Swinging by the red carpet at the Golden Globes on Sunday, Spider-Verse creative duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller unspooled what fans of the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse trilogy can expect from the final upcoming film titled Beyond the Spider-Verse.
“It will be a very satisfying conclusion,” Lord told Deadline. “It goes even more emotionally deep into the relationships between Miles, Gwen, Peter B., [and Miles’] parents.”
Across the Spider-Verse centers on continuing the exploits of Miles Morales as Brooklyn’s own Spider-Man. Reunited with Gwen Stacy, he is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People — from Lego Spider-Man and Mumbattan’s Pavitr Prabhakar to the Daniel Kaluuya-voiced Spider-Punk — charged with protecting its existence. But the heroes clash on handling a new threat, the Spot, and Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spideys and must redefine what it means to be a hero to save the people he loves most.
“It will be a very satisfying conclusion,” Lord told Deadline. “It goes even more emotionally deep into the relationships between Miles, Gwen, Peter B., [and Miles’] parents.”
Across the Spider-Verse centers on continuing the exploits of Miles Morales as Brooklyn’s own Spider-Man. Reunited with Gwen Stacy, he is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People — from Lego Spider-Man and Mumbattan’s Pavitr Prabhakar to the Daniel Kaluuya-voiced Spider-Punk — charged with protecting its existence. But the heroes clash on handling a new threat, the Spot, and Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spideys and must redefine what it means to be a hero to save the people he loves most.
- 1/8/2024
- by Antonia Blyth and Destiny Jackson
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures’ “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is a box office behemoth, making $380 million in the U.S. and $690 million worldwide. What does composer Daniel Pemberton think about those huge numbers for the sequel? “It’s always really nice when a movie actually super connects with people,” he tells us. “I don’t think I’ve ever done any movie that’s connected as intensely as ‘Spider Verse.’ It is nice when [box office] does correlate to great work, and I’m really proud of what all of us did on this film.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
Pemberton talks openly about the “collaborative process” between himself and the three directors, Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, plus editor Michael Andrews and writer/producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. He says, “I think one of the things that really works is we’re all throwing ideas backwards and forwards with each other being like,...
Pemberton talks openly about the “collaborative process” between himself and the three directors, Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, plus editor Michael Andrews and writer/producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. He says, “I think one of the things that really works is we’re all throwing ideas backwards and forwards with each other being like,...
- 12/8/2023
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Image Source: Getty | Corey Nickols
Hulu's "The Bear" has taken the internet by storm. Regarded by several critics as one of the best shows of 2022, the series was almost immediately renewed for a second season. Season two of "The Bear" hit Hulu in June 2023 and was the most-watched premiere of any FX series on the platform, per TV Insider. Along with "The Bear"'s dynamic plot with complex characters, the series has also been praised for its stellar cast, which includes the talented Jeremey Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bacharach, and breakout star Ayo Edebiri, who plays chef Sydney Adamu. Edebiri's performance in the acclaimed comedy-drama has already earned her multiple award nominations, including an Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series, as well as significant attention from audiences.
Edebiri started her professional career in standup comedy, and her foundation of writing and comedic wit helped launch the...
Hulu's "The Bear" has taken the internet by storm. Regarded by several critics as one of the best shows of 2022, the series was almost immediately renewed for a second season. Season two of "The Bear" hit Hulu in June 2023 and was the most-watched premiere of any FX series on the platform, per TV Insider. Along with "The Bear"'s dynamic plot with complex characters, the series has also been praised for its stellar cast, which includes the talented Jeremey Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bacharach, and breakout star Ayo Edebiri, who plays chef Sydney Adamu. Edebiri's performance in the acclaimed comedy-drama has already earned her multiple award nominations, including an Emmy nomination for outstanding supporting actress in a comedy series, as well as significant attention from audiences.
Edebiri started her professional career in standup comedy, and her foundation of writing and comedic wit helped launch the...
- 8/15/2023
- by Alicia Geigel
- Popsugar.com
Technically, the congregation of Spider-Men outside the pages of comics happened in the 90s animated series, but in 2018, when Sony released Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, it presented the scope of the multiverse to a larger fanbase, which eventually culminated in the fulfillment of the dream of seeing three live-action Spider-Men of our generation together in Spider-Man: No Way Home. Needless to say, when the second installment of the movie was announced, fans had pretty high expectations, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse didn’t disappoint a bit. If the first entry had shown a glimpse of the Spider-Verse to the audience, the second one opened a vista to the interconnected universe, displaying all the spider-madness it had to offer. Scattered among innumerable Spider-Character appearances, teases, references, and homages, there were plenty of Easter eggs in Across the Spider-verse, and although it’s not humanely possible to list every one of them,...
