While the decision seems so obvious, there was legitimate worry before Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse that bringing Tobey Maguire in to voice middle-aged Peter Parker would’ve confused film audiences.
The studio landed on franchise newcomer Jake Johnson instead, and in doing so side-stepped any questions on whether that Spider-Man was the same from Sam Raimi’s films.
Before I get in too hard on the why, it needs to be said co-director Rodney Rothman has somewhat addressed why this didn’t happen.