Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Release Date: 1st June 2023 - Australia
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures (presents)
Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Animation
Marvel Entertainment (in association with)
Pascal Pictures
Lord Miller
Arad Productions
Pascal Pictures
Lord Miller
Arad Productions
Distribution
Sony Pictures Australia
Genre: Animation/Family/
Action
Rating: PG
Runtime: 140 minutes
Budget: $100,000,000
Box Office Gross: $690,824,738 (Worldwide)
Plot Summary
Reunited with Gwen Stacy, the friendly Brooklyn-based Spider-Man finds himself hurled across the universe, meeting a team of Spider-people tasked with
safeguarding its existence.
But Miles finds himself
Spiders when the heroes clash over how to deal with a new threat. To protect the people he loves most, he must redefine what it means to be a hero.
Voice Cast
Shameik Moore - Miles Morales
Hailee Steinfeld - Spider-Woman/Gwen Stacy
Hailee Steinfeld - Spider-Woman/Gwen Stacy
Oscar Isaac - Spider-Man
2099/Miguel O'Hara
Luna Lauren Velez - Rio
Morales
Peter B. Parker
Issa Rae - Spider-Woman/
Jessica Drew
Andy Samberg - Scarlet Spider/Ben Reilly
Daniel Kaluuya - Spider-Punk/Hobie Brown
Jason Schwartzman - Spot/
Jonathan Ohnn
Brian Tyree Henry -
Jefferson Davis
Man/Pavitr Prabhakar
Shea Whigham - George Stacy
Greta Lee - LYLA
Mahershala Ali - Uncle Aaron
Amandla Stenberg - Margo Kess/Spider-Byte
Jharrel Jerome - Miles G. Morales
Jack Quaid - Peter Parker
(Uncredited)
Ziggy Marley - Lenny
Jorma Taccone - Vulture/
Adriano Tumono/'67
Spider-Man
J.K. Simmons - J. Jonah
Jameson
Kathryn Hahn - Doctor Octopus/Olivia Octavius
Ayo Edebiri - Glory
Elizabeth Perkins - May/
Quippy Spider-Person
Nicole Delaney - MJ
Antonia Lentini - Betty
Atsuko Okatsuka - Yuri
Peter Sohn - Ganke
Lorraine Velez - Maria
Nic Novicki - Lego Spider-Man
Taran Killam - Web-Slinger
Metro - Metro Spider-Man
Josh Keaton - Spectacular Spider-Man
Sofia Barclay - Malala Windsor: Spider-UK
Danielle Perez - Charlotte Weber: Sun-Spider
Yuri Lowenthal - Insomniac Spider-Man
Live-Action Cast
Donald Glover - Aaron Davis (Cameo)
Peggy Lu - Mrs. Chen (Cameo) (Uncredited)
Crew
Directors - Joaquim Dos Santos,
Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson
Creator: Spider-Man - Stan Lee (Uncredited)
Writers/Producers - Phil Lord and
Christopher Miller
Writer - Dave Callaham
Executive Producers - Brian Michael Bendis,
Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey,
Rodney Rothman and Aditya Sood
Producers - Avi Arad, Amy Pascal
and Christina Steinberg
Co-Producers - Julie Groll,
Alonzo Ruvalcaba and Rebecca Karch Tomlinson
Production Designer - Patrick O'Keefe
Visual Consultant - Kevin Aymeric
Art Director - Dean Gordon
Character Designers - Kris Anka,
Brie Henderson, Mauro Belfiore,
Jesus Alonso Iglesias, Evan Monteiro,
Joseph C. Moshier, Omar Smith,
Ami Thompson and Christine Tseng
Heads of Story - Octavio E. Rodriguez
and Miguel Jiron
Head of Character Animation - Alan Hawkins
Senior Animation Supervisor - Humberto Rosa
Supervising Animators - Chad Ellis,
Emmanuel Gatera, Chelsea Gordon-Ratzlaff,
Rohini Kumar, Robert Lehman,
Nicholas Nostbaaken, Jeff Panko,
Daniel Pozo, Philip Rudolph, Adam Sarophim,
Samuel Arturo Rico Vazquez and Kelsey Wagner
Lego Animator - Preston Mutanga
CG Supervisors - Benjamin Aguillon,
James Carson, Patrick Cohen, Pablo Holcer,
James Park and Benjamin Hendricks
Heads of Layout - Tom Bruno Jr. and
Rich Turner
Visual Effects Supervisor - Mike Lasker
Editor - Mike Andrews
Supervising Sound Editor - Geoffrey G. Rubay
Sound Designers - John Pospisil,
Kip Smedley and Alec Rubay
Re-Recording Mixers - Michael Semanick
and Juan Peralta
Additional Re-Recording Mixers - Ryan Collins
and Gary Summers
Foley Artists - Gregg Barbanell,
Alex Ullrich and Jeff & Dylan Wilhoit
Music - Daniel Pemberton
Music Supervisor - Kier Lehman
Review
When it came out in 2018, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was a smash hit. It was an incredible animated film that introduced me to multiple versions of Spider-Men, each coming from a parallel universe. I had no idea they existed until I browsed the internet. Fans and critics took notice and dubbed it the best Spider-Man movie, which made it hard to top and is better than the previous live-action iterations by Sam Raimi, Marc Webb and the MCU. Though No Way Home comes close to succeeding it. However, when word got out that there was to be a sequel that was supposed to be bigger than its predecessor, I found myself speechless.
Despite my worries about ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE not living up to the expectations of the original film, it proved me wrong and was a worthy successor. The team at Sony Animation realised how successful the first instalment was and decided to expand the Spider-Verse and find new ways to invent the plot for this sequel. The movie is an immense effort for those involved in the first film, including Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who returned as its writers and producers. The animation still has the comic book style and is better than the original, but the film got overstuffed with visuals. However, each universe had its colour scheme and animation style, including Gwen Stacy's, which was in pink and blue.
There has been so much growth in the characters in this film since we first saw them. Gwen and Miles, in particular, are now older and are dealing with their teenage years while helping out in their cities. This film contains so many easter eggs that fans will not miss. As in the first movie, the voice acting was outstanding, particularly Oscar Isaac, who is a standout and nails the role of Miguel O'Hara.
ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE is the penultimate film of the soon-to-be Spider-Verse trilogy and is even better than the original. The ending reminds me of the cliffhanger of The Empire Strikes Back and is left open for a sequel, Beyond the Spider-Verse, which won't be out until next year. It takes everything that made the first film special and adds it. The great thing about animation is that it is an art form of cinema, not entertainment for young kids, which most people have said. Still, I give this movie ten out of ten.
Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever
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