As popular as the Marvel Cinematic Universe is these days, there’s a particularly potent brand of hype surrounding Sony’s side. This is primarily focused on the hit animated movie. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its next sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The unique and flashy animation style favored by the fledgling franchise would be enough on its own, but there’s more to it than that.
fans of Spider-Verse They’re already familiar with the film’s fixation on multiple dimensions and alternate versions of web-based heroes, and that character approach seems to combine with the film’s impressive 2D-3D hybrid art and animation to introduce a new villain this week. time. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will see the film debut of the classic Spiderman villain The Spot, with the newcomer appearing almost tailor-made for the occasion. According to the film’s directors, this connection is definitely intentional and even seems to go deeper than that.
In an interview with animation enthusiast news site Cartoon Brew, Through the Spider-Verse Directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson discussed the new villain and how he fits into the Miles Morales story. “We knew from the beginning that The Spot was going to be our main villain,” Santos said. “Without an incredible villain, that you can understand the direct line of him, you don’t really have a strong story for your main character. So he’s kind of the incredible opposite of Miles.” Powers added to this, saying, “By the way, that’s not a costume, that’s his skin… It’s not some guy in a polka dot suit! That’s actually his skin. So you know, the arc of the Dr. Ohnn, Spot, is one that really complements, without giving away the story, Miles’ journey in this film very well.”
So it seems that Miles, unsurprisingly, still has something to do as a person and as a hero, and Through the Spider-Verse will address that while also seemingly connecting that journey to the story of The Spot. But that’s not the only meaning behind the villain’s upcoming introduction. “And the living ink from him really is just, I think we’ve all been saying, it’s like an effect, it’s art come to life,” Santos continued. “It’s something that can really only happen in animation. If you can imagine Spot, as a guy in a sock suit, in a live-action Spider-Man movie, it’s not going to work. It just won’t work. art comes to life. He is the spilled inkwell on the page. It all goes back to a kind of comics and comic book art.”
The prospect of a villain who could only work in the middle of animation sounds quite exciting and intriguing. There are plenty of wacky, surreal characters that might be best suited for a particular style of filmmaking, like the darkly funny Venom, sometimes a hero but usually a villain. But it has had several live-action versions. Meanwhile, The Spot is essentially a living work of art, something that would be difficult to pull off in front of a real camera. So it will be interesting to see what the extremely talented Spider-Verse the team cooks.
Fans still have almost a year to wait before Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse releases. But knowing about the fascinating new villain they have to look forward to, along with the knowledge that the upcoming sequel, Beyond the Spider-Verse, is also in production, should help ease some of that thorny anticipation. This is post-2020, after all. Time no longer has the same meaning it used to.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse It will currently be released in theaters on June 2, 2023.
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