- 6/4/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
I don’t think I will spark any controversy when I say that 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is both one of the best superhero films and one of the best-animated films of the 21st century.
Not only did the film boast some of the most beautiful and original-looking animation that I had ever seen (so original in fact that major animation studios like Dreamworks and Nickelodeon Movies have begun copying its style in their own feature films), but it was so well-written and so perfectly voice acted as well. Into the Spider-Verse managed to change up the typical Spider-Man formula by subverting several cliches and tropes while also staying true to the spirit of the original comic book character that Stan Lee created in 1962.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was easily one of my favorite films back in 2018, and so when it was announced that the film’s producers and writers,...
Not only did the film boast some of the most beautiful and original-looking animation that I had ever seen (so original in fact that major animation studios like Dreamworks and Nickelodeon Movies have begun copying its style in their own feature films), but it was so well-written and so perfectly voice acted as well. Into the Spider-Verse managed to change up the typical Spider-Man formula by subverting several cliches and tropes while also staying true to the spirit of the original comic book character that Stan Lee created in 1962.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was easily one of my favorite films back in 2018, and so when it was announced that the film’s producers and writers,...
- 6/4/2023
- by Timothy Lee
- Uinterview
Greetings, citizens of Earth-1218. Our sources are reporting strange activity across multiple dimensions, coinciding with the release of "Spider-Man: Across the Multiverse" in theaters. The animated film follows our web-slinging friends Miles Morales (from Earth-1610) and Gwen Stacy (from Earth-65) as they tangle with an intangible villain known as the Spot, discover an elite multiverse-spanning superhero team known as the Spider-Force, and deal with their awkward teenage feelings for one another.
2018's "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" was a box office success, grossing $384 million worldwide from a $90 million production budget. "Across the Spider-Verse" is slightly more costly at $100 million, but early numbers indicate that it will have no problem breaking even -- at least, on our version of Earth. The movie surpassed earlier opening day estimates to reach a massive $51.7 million by the end of Friday (including previews), scoring the biggest opening day of 2023 so far.
Sony Pictures (via The Hollywood Reporter...
2018's "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" was a box office success, grossing $384 million worldwide from a $90 million production budget. "Across the Spider-Verse" is slightly more costly at $100 million, but early numbers indicate that it will have no problem breaking even -- at least, on our version of Earth. The movie surpassed earlier opening day estimates to reach a massive $51.7 million by the end of Friday (including previews), scoring the biggest opening day of 2023 so far.
Sony Pictures (via The Hollywood Reporter...
- 6/3/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
This article contains major spoilers for "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."
Following up "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," considered by many to be the best superhero movie ever made, was never going to be easy. In a sea of bland superhero offerings, 2018's "Into the Spider-Verse" not only managed to stand out as a truly original take on the genre but redefined how studios approached animation going forward.
Now, the dazzling sequel "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" has arrived and somehow managed to outdo the original, plunging audiences into a multiverse of animated worlds that feel more vibrant and imaginative than anything the MCU has given us for a long, long time. Perhaps ever. Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is back to lead this vivid adventure through the multiverse, but this time Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) is just as important story-wise, making for an impressive weaving of two major storylines that intersect throughout and...
Following up "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," considered by many to be the best superhero movie ever made, was never going to be easy. In a sea of bland superhero offerings, 2018's "Into the Spider-Verse" not only managed to stand out as a truly original take on the genre but redefined how studios approached animation going forward.
Now, the dazzling sequel "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" has arrived and somehow managed to outdo the original, plunging audiences into a multiverse of animated worlds that feel more vibrant and imaginative than anything the MCU has given us for a long, long time. Perhaps ever. Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is back to lead this vivid adventure through the multiverse, but this time Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) is just as important story-wise, making for an impressive weaving of two major storylines that intersect throughout and...
- 6/3/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."
