How to Draw Spider Man Into the Spider Verse Logo

Art directors Dean Gordon and Patrick O'Keefe and their team turned to Cubism to help represent the dimensional quakes. Cubist art often presents a collection of different views all happening at the same time, so it was a natural metaphor for the multiple universes converging in "Spider-Verse."

It was announced shortly after Stan Lee's death, at age 95, that he had recorded a cameo for the film and that it would be his final voice-acting role. Phil Lord and Christopher Miller felt it was important that Lee was given a bigger moment compared to previous Marvel films because he was "so integral to the spirit of this movie," and considered his role "extra meaningful" following his death.

If you hit pause anytime a train goes by, because all the animators wanted to animate Stan Lee, he's in almost every single train.

The unique animation style of "Spider-Verse" aims to make the viewer feel as if they are in the pages of a comic book. According to Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the film combined the latest computer-generated animation technology with hand-drawn artistry. "It was very important to us that every frame of the movie was refined by the artist's hand after the visuals were rendered by computers. If you freeze any part of the movie at any time, it will look like an illustration with hand drawn touches and all."

Completing the animation for the film required up to 180 animators, the largest crew ever used by Sony Pictures Animation for a film.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller had a goal for the movie, "Inspire young people to become heroes, inspire grown-ups to help them do it, and remind us all that you don't need to be bitten by a radioactive spider to do your part. You are powerful, and we are counting on you."

This film was dedicated in memory of Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko, who died on July 6, 2018, while this film was finishing production; however, this was not the only dedication, as a month before the film was released, Stan Lee died on November 12, 2018. The film was dedicated to both of Spider-Man's creators.

(at around 52 mins) The "bagel" text as the bagel hits the scientist's head was a joke pitch that an animator took seriously and added in. They loved it.

It was Peter Ramsey's idea to hold off on the visual comic language - word bubbles, panels, etc. - until Miles is bitten by the spider.

Nicolas Cage was excited that the directors let him have fun with the role of Spider-Man Noir. Cage says, "...it's no secret that I like to play with different sources. It was fun to go back in time and pull back a little of that Humphrey Bogart essence." Cage thinks that the movie will appeal both to the adults who like old movies and the kids who will want to learn more about them.

To eliminate motion blurs in the film, the majority of the animation was done in "twos," meaning there were only twelve images per second rather than the usual twenty-four.

(at around 9 mins) When Miles first visits Uncle Aaron's apartment, the television is playing the television show Community (2009). The beginning of that episode (Community: Anthropology 101 (2010)) shows Donald Glover's character Troy getting out of bed wearing Spider-Man pajamas. This was a reference to an unsuccessful 2010 online campaign to get Donald Glover a chance to audition for the lead role in The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). Miles Morales co-creator Brian Michael Bendis describes that image of Glover in the Spider-Man pajamas as one of the major inspirations for the creation of the character and the character's design. Additionally, Glover appeared as another version of Aaron Davis in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), in which he makes brief reference to his nephew. Glover also voiced Miles Morales in Disney's Ultimate Spider-Man (2012) cartoon series.

The commentary track was recorded a few weeks after Stan Lee's death on November 12th, 2018. They mention that they went to Lee's office to record his vocal work - he was the only one they went to while everyone else came to their studio to record.

One of the many ways the Imageworks team paid tribute to old comic books through the visual style was to imitate the imperfections of offset printing.

During the ending, Miles zips past a store called "Perry Joe," a reference to Joe Perry, lead guitarist of Aerosmith and noted Spider-Man fan who performed the theme song for Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1994).

Daniel Pemberton followed the ambitious lead of the "Spider-Verse" animation by developing an equally intricate score. After all the musical elements had been recorded, they were recorded onto vinyl and then re-scratched into the mix. Daniel Pemberton says, "I got a DMC World Scratch champion DJ to scratch all the parts in."

Phil Lord describes the Aunt May of "Spider-Verse" as "kick-ass and feisty." The filmmakers were actