‘Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man’ Creator on How the Disney+ Show Connects to the MCU — But Isn’t About Tom Holland’s Peter Parker

variety.com:

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment Writer When Jeff Trammell landed the job of creating Marvel Studios’ animated series “Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man” (premiering today), he stepped into the most fertile creative period for the web-slinging superhero in his 63-year history.

And yet, even between the multibillion-dollar live-action film series starring Tom Holland, the Oscar-winning animated “Spider-Verse” film series and the bestselling “Spider-Man” video game series, Trammell wasn’t all that fazed by the prospect of somehow making his Spider-Man stand out. “Now that I think about it, I’m like, well, was I worried?” he says via Zoom from Los Angeles. “Honestly, I think it was just excitement to dig into this world, because I love the character so much.” It’s evident from just a quick scan of the framed Spider-Man art adorning Trammell’s home how central the character is to his life.

As a kid growing up in the 1990s, he was so insatiable for all things Spidey that he even tracked down copies of the 1960s animated series on VHS.

And the depth and breadth of Trammell’s, er, Spidey sense were vital when it came time when the showrunner, executive producer and head writer began assembling a unique origin story for Peter Parker.