Alternative versions of Spider-Man

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is a great movie, plain and simple. That it’s filled with so many Easter eggs and callbacks only adds to the incredible story and characters that inhabit the film. Some of those were revealed in promotional materials, but others were expertly kept secret so fans could experience them in the theater. Now that the movie’s been out a few weeks, the team behind it is pulling back that curtain.io9 Interview: Oscar Isaac Was 'All In' on Moon KnightChris Miller, one of the film’s writers and…

A few examples of amazing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse art.Image: Arizmendi, Groves, Petrie, Yan, MurugiahI think we can all agree we’d love to visit somewhere as beautiful as the Spider-Verse. So many colors, so many unique looks, so much vibrant life. For that to happen, though, you’d either have to employ thousands of artists to illustrate the world around you, or just grab the work several artists have already done.As we continue to celebrate the excellence that is Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, we decided…

Image: Sony Animation/MarvelBoth of Sony’s animated Spider-Verse movies have helped to turn Miles Morales into a household name, and Spider-Gwen isn’t far behind. The alternate reality version of Peter Parker’s old flame Gwen Stacy has gotten real boost thanks to these movies, and the recently released Across the Spider-Verse is as much about her as it is Miles. We know that Gwen will (eventually) be getting her own spinoff movie, and in addition to that, 2024's Beyond the Spider-Verse will introduce other Gwen variants…

Gwen Stacy may have gotten SPider-Verse banned from the UAE.Image: SonyOne of the many, many things that rule about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is how diverse and inclusive it is. People of every size, shape, color, gender, and more fill every frame of the film, and while most people would see that as a positive thing, at least one place does not.io9 Interview: Oscar Isaac Was 'All In' on Moon KnightReuters reports that Across the Spider-Verse was set for release June 22 in the United Arab Emirates but, recently,…

A frame from The Spider WithinScreenshot: SonyThis weekend, at the Annecy International Film Festival and Market, a short Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse film was screened for audiences. Jarelle Dampier, an emerging animation artist and director, was able to direct the short starring Miles Morales (and voice actor Shameik Moore), as part of Sony Pictures Imageworks’ LENS (Leading and Empowering New Storytellers) program.She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Episode 9 Finale ReviewIn this short film, called The Spider Within,…

From the very beginning and all the way to a multiversal web of Spider-heroes, anyone who takes on the legacy of Spider-Man’s mantle—across the comics that started it all, to the myriad film, tv, and game adaptations—has had to navigate a complex relationship with the police. Both Into and Across the Spider-Verse have been no exception, but the latter in particular walks a delicate line in navigating that relationship.io9 Interview: Oscar Isaac Was 'All In' on Moon KnightSpider-Man’s history as a vigilante, and the hero’s…

Image: Sony Pictures AnimationThere are a ton of Spider-people in Across the Spider-Verse. A ton. Between the all new designs created to turn Spider-Man 2099’s Spider-Society into a veritable legion of webcrawlers, or theveritable spider-smorgasbord of comics, gaming, movie, and TV cameos, the movie is just teeming with Spider-folks. But some are more important than most, and some… well, some are better than others.The ideological divide between Miles Morales and Miguel O’Hara that drives the heart of Across the…

Image: SonyWhen Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’s Pavitr Prabhakar swings through Mumbattan—the home of Spider-Man in Earth 50101—he shows off a happy-go-lucky, confident attitude that audiences have been praising. Surprisingly, though, that wasn’t in the film’s first draft. io9 Interview: Oscar Isaac Was 'All In' on Moon KnightWhen the animated sequel’s three directors (Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson) and two screenwriters (Christopher Miller and Phil Lord) studied Pavitr’s sequence as it was…

Image: SonyThe reason Miguel is doing everything in this movie is to make sure the Spider-Canon stays intact. It’s the basis for everything, such as trying to keep Miles from going home and saving his dad. Miguel is sure if that happens, the universe will end. But, at the end of the film, when Gwen’s dad says he quit his job and is no longer captain, Gwen says “But that means...” and trails off. In her mind, at least, that was the canon changing without significant consequence. We don’t see what happens in Gwen’s universe…

Since his debut, Miles Morales has been an odd character. Though he was far from the first non-Peter Parker person to take on the Spider-Man mantle, his lead writer Brian Michael Bendis hoped he’d be a big deal and represent a community that was otherwise primarily underserved in Big Two comics at the time. And though it took some time for Miles to really get there, it eventually happened, thanks largely to 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. io9 Interview: Oscar Isaac Was 'All In' on Moon KnightSpider-Verse’s…