Last week, one Splash Page reader tweeted that he'd like to see "Community"'s Donald Glover in the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" reboot. "Donald Glover as Donatello. Spread the word..." wrote @CinematicESP, and we had to take his Twitter handle seriously.
Not only did we spread the word, we put the question to Glover himself. Glover told MTV News that he had heard about a tweet, but he mentioned that he actually preferred a different turtle.
Not to slight Donatello, Glover said that he prefers "Raphael. I think he's cool," he said. "I mean, Donatello's cool too, but all the stories about him were never that great."
'Spider-Man' Origin: What To Keep, What To Scrap
Posted 4/12/12 12:00 pm EST by Splash Page Team in Commentary, Marvel
by Matt Harper
Earlier in the week, we posted a portion of our Summer Movie Preview week interview with "Amazing Spider-Man” director Marc Webb, who dropped a few juicy tidbits, the most revealing of which was his willingness to move away from Spider-Man origin staples. The director admitted that there were "obligations to the canon, in terms of Uncle Ben and the spider-bite, but the conditions under which those things happen are very different" in his movie.
And I for one as a Spider-Man fan couldn’t be happier to hear this. Like most comic characters that have been around long enough, Spidey’s history has gone through a few updates and retcons, and it’s a good sign for the movie that Marc Webb seems to be picking and choosing what works and what doesn’t for a modern audience.
So let’s talk about the elements of Spider-Man’s early history that should probably stay, and which should go the way of Ben Reilly…
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Tags Marc Webb, Spider-Bites, the amazing spider-man