Spider-Man has faced many foes on the big screen, but none of them have been quite so confusing to fight as The Spot. Voiced by Jason Schwartzman, this villain's big-screen debut in "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" sees him clumsily trying to use his new powers to rob an Atm (because the job market is unfairly hostile to candidates who have a void where their face should be).
We've seen characters that have the power to create portals before. In "X-Men: Days of Future Past," Blink (Fan Bingbing) used them to buy time during a doomed battle against the Sentinels. More recently, "Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" staged a daring heist that hinged on a portal spell. But animation might be the best medium for exploring the infinite possibilities of portals -- as seen in the portal doors of "Monsters, Inc.
Spider-Man has faced many foes on the big screen, but none of them have been quite so confusing to fight as The Spot. Voiced by Jason Schwartzman, this villain's big-screen debut in "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" sees him clumsily trying to use his new powers to rob an Atm (because the job market is unfairly hostile to candidates who have a void where their face should be).
We've seen characters that have the power to create portals before. In "X-Men: Days of Future Past," Blink (Fan Bingbing) used them to buy time during a doomed battle against the Sentinels. More recently, "Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" staged a daring heist that hinged on a portal spell. But animation might be the best medium for exploring the infinite possibilities of portals -- as seen in the portal doors of "Monsters, Inc.
- 6/2/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."
When an antagonist of the barely villain-of-the-week variety shows up at the beginning of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," everyone, including Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), thoroughly underestimates him. Known as The Spot (Jason Schwartzman), this comic supervillain attempts to steal a convenience store Atm but is quickly intercepted by Miles after being nearly beaten up by the store manager. As Spot's arrival coincides with Miles' adjustment as the only Spider-Man in Brooklyn, it is easy to mistake this rather hilarious sequence as a tongue-in-cheek attempt at lightening the mood — while The Spot is pretty goofy, things quickly take a more sinister turn after his true motivations are revealed.
It is easy to deduce why The Spot is initially mistaken as comic relief against the backdrop of the solemn events that fuel the film, as his brand of villainy seems innocuous, even endearing at first.
When an antagonist of the barely villain-of-the-week variety shows up at the beginning of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," everyone, including Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), thoroughly underestimates him. Known as The Spot (Jason Schwartzman), this comic supervillain attempts to steal a convenience store Atm but is quickly intercepted by Miles after being nearly beaten up by the store manager. As Spot's arrival coincides with Miles' adjustment as the only Spider-Man in Brooklyn, it is easy to mistake this rather hilarious sequence as a tongue-in-cheek attempt at lightening the mood — while The Spot is pretty goofy, things quickly take a more sinister turn after his true motivations are revealed.
It is easy to deduce why The Spot is initially mistaken as comic relief against the backdrop of the solemn events that fuel the film, as his brand of villainy seems innocuous, even endearing at first.
- 6/2/2023
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- Slash Film
As fans make their way to theaters to see "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," we're going to be hearing a lot about the film's animation. With multiple distinctive animation styles, images that pop and evolve shot to shot, and a colorful creative energy that feels more like a real comic book than any movie has before, the film's visuals are certainly worth celebrating. Part of what makes them so fantastic, though, is how well they work in tandem with the film's pulsing, dynamic score, which was composed by returning franchise composer Daniel Pemberton. Pemberton spoke with Rolling Stone ahead of the film's release about the sequel's most intriguing challenge: creating stylistically distinct themes for each universe featured in the film.
Pemberton told the outlet that he worked on themes for eight different characters' worlds, all of which you can listen to now via the original score album. Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld...
Pemberton told the outlet that he worked on themes for eight different characters' worlds, all of which you can listen to now via the original score album. Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld...
- 6/2/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
The ending of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” has as many threads as a spider’s web.
The superhero sequel ends on a major cliffhanger, which co-director Joaquim dos Santos likened to “The Empire Strikes Back” in an interview with SFX Magazine.
“We hope that it’s a satisfying tee-up for what’s coming in the third film, because you want people to be excited about what’s coming next,” co-director Kemp Powers added. “And it helps that we knew going in that this was part two of a three-part story. Since you already know that that third story is guaranteed, you can tackle it a bit differently. That being said, there’s a lot of key characters in this film, and there’s a story in this film that has an arc of its own that we needed to complete.”
Read on to find out where Miles Morales ends up...
