In newly leaked documents from
Wikileaks, we are made privy to an agreement established by
Marvel Entertainment and
Sony Pictures Entertainment, the studio that currently owns the rights to Spider-Man for movies. A licensing agreement was created between the two entities in September 2011. In the agreement, Marvel stated mandatory character traits for the web-slinger in future films. They are as follows regarding Peter Parker/Spider-Man:
- Must be male
- Full name is to be Peter Benjamin Parker
- Must be Caucasian
- Must be heterosexual (unless Marvel changes his sexual orientation at any point)
- Cannot smoke tobacco
- Cannot sell/distribute illegal drugs
- Cannot abuse alcohol
- Cannot have sex before the age of 16
- Cannot have sex with someone younger than 16
- Must not use foul language beyond what is considered PG-13
- Must not torture
- Must not kill in defense of himself or others
- His parents become absent from his life at some point during his childhood
- Upon losing his parents, Peter was raised by his Aunt May and Uncle Ben in New York City, NY
- He must gain his powers in either middle school or college
- He attends, or had attended, high school in Queens, NY
- He attends, or has attended, college in New York City, NY
- He is to be raised in a middle class household in New York City, NY
- His powers and abilities are gained from being bit by a spider
- He created the iconic red and blue costume/outfit for Spider-Man
- The black costume/outfit is a symbiote and NOT created by Parker