{"id":19064,"date":"2022-07-23T23:25:55","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T21:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1685222"},"modified":"2022-07-23T23:41:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T21:41:09","slug":"spider-man-freshman-year-animated-series-reveals-surprising-marvel-characters","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/spider-man-freshman-year-animated-series-reveals-surprising-marvel-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider-Man: Freshman Year animated series reveals surprising Marvel characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By James Hibbs\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 23 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Spider-Man: Freshman Year, the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/disneyplus\/&quot;\">Disney Plus<\/a> animated series charting Peter Parker\u2019s life before he entered the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/marvel-movies-order\/&quot;\">MCU<\/a> in Captain America: Civil War, has just got a big update thanks to the Marvel Animation Comic-Con Panel.<\/p>\n<p>We now know not only that the series will debut in 2024, and will have at least two seasons with the second being titled Sophomore Year, but also that Charlie Cox will reprise his role as Daredevil.<\/p>\n<p>The star, who has previously played the character in his own series, The Defenders and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/spider-man-no-way-home-extended-cut-cinema-release-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Spider-Man: No Way Home<\/a>, is one of the first castings announced for the series, as it\u2019s not yet known whether Tom Holland will be reprising his role as Spider-Man. It\u2019s <a href=\"\/\/www.theilluminerdi.com\/2022\/07\/19\/spider-man-freshman-year-holland\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">been reported<\/a> that he won\u2019t be back for the series.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside Cox\u2019s casting we also got confirmation of a raft of Spider-Man and Marvel comics characters who are set to appear, including Aunt May, Norman Osborne, Harry Osborne, Doctor Octopus, Doctor Strange, Scorpion and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/programme\/b-ntp844\/marvels-runaways\/&quot;\">Runaways<\/a>\u2018 Nico Minoru, who in this series will be Peter\u2019s best friend.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"&quot;twitter-tweet&quot;\" data-dnt=\"&quot;true&quot;\"><p lang=\"&quot;en&quot;\" dir=\"&quot;ltr&quot;\">Just announced at <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDCC2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">#SDCC2022<\/a>: <br\/><br\/>Marvel Studios\u2019 Spider-Man: Freshman Year, an Original series, streaming in 2024 on <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/disneyplus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">@DisneyPlus<\/a>. <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/t.co\/v7sqUUHoPa&quot;\">pic.twitter.com\/v7sqUUHoPa<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarvelStudios\/status\/1550558046144716800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&quot;\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;\" charset=\"&quot;utf-8&quot;\"\/><p>The appearance of some of these characters, such as Doctor Octopus, Daredevil and Doctor Strange, seems to break MCU canon, as these characters didn\u2019t come into Peter\u2019s life until much later in the timeline.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, a still from the series has seemingly shown a version of Norman Osborn in a scene very reminiscent of Spider-Man\u2019s first MCU scene in Captain America: Civil War, in place of Tony Stark. This could suggest that some multiverse shenanigans are afoot.<\/p>\n<p>Other characters confirmed to be appearing in the series include Amadeus Cho, Butane the Pyromaniac, Chameleon, Rhino, Speed Demon, Tarantula, Tombstone, Unicorn, and Bentley Wittman, with Wittman being played by Paul F Tompkins (Mr Peanutbutter from <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/programme\/b-hx54bv\/bojack-horseman\/&quot;\">BoJack Horseman<\/a>).<\/p> <p>At the Comic-Con panel, the show\u2019s executive producer and head writer Jeff Trammell teased that <a href=\"\/\/ew.com\/events\/comic-con\/charlie-cox-daredevil-spider-man-freshman-year-comic-con-2022\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">audiences should expect the unexpected<\/a> when it comes to the series\u2019 casting, which we\u2019ll surely hear more about in due course.<\/p>\n<p>Cox\u2019s role in the MCU seems to be expanding rapidly of late \u2013 not only is he reported to be making appearances in both <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/she-hulk-release-date-disney-plus\/&quot;\">She-Hulk<\/a> and <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/charlie-cox-vincent-donofrio-echo-newsupdate\/&quot;\">Echo<\/a>, but it\u2019s also been reported that he will have his own <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/daredevil-revival-disney-plus-release-date\/&quot;\">revived series of Daredevil<\/a> on Disney Plus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spider-Man: Freshman Year will stream on Disney Plus in 2024<\/strong> <strong>\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/disneyplus.bn5x.net\/c\/1236178\/564546\/9358?subId1=radiotimes-1615620&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.disneyplus.com%2Fen-gb&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" sponsored=\"\">sign up to Disney+ for \u00a37.99 a month or \u00a379.90 a year<\/a>\u00a0now.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;editor-content\" mb-lg=\"\" hidden-print=\"\" js-piano-locked-content=\"\">\n<p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sci-fi\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">Sci-Fi<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0to see what\u2019s on tonight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;0&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. For more from the biggest stars in TV, l<\/strong><strong>isten to the\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/podcasts\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener noopener noreferrer\" noreferrer=\"\" data-auth=\"&quot;NotApplicable&quot;\" data-linkindex=\"&quot;1&quot;\">Radio Times podcast<\/a> with Jane Garvey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By James Hibbs Published: Saturday, 23 July 2022 at 12:00 am Spider-Man: Freshman Year, the Disney Plus animated series charting Peter Parker\u2019s life before he entered the MCU in Captain America: Civil War, has just got a big update thanks to the Marvel Animation Comic-Con Panel. 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