Why Tom Holland Isn't In The New MCU Spider-Man Show

By Nicolas Ayala

Published Jan 29, 2025

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Marvel's new Spider-Man show, MCU Spider-Man variant not played by Tom Holland. Previously titled Spider-Man: Freshman Year, Marvel Studios Animation's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man provides a look at Peter Parker's early days as Spider-Man in an alternate universe. While Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man presents familiar events like the Avengers' Civil War, this Spider-Man variant won't follow the same steps as Tom Holland's wall-crawler.

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Why Tom Holland Isn't Spider-Man In The New MCU Show

Tom Holland Has Only Played Spider-Man In The MCU's Main Timeline

Animated Spider-Man and Tom Holland's unmasked Spider-Man from No Way Home — Custom image by Felipe Rangel

Tom Holland has played Spider-Man in six MCU movies: his three Spider-Man movies plus Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. Spider-Man has only appeared in one other MCU release — What If...? season 1 episode 5, "What If... Zombies?!", where Peter Parker survived the zombie apocalypse and ed the survivors' efforts to eliminate the virus. Actor Hudson Thames voiced Spider-Man in What If...? season 1 episode 5, and Thames is now playing a new, younger Peter Parker variant in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

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Hudson Thames' experience voicing Peter Parker in What If...? season 1 episode 5 is testament to his skill playing the hero. Thames is attached to play Spider-Man in Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man and its two subsequent seasons, which are already greenlit. Although Spider-Man hasn't played many ing roles outside the MCU's live-action Spider-Man trilogy and the wall-crawler's crossover events, it's likely that any future animated appearances by the wall-crawler will be voiced by Hudson Thames. These might include Marvel Studios Animation's Marvel Zombies series, set to release in October 2025.

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Before voicing Spider-Man in What If...? and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, Hudson Thames appeared in numerous TV shows, including Disney's Shake It Up, Criminal Minds, Mad Men, I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, and Malibu Country, and he starred in the 2015 film The A-List. Thames started voicing animated characters from a young age, with small voice roles in movies such as Marmaduke, Next Gen, and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya's English dub. Hudson Thames is also a musician.