User blog:ARTaylor/Spider-Man Film Adds Mahershala Ali and Brian Tyree Henry

Tracking-Board has learned that two more actors have been cast to lend their voice talents to the animated Spider-Man film: Mahershala Ali and Brian Tyree Henry. Ali previously worked for Marvel on the Luke Cage Netflix series playing the villain Cottonmouth. He has worked on such prolific projects like The Hunger Game series, House of Cards, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Hidden Figures, and was the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar for his supporting role in last year's Best Picture winner Moonlight. Ali will play Miles Morales' uncle Aaron Davis, a man who loves his nephew but operates on the wrong side of the law. Henry was an original cast member of the musical comedy The Book of Mormon and has appeared on series like Boardwalk Empire and How to Get Away with Murder. He is a main cast member of Atlanta alongside original Miles Morales voice actor Donald Glover. Henry will play Miles' detective father Jefferson Davis.

The two join Shameik Moore as Miles and Liev Schreiber as the currently unnamed villain. Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey will co-direct with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller writing and producing. The film is currently slated for a December 21st, 2018 release.