Disney Junior's Spidey and His Amazing Friends

TV Passport lists something called Meet Spidey And His Amazing Friends airing during the week of June 21. My guess is that these are shorts of some kind to introduce the characters. I'll copy and paste the descriptions.

https://www.tvpassport.com/series/meet-spidey-and-his-amazing-friends/447919

WEBSTER Peter introduces WEB-STER to the Spidey Team.

Spidey Mystery Spidey calls upon his pal, Ghost-Spider to help track down a little girl's missing scooter.

S.O.S. Kitty Jun. 21, 2021 When Peter and Aunt May's kitty, Bootsie, goes missing, Spidey must come to the rescue!

A Helping of Hulk Jun. 23, 2021 Spidey and Hulk team up to sneak into Doc Ock's secret lair.

Spidey Surprise Jun. 24, 2021 Spidey runs out of webs while fighting Green Goblin and calls upon his spider-bot friend, TRACE-E.

Rocka Bye Rhino Jun. 25, 2021 Spidey and Spin team up to defeat Rhino's late night rampage!

Stop Doc Ock Jun. 26, 2021 The Spidey Team emerges to stop Doc Ock from using the super charged Star Diamond for an energy boost.

The Spidey Team Jun. 27, 2021 Peter, Gwen, and Miles team up as the Spidey Team to stop Green Goblin.

Here's a theme song and images for Spidey and His Amazing Friends.

https://ew.com/tv/patrick-stump-marvels-spidey-and-his-amazing-friends-theme-song/

Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Jun 8th 2021 at 4:27:51 AM

The YouTube mirror, for those that can't access the EW site player:

• Reading the interview, it's amusing to see Patrick Stump cite Spider-Man: The Animated Series' theme song as one of Spidey themes he had in mind, during the creation process.

• Miles having an art theme is definitely something from Spider-Verse, and not a bad trait to borrow either.

• Around 0:27, I'm pretty sure we spot Aunt May, Miles' parents, and some blonde woman connected to Ghost Spider.

• Oh, another female Doctor Ock? I wonder if this is another adaptation of Carolyn Trainer (like in Marvel's Spider-Man) or a new version all together? It seems like her, Green Goblin, and Rhino are the recurring rogues in this series. Very classic looking designs for all three, given their radical redesigns over the years.

• Likewise, Kamala Khan, Hulk and Black Panther as allies for the Spiders. Panther's the only one who seems to have a MCU-inspired look.

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Jun 8th 2021 at 4:40:34 AM

I think the blonde woman is Carol Danvers, which isn't a connection to the Spiders, but Kamala, who is in the show.

Gwen walks down her father later in the intro, but I'm not sure who is the girl that Miles is crushing on.

As a side note, the lengthy intro, combined with episode descriptions and early comic previews, gave me enough material to start an Upcoming Works page: Spidey and His Amazing Friends.

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Jun 8th 2021 at 1:15:41 PM

So we have more information on the show. We have a digital soundtrack on September 17. We also have the announcement for some other people working on the series. This includes Steven Grover (who worked on Hello Ninja and some Lego Jurassic World projects) as a producer, with Chris Moreno (co-producer and art director on Muppet Babies 2018) as supervising director, and Chris Gilligan (supervising director on Goldie And Bear and TOTS) as a consulting director.

https://www.dgepress.com/disneyjunior/pressrelease/grammy-award-nominated-musician-patrick-stump-performs-theme-song-for-marvels-spidey-and-his-amazing-friends-premiering-this-summer-on-disney-junior/

I checked out the Cartoon Crave post for the series' opening. Overall pretty positive, and people are already meming the Audience Reaction of "Where's Uncle Ben?"

