A Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse senior animator teases just how amazing the film's visual effects will be. After the death of Peter Parker in Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) has to work with other Spider-Men as he desperately tries to save multiple different universes. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will follow the next leg of the journey of Miles Morales through the multiverse as he works to get a better handle on his newfound powers alongside Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson), Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), and countless other variations of the Web-Slinger.
One factor that made the original so memorable was its animation style, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's animation looks to top it. Borrowing from comic book aesthetics, the sequel will once again lean into different styles for each multiversal character. In an interview with The Direct, senior character animator of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Klein Felt, revealed that the film will have an animation quality that blows even that out of the water, while it depicts six different Spider-Man universes. Check out his quote below:
"On the animation community, I think for certain. I think it's going to be a movie where people in the animation community are going to be like, 'How the hell did they do that? That's so exciting.' But we'll see. I hope it has the same effect as the first movie. Yeah, we'll see. I'm very very intrigued to see how people are going to receive the movie. What I've seen so far is going to be a very, very touching story with visuals that you are going to have to spend the next 10 years framing through. It's amazing. It's incredible."
What To Expect From Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Slated for a release on June 2, 2023, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will feature Miles' return to the Spider-Verse. Only this time, it will be his turn to serve as the displaced Spider-Man. After he is reunited with Gwen Stacy, Miles will come face-to-face with a multiversal force of Spider-Men who have taken charge of protecting the web of universes. The trailer even hints at an eventual fight between the protectors themselves, which can put both Miles and his home universe under threat. In line with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, each new Spider-Verse will have a different art style to make it easy to make distinctions between the locations.
The story of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be split into two different movies with the second part arriving on March 29, 2024. So, while the film may be putting Miles in devastating situations, they won't be easily resolved anytime soon. Much like Avengers: Infinity War ended with a devastating cliffhanger that led into Avengers: Endgame, it is possible that Part One could end with Miles at his lowest moment since the other Spider-Men left him tied to a chair in his bedroom, before he returns in Part Two to set everything right. Since Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse features 240 different characters, Miles will have to navigate a large cast as he tries to find a way to set the worlds right.
Of course, while hundreds of spiders can be a shocking amount, most will likely be relegated to cameos. With just under two hours of runtime, there won't be enough space to really explore the nuances between each character. Since Miles needs enough time to tell his own story, while also needing time to come to understand the project's villain and the six different universes he will encounter, minor cameos should be the maximum expectation. Much like the original Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse features only a handful of well-developed characters, it is likely that the star characters Spider-Punk (Daniel Kaluuya) and Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac) will have significant roles in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, while others like Bag-Man are expected to be relegated to the background.
Source: The Direct
