a possible fourth screen adventure of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man – we know of their meeting in Spider-Man – Man: Homecoming” states all that Peter Parker and Aaron Davis live in the same neighborhood.

However, there’s also a good chance we’ll see Donald Glover again in a potential Miles Morales live-action movie. Opposite the industry magazine Amy Pascal has now confirmed that a corresponding movie is in the works. And who would do better as an opponent than crowd favorite Donald Glover?

What do the FILMSTARTS editors say about “Across The Spider-Verse”?

Even aside from Donald Glover’s cameo appearance, “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse” is an all-round successful film – also in the opinion of large sections of the FILMSTARTS editors.

If you’d like to hear more about how in love we really are with “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse,” we recommend the attached version of our Love on the Screen podcast. Here, FILMSTARTS editors Björn and Stefan, along with moderator Sebastian, praise Sony’s animation hit.