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<\/p>\nSony Hack Reveals Spider-Man \u2018Can\u2019t Be Gay\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n
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A leaked licensing agreement between Sony and Marvel regarding the web-slinging Spider-Man reveals that the superhero can’t be portrayed in film as gay<\/a> reports <\/a>Gawker<\/a>. <\/i>The agreement surfaced after Sony Pictures was hacked late last year, and reveals that the character is strictly limited to a set of mandatory characterizations, one of which is that he’s heterosexual.<\/p>\n While some classic characterizations of the character make sense, such as being raised by his aunt and uncle and attending college in New York, the agreement reiterates again in a later section that Peter Parker must be “caucasian and heterosexual.”<\/p>\n Gawker <\/i>notes that the contract went into effect in September 2011 shortly after black-latino character Miles Morales donned the famous spider costume in a storyline in the comics. Internet fans campaigned for actor Donald Glover, who provided voiceover work for Miles’ character in a cartoon adaptation of the superhero, to take over Andrew Garfield’s spot after his final Spider-Man film. However, Sony is considering giving Ender’s Game <\/i>lead Asa Butterfield the part.<\/p>\n The post Sony Hack Reveals Spider-Man ‘Can’t Be Gay’<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Screen](\"http:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Screen-Shot-2015-06-19-at-3.39.57-PM.png?resize=480%2C202\")
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