The superhero sequel ends on a major cliffhanger, which co-director Joaquim dos Santos likened to “The Empire Strikes Back” in an interview with SFX Magazine.
“We hope that it’s a satisfying tee-up for what’s coming in the third film, because you want people to be excited about what’s coming next,” co-director Kemp Powers added. “And it helps that we knew going in that this was part two of a three-part story. Since you already know that that third story is guaranteed, you can tackle it a bit differently. That being said, there’s a lot of key characters in this film, and there’s a story in this film that has an arc of its own that we needed to complete.”
Read on to find out where Miles Morales ends up...
- 6/2/2023
- by Lawrence Yee
- The Wrap
Maybe the multiplex should seriously consider adding seat belts to their plush reclining chairs (maybe dump the seat warmers). An odd notion you might say, but with this weekend’s huge film release, well you may just agree. So, it’s a sequel and yes, we’ve gotten a few of those already in this summer movie season. And it’s a superhero flick, along with three other flicks this year. And it’s also animated, just like that ground-breaking, game-changing Oscar winner from five years ago. Back then some thought, that this was a “cash grab”, that Sony was trying to squeeze the last penny from their live-action franchise. Wow, were those folks proven wrong. Hey, heads up the much-rumored “super-hero fatigue”, because here’s the “cure”. It’s finally time to swing into Spider-man: Across The Spider-verse, which might leave you with a big “Stan Lee-sized” grin on your face!
- 6/2/2023
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
When you open up the entire Spider-Verse, you’re going to meet a lot of Spider-Men. But, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” brought the appearance of more than just Spider-men, -women, and -animals — it also brought a few major live-action characters.
Once again, spoiler warning; this is where you turn back if you don’t want to know who we’re talking about just yet.
Ok, still here? Let’s get into it. For some, it felt inevitable that the core three Spider-Man might show up somehow. And yes, two of them did. Repurposed footage of both Andrew Garfield’s and Tobey Maguire’s take on the wallcrawler showed up in the movie. But there are a few major characters who showed up in the flesh.
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When you open up the entire Spider-Verse, you’re going to meet a lot of Spider-Men. But, “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” brought the appearance of more than just Spider-men, -women, and -animals — it also brought a few major live-action characters.
Once again, spoiler warning; this is where you turn back if you don’t want to know who we’re talking about just yet.
Ok, still here? Let’s get into it. For some, it felt inevitable that the core three Spider-Man might show up somehow. And yes, two of them did. Repurposed footage of both Andrew Garfield’s and Tobey Maguire’s take on the wallcrawler showed up in the movie. But there are a few major characters who showed up in the flesh.
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- 6/2/2023
- by Andi Ortiz
- The Wrap
This article contains major spoilers for "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."
The central gimmick of both 2018's "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and its new follow-up, "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," is that — thanks to multiverse shenanigans — any version of Spider-Man can appear and interact with any other version. The films center primarily on Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) and a spider-powered version of Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), but incorporate dozens of other Spider-People in supporting roles, including some of the stranger ones, like the anthropomorphic pig Spider-Ham (John Mulaney) or the rumpled-rock-flyer-constructed Spider-Punk (Daniel Kaluuya). Many Spider-Fans entered these films with mental notepads, eager to see their own favorite version of Spider-Man represented on the big screen. Personally, I was chuffed to see the Scarlet Spider (Andy Samberg), the 1990s Spider-Man clone in a ripped sweatshirt.
The "Spider-Verse" gimmick of "infinite inclusion" also tapped into the movies' thematic underpinnings. The 2018 film stated outwardly...
The central gimmick of both 2018's "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and its new follow-up, "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse," is that — thanks to multiverse shenanigans — any version of Spider-Man can appear and interact with any other version. The films center primarily on Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) and a spider-powered version of Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), but incorporate dozens of other Spider-People in supporting roles, including some of the stranger ones, like the anthropomorphic pig Spider-Ham (John Mulaney) or the rumpled-rock-flyer-constructed Spider-Punk (Daniel Kaluuya). Many Spider-Fans entered these films with mental notepads, eager to see their own favorite version of Spider-Man represented on the big screen. Personally, I was chuffed to see the Scarlet Spider (Andy Samberg), the 1990s Spider-Man clone in a ripped sweatshirt.
The "Spider-Verse" gimmick of "infinite inclusion" also tapped into the movies' thematic underpinnings. The 2018 film stated outwardly...
