Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is one in the long list of Spider-Man movies but, it is animated and it has garnered critical acclaim!
Almost everyone who’ve seen it, talks about it! So let’s see some trivia before you visit your multiplex to see what the fuzz is about!
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a 2018 American computer-animated superhero film
- It is based on the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales / Spider-Man
- It is produced by Columbia Pictures
- And Sony Pictures Animation
- In association with Marvel Entertainment
- It is distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
- It is the first animated feature film in the Spider-Man franchise
- SPider-Man: Intoe the Spider-Verse is set in a shared multiverse called the “Spider-Verse”
- Which has alternate universes
- The film was directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman
- From a screenplay by Phil Lord and Rothman
- And a story by Lord.
- The film stars Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, and Liev Schreiber
- In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales becomes one of many Spider-Men as they team up to save New York City from Kingpin
- Plans for an animated Spider-Man film to be developed by Lord and Christopher Miller were first revealed in 2014
- It was officially announced in April 2015
- Persichetti, Ramsey, and Rothman joined over the next two years
- With Moore and Schreiber cast in April 2017
- Lord and Miller wanted the film to have its own unique style
- Combining Sony Pictures Imageworks’ computer animation pipeline with traditional hand-drawn comic book techniques
- Inspired by the work of Miles Morales’s co-creator Sara Pichelli
- Completing the animation for the film required up to 140 animators
- The largest crew ever used by Sony Pictures Animation for a film to date
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on December 1, 2018
- It was theatrically released in the United States on December 14, 2018
- It has grossed over $359 million worldwide
- Against a $90 million budget
- The film received praise for its animation, characters, story, voice acting, humor, and soundtrack
- It won numerous awards
- Including winning Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards
- Best Animated Feature at the 46th Annie Awards
- And the 76th Golden Globe Awards
- A sequel film and a spin-off are both in development
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is scheduled to be released on digital download by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on February 26, 2019, with Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray, and DVD releases following on March 19, 2019
- All releases will be accompanied by a short film featuring Spider-Ham, entitled Caught in a Ham
