Phil Lord and Chris Miller's Animated 'Spider-Man' movie adds Mahershala Ali and Brian Tyree Henry to voice cast

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Though Phil Lord and Chris Miller (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street) recently exited the Untitled Han Solo Star Wars Anthology Film but their other project, the animated Spider-Man movie is chugging along with even more actors being added to the voice cast. According to The Tracking Board, Oscar-winner, Mahershala Ali and Brian Tyree Henry have joined the cast.

            Mahershala Ali will voice Miles Morales’ uncle, Aaron Davis, who operates on the wrong side of the law. Brian Tyree Henry will voice Miles’ detective father, Jefferson Davis. Though Lord and Miller won’t direct this movie, they wrote and will produce it together while Bob Persichetti (The Little Prince) and Peter Ramsey (Rise of the Guardians) will direct. Miles Morales will be the star of this movie, the half-black, half-Latino teenager who adopts the costume as Spider-Man after Peter Parker dies. I’m a big fan of both of these actors and what they’ve been doing recently so this is great news to me.

            Ali won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar this past year for his role in Moonlight, which also won Best Picture. He also appeared in Hidden Figures, another Best Picture nominee and will appear in Alita: Battle Angel and Triple Frontier in 2018. Brian Tyree Henry also had a huge year last year with his role in FX’s, Atlanta and has been racking up film roles as of late. He’ll appear in White Boy Rick and Steve McQueen’s Widows, both set to arrive in 2018.

            How do you guys feel about this casting news? Are you excited to see the animated Spider-Man movie? Let us know in the comments!