- 6/2/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Spider-Man is for the young. This has of course been the character’s eternal and multigenerational appeal. The last live-action flick with the Web-Head even made $2.6 billion simply by having the Spider-Man for every kid who grew up in the past 25 years on screen at once.
Still, that acutely youthful quality was on my mind more than usual while watching Sony Animation’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. For more than any other film about the wallcrawler to date, in animation or live-action, this film understands the anxieties and ecstasies which inform Spidey’s power fantasy. That is all the more remarkable, too, since Across the Spider-Verse paradoxically sketches the most mature portrait of the concept we’ve seen on the big screen.
Take for instance a scene of Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) hanging beneath the marble dome of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower. It...
Still, that acutely youthful quality was on my mind more than usual while watching Sony Animation’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. For more than any other film about the wallcrawler to date, in animation or live-action, this film understands the anxieties and ecstasies which inform Spidey’s power fantasy. That is all the more remarkable, too, since Across the Spider-Verse paradoxically sketches the most mature portrait of the concept we’ve seen on the big screen.
Take for instance a scene of Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) hanging beneath the marble dome of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower. It...
- 6/1/2023
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
By the time of the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 2018, the concept of the multiverse had already become virtually ubiquitous in mainstream culture. It’s been a major plot point in most of the recent MCU films and even played a crucial role in this year’s best picture winner, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s Everything Everywhere All at Once. If the novelty of a multiverse setting has lost much of its luster of late, Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse arrives, with its splashy colors, shapeshifting animation styles, and hyperkinetic sense of constant movement, as a forceful reminder of its narrative and aesthetic possibilities.
Stretching across six alternate universes, each with its own distinct animation style and tone, Across the Spider-Verse takes the already staggering visual achievements of its predecessor and one-ups them. The fluid, watercolor-infused universe of...
Stretching across six alternate universes, each with its own distinct animation style and tone, Across the Spider-Verse takes the already staggering visual achievements of its predecessor and one-ups them. The fluid, watercolor-infused universe of...
- 5/31/2023
- by Derek Smith
- Slant Magazine
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse is a film that is as visually stunning as it is philosophical. After the first chapter of Miles Morales’ journey in 2018, (Into The Spider-Verse) directors Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, and Joaquim Dos Santos bring the spectacle that is nothing short of a woven tapestry of comic book realness. With an action-packed concept, it’s a roller-coaster ride through alternate realities and timelines as the viewer is introduced to hundreds of Spider-people.
Written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Dave Callaham, this movie hosts a stacked voice, including Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Daniel Kaluuya, Issa Rea, Oscar Issac, Jake Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Jason Schwartzman, Karan Soni, Luna Lauren Velez, Shea Wigham, and Andy Samberg.
The film starts with a bit of backstory on Gwen Stacy, aka Spider-Gwen (Steinfeld) in Earth-65, and how she gained her powers, in addition to what happened to Peter Parker from her universe.
Written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Dave Callaham, this movie hosts a stacked voice, including Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Daniel Kaluuya, Issa Rea, Oscar Issac, Jake Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Jason Schwartzman, Karan Soni, Luna Lauren Velez, Shea Wigham, and Andy Samberg.
The film starts with a bit of backstory on Gwen Stacy, aka Spider-Gwen (Steinfeld) in Earth-65, and how she gained her powers, in addition to what happened to Peter Parker from her universe.
- 5/31/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is awash in stories — its first five or so minutes, an ostensible prologue, is a dynamic tragedy in miniature, and that’s just the first five minutes — all built around an idea one of its characters tosses out during a similarly information-packed voiceover: They’re going to “do things differently.” It’s precisely what the film’s predecessor, the rightly Oscar-winning “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” did four years ago, taking a well-worn concept (a Spider-Man origin story? again?) and turning it into an actual masterpiece built on a wealth of stories, new and old, told with legitimate energy and innovation. And it’s what Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson attempt to replicate in their sequel, an aim that pays off mightily.
Set a year after “Into the Spider-Verse,” “Across the Spider-Verse” makes a pit stop with Gwen Stacy (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld...
Set a year after “Into the Spider-Verse,” “Across the Spider-Verse” makes a pit stop with Gwen Stacy (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld...
