8 Reasons Why Miles Morales Shouldn't Be The Movie Spider-Man Yet

6. The Marvel Cinematic Universe Uses Iconic Versions Of Characters

When the Thor movie was being developed it's doubtful that producers considered using the Beta Ray Bill version of Thor as the lead. We also haven't seen grey Hulk or Daredevil in a yellow costume in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel has wisely used its most popular iterations of its characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in order to appeal to the largest amount of people possible. As refreshing as Morales is, he's obviously not touching Parker's iconic status anytime soon. The only exception to this has been Ant-Man. Scott Lang, who debuted in 1979 as the second version of the shrinking hero, is the star of this summer's Ant-Man. However, Hank Pym, the original Ant-Man introduced in 1962, still appears in the Ant-Man movie as the previous version of the character and as a mentor to Lang. Likewise, should Morales ever appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it would make sense for Parker to appear first to establish him as the original Spider-Man who inspired Morales. Of course, African American Samuel L. Jackson is the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Nick Fury, who was created as and was portrayed for decades as a Caucasian character. However, by the time he first appeared in 2008's Iron Man, the Ultimate comics version of Nick Fury (who was drawn to resemble Jackson) was sufficiently popular enough to warrant casting Jackson. And, skin colour aside, Nick Fury is essentially the same character in both versions.