So we have a voice actor confirmation, Nicolas Roye. He's voicing the spider computer named Web-ster.

https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0747346/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

https://mobile.twitter.com/TheNicolasRoye/status/1402406676683128833

Edit:Kelly Ohanian is voicing Doc Ock.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CP4ZcAMjEyW/

Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Jun 8th 2021 at 10:09:30 AM

https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6Pv3_JLwc/

So we have 2 more voice actors confirmed. Miles is voiced by Jakari Fraser while Kamala is voiced by Sandra Saad.

https://mobile.twitter.com/sandraramzysaad/status/1402761034562097153

Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Jun 9th 2021 at 5:47:37 AM

Justin Shenkarow announced that he's doing voice work for the series.

https://mobile.twitter.com/justinshenkarow/status/1404943340685066247

Series premiere is August 6th, 9:00 AM EDT/PDT with a simulacast on Disney and Disney Junior

That's an interesting voice cast. August 6 is less than 2 months away.

This clip came out.

...Why do they all sound four?

I mean, I know that's the target audience, obviously, but aren't the characters themselves just supposed to be stylized teenagers? Or do we actually have a preschool-aged Spider-Man here?

Well, Jakari Fraser (Miles) is currently 10 years old. Lily Sanfelippo (Gwen) is currently 14 years old. I don't know the age of Benjamin Valic (Peter), but he did Baby Sonic convincingly and looks to be pretty young based on online photos, so it's easy to assume he's in the same age range. With this, we can assume the characters are much younger than in other incarnations.

Plus, the title of the show has "Spidey" in the title, probably because Spiderman is something meant for a Peter Parker that's at least an older teenager.

Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Jun 19th 2021 at 4:56:50 AM

Here are the first two shorts. They're on both the Disney Junior You Tube channel and the Marvel HQ channel.

Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Jun 21st 2021 at 10:19:08 AM

Some takeways:

• Okay, so Peter and Miles are still known as Spider-Man equally. However, for the sake of avoiding confusion In-Universe, they have adopted "Spidey" and "Spin" respectively. (Web-Ster)
• Peter still has a secret identity from Aunt May, and nearly blows it after rescuing their pet cat. Amusingly, Spidey's WEB-Quarters appears right behind their house briefly prior. (S.O.S Kitty)
• Still getting used to the voices, namely Miles, but they're not bad performances either. They probably one of the youngest takes on his characters yet after all.
• The show continues to look really spectacular on a TV budget, which S.O.S Kitty shows off more in the city action.
• I'm guessing transformation sequences are a thing, going by Spidey's very own Sailor Moon-like look. Notably, the background title still calls him Spider-Man, so I'm wondering what Miles' version looks like.

JP Karliak said that he's voicing The Green Goblin for the series. Justin Shenkarow said he's voicing Rhino.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jpkarliak/status/1407042114601603074

https://mobile.twitter.com/justinshenkarow/status/1407016899183988736

Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Jun 21st 2021 at 2:30:55 AM

Here is today's short, Spidey Mystery.

Here is A Helping Hulk.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ArmenTaylor/status/1407788537278210050

Armen Taylor voices the Hulk.

According to his second tweet, Maria Estrada is the voice director for the series. That pretty good. She's had plenty of experience with Playhouse Disney and Disney Junior shows, including Higglytown Heroes, Handy Manny (the last few years), Doc Mc Stuffins, Goldie And Bear, and Vampirina season 3.

https://mobile.twitter.com/ArmenTaylor/status/1407788540386177032

Edited by jessicadicicco610 on Jun 23rd 2021 at 4:04:18 AM

Here is Spidey Surprise.

Here is Rock A Bye Rhino.

Here is Stop Doc Ock.

Do you know what I find odd in every adaptation that makes Peter, Miles, and Gwen partners and the same age? That Peter and Gwen are basically the same but Miles are two extra powers. It works well when Miles is the new Spider-Man because his powers suppose to make up for his inexperience. But in other versions, he's just randomly stronger and Gwen and Peter don't have anything to make them stand apart? I guess Peter is a tech guy but even that doesn't always stick, for example in the previous cartoon, everyone was Badass Bookworm.

The only adaptation that really made all of the unique is Marvel Ultimate Alliance game. Peter is the most standard but he's The Smart Guy (one of his moves summons Spider-Drone), Miles has camo and electric powers and Gwen has her Web Watch that allows her to travel between dimensions so she can basically teleport.