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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse poster
Directed by
Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman, Bob Persichetti
Genre
drama film, comedy film, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, superhero film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 57m
Rated
PG
Rating
8.4 of 10 from 17,420 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A teenager named Miles Morales gets bitten by a radioactive spider and gains superpowers. He meets other Spider-People from different dimensions and works with them to stop a villain from tearing apart reality.

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What happens

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a 2018 American animated superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman from a screenplay by Phil Lord and Rothman, it is the first animated film in the Spider-Man franchise. Shameik Moore stars as the voice of Miles Morales, with Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Vélez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage and Liev Schreiber in supporting voice roles. The film's story follows Miles as he becomes the new Spider-Man and teams up with other Spider-People from various parallel universes to save his universe from the Kingpin. It was produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel Entertainment. Plans for an animated Spider-Man film by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were leaked in 2014 and 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 a unique style, combining computer animation with hand-drawn comic techniques inspired by the work of Miles Morales co-creator Sara Pichelli. The film required the largest crew of animators used by Sony Pictures Animation on a feature film. The film premiered at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on December 1, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on December 14. The film grossed $395 million worldwide against a $90 million budget and received critical acclaim. The film won Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards, and numerous other accolades. The film is lauded as one of the most important animated films of the 2010s, and acknowledged for its groundbreaking achievement in animation, with praise for its aesthetics and recognition of its influence. A sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, was released on June 2, 2023, to similar critical acclaim and greater commercial success, while a third film, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, is scheduled for release on June 18, 2027, with spin-offs in development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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