--- description: Four years after 'Community' fans tried (and, obviously, failed) to land him the starring role in 'The Amazing Spider-Man' title: Donald Glover to Play Spiderman in Disney XD Show image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Glover Will Finally Get to Be Spider-Man (in a Cartoon) by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 26, 2014 5:33 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 26, 2014 5:33 PM CUT Back in 2010, _Community_ star Donald Glover expressed interest in playing the lead role in _The Amazing Spider-Man._ His fans took that pretty seriously and launched a social media campaign — complete with a #donald4spiderman hashtag — to make these dreams come true. The role ultimately went to Andrew Garfield and everybody moved on with their lives. But now, several years later, Glover is finally getting getting his chance to play Spidey. It’s on the small screen, and in a cartoon, but still! This is [great news](http://mrwgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Donald-Glover-Thumbs-Up-Wave-On-Community.gif "undefined"). According [to USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2014/08/26/donald-glover-ultimate-spider-man-exclusive/14559815/ "undefined"), Glover will voice half-Hispanic, half-black Spider-Man alter-ego Miles Morales on an episode of Disney XD’s animated series, _Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors_. The character made his comic-book debut back in 2011 after writer Brian Michael Bendis was inspired by the #donald4spiderman campaign. Check out the clip above to get a taste of Donald in all his Spidey splendor alongside Peter Parker (voiced by Drake Bell.) We can only imagine that somewhere, Troy Barnes is getting [very, very emotional ](http://31.media.tumblr.com/3852dfc8ba2905586f9f061d3889d06f/tumblr%5Fms7vavIBCI1sgl0ajo1%5F500.gif "undefined")about this. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3182022/donald-glover-spider-man/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3182022/donald-glover-spider-man/"},"headline":"Donald Glover Will Finally Get to Be Spider-Man (in a Cartoon)","datePublished":"2014-08-26T17:33:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:51:44.422Z","description":"...Four years after Community fans tried (and, obviously, failed) to land him the starring role in The Amazing Spider-Man","url":"https://time.com/3182022/donald-glover-spider-man/","keywords":["Television","Cartoons","celebrity","Superhero"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3182022/donald-glover-spider-man/","name":"Donald Glover Will Finally Get to Be Spider-Man (in a Cartoon)"}}]}] ```