- 5/31/2023
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Clockwise from top left: Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts (Paramount Pictures); Across The Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures); Elemental (Walt Disney Pictures), The Flash (Warner Bros. Pictures), Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny (Walt Disney Pictures)Graphic: Libby McGuire
Summer movie season is in full swing, and June will bring a mix of blockbuster sequels,...
Summer movie season is in full swing, and June will bring a mix of blockbuster sequels,...
- 5/31/2023
- by Robert B. DeSalvo, Mark Keizer, Jen Lennon
- avclub.com
After their mind-blowing “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” Oscar-winning producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller break even more animation rules in “Across the Spider-Verse,” the second installment in Miles Morales’ three-part journey about becoming the most creative and individualistic Spider-Man.
In “Across the Spider-Verse,” which the producers call their “Empire Strikes Back,” Miles (Shameik Moore) travels through several multiverses with love interest Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) and Spider-Society (led by Oscar Isaac’s Miguel O’Hara) to prevent the destruction of their worlds by Spot (Jason Schwartzman), who traverses time and space through inter-dimensional portals on his body.
The producers began discussing the sequel with screenwriter David Callaham (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”) during the completion of “Into the Spider-Verse,” and he provided a whole version of a slightly different story. “But a lot of the ideas that he came up with are in this picture and actually even more in the next,...
In “Across the Spider-Verse,” which the producers call their “Empire Strikes Back,” Miles (Shameik Moore) travels through several multiverses with love interest Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) and Spider-Society (led by Oscar Isaac’s Miguel O’Hara) to prevent the destruction of their worlds by Spot (Jason Schwartzman), who traverses time and space through inter-dimensional portals on his body.
The producers began discussing the sequel with screenwriter David Callaham (“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”) during the completion of “Into the Spider-Verse,” and he provided a whole version of a slightly different story. “But a lot of the ideas that he came up with are in this picture and actually even more in the next,...
- 5/25/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
The first public screenings of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” were held Wednesday night, which means we’re now also seeing the first public reactions to the film.
And in case you had any doubts, praise for the animated film, the first sequel to 2018’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” is effusive. Just shy, in fact, of universally acclaimed by the people who saw it.
“One step above Masterpiece. It’s an actual work of art,” writes Sean O’Connell of Cinemablend.
Reel Blend co-host Jame Hamilton says it’s “darker, more powerful and better in every way” than its predecessor.
TheWrap’s Drew Taylor calls it “a stunning achievement”. Yes, it’s” that is “visually dazzling,” but adds that “the movie’s real superpower is its emotional depth and its beautiful, melancholic tone.”
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And...
And in case you had any doubts, praise for the animated film, the first sequel to 2018’s “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” is effusive. Just shy, in fact, of universally acclaimed by the people who saw it.
“One step above Masterpiece. It’s an actual work of art,” writes Sean O’Connell of Cinemablend.
Reel Blend co-host Jame Hamilton says it’s “darker, more powerful and better in every way” than its predecessor.
TheWrap’s Drew Taylor calls it “a stunning achievement”. Yes, it’s” that is “visually dazzling,” but adds that “the movie’s real superpower is its emotional depth and its beautiful, melancholic tone.”
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And...
- 5/25/2023
- by Ross A. Lincoln and Mason Bissada
- The Wrap
Much like the Super-Collider at the center of its multiverse plot, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” opened a rift that continues to impact the world around it. Its influence can still be felt across the film industry, from “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” and “The Bad Guys” to the new “Puss in Boots” blending CG animation with illustrated looks — showing not only what superhero movies could do better, but how Hollywood animation as a whole could improve.
For the sequel to the Oscar winner, the filmmakers are not just resting on their laurels, but doubling down on the innovation of “Into the Spider-Verse.” This means inventing new tools for animation and challenging the characters with emotional stories. But arguably the biggest innovation is the way “Across the Spider-Verse” challenges the superhero film industrial complex and its treatment of comic book artists, by making them a part of the film’s development.
For the sequel to the Oscar winner, the filmmakers are not just resting on their laurels, but doubling down on the innovation of “Into the Spider-Verse.” This means inventing new tools for animation and challenging the characters with emotional stories. But arguably the biggest innovation is the way “Across the Spider-Verse” challenges the superhero film industrial complex and its treatment of comic book artists, by making them a part of the film’s development.
- 6/22/2022
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Indiewire
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