User blog:ARTaylor/Peter Parker Revealed

Sony Pictures Entertainment has finally announced who will play Peter Parker in the upcoming film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. During the recent CinemaCon, they announced that the original Spider-Man from another dimension will be played by Jake Johnson. He may be remembered for his roles in Safety Not Guaranteed, Jurassic World, Let's Be Cops, and New Girl. He's no stranger to directors Christopher Miller and Phil Lord having played the principle in 21 Jump Street and Barry in The Lego Movie.

In addition, Sony announced that Miles Morales will be facing several other villains. They showed footage of featuring three famous villains: the Ultimate version of Green Goblin, Kingpin, and Prowler. It is unknown just how these three will play into the story. In the Ultimate Spider-Man story, Green Goblin was killed in the same battle that took Peter's life, so perhaps a flashback to the original hero's death. Also, in the Ultimate universe Prowler is actually Miles' uncle Aaron Davis, confirmed to be in the film, but the alternate realities does allow that it could be Hobie Brown who is the original Prowler.

The film is slated for a December 14th release date. It features the talents of Shameik Moore as Miles Morales, Mahershala Ali as Aaron Davis, Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis, and Liev Schreiber as the currently unspecified villain.