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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was already a work of art—but now, it’s a work of art in a whole new way. Artist Scott Campbell has painted a stunning image featuring basically every single Spider character in the movie, in a single image, and io9 has the exclusive reveal and an amazing process video too.Exclusive First Look at Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse PaintingThe piece is part of the new art exhibit “Rise of the Great Showdowns,” which opens Friday, March 8 at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles, CA. It’ll feature…

Get a look at Kung Fu Panda’s return in a new clip. Oscar Isaac still has hope for Moon Knight season 2. Ben Mendelsohn talks Andor and the chances of a return to his Rogue One character. Plus, it’s Beth vs. Tammy in a new clip from the Rick and Morty anime. Spoilers, away!Spoilers of the Week: July 29thSmile 2Deadline has word Dylan Gelula (Dream Scenario) has joined the cast of Smile 2 in a currently undisclosed role. Evil Dead/Untitled Evil Dead SpinoffDuring a recent interview with Comic Book, Evil Dead Rise star Lily…

Just like the bad guy out of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, real life cartoon villain David Zaslav has revealed his nefarious plot: based on a damning investigative report from the Wrap, it seems the Warner Bros. head honcho planned to delete Coyote vs. Acme all along. Apparently, he never even watched the movie.Who Wants DC’s Canceled Batgirl Movie? | New York Comic Con 2022Initially, there was hope that Coyote vs. Acme might have found alternate distribution. But as the investigation revealed, “Throughout the process, Warner…

While manufacturers are being lured by capital subsidies, TN is leveraging its unique ‘payroll subsidy’ to lure chip design multinationals and startups to create jobs in the state.After emerging as India’s top electronics exporter in 2023, Tamil Nadu has set itself the ambitious goal of moving up the electronics value chain. For this, the state came out with a Semiconductor and Advanced Electronics Policy, 2024, last week. The policy aims at TN contributing 40% of India’s…

The last book I read in 2022 was Chris Miller’s excellent Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology. It was thanks to this book, that I realized that Miller has also written an excellent account of why the Soviet Union collapsed suddenly in the 1980s in his 2020 book, The Struggle to Save the Soviet Economy: Mikhail Gorbachev and the Collapse of the USSR. While there exists a lot of dense literature in economics on problems with socialist economic models, Miller’s work is perhaps the simplest account…

In mid-March during the Oscars, Netflix’s Pinocchio took home the award for Best Animated Feature. During his acceptance speech, co-director Guillermo del Toro said the animation medium was ready to be taken to “the next step,” a statement that was meant to be inspiring after animation was belittled at that very ceremony just minutes prior. The category presenters were dismissive of animation overall, basically calling it kiddie fare that parents have to suffer through just to shut their kids up.Spoilers of the Week: July…

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…

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…

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,…

Screenshot: Sony/MarvelWith great Lego animating power comes great responsibility, apparently. Or so 14-year-old Preston Mutanga discovered after his elaborate, Lego-animated recreation of the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer went viral. Instead of just receiving praise from Spider-Verse producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller over Twitter, Mutanga was instead brought in to help direct part of the movie—namely the film’s Lego sequence, of course.This Week's Toys Are Straight From a Multiverse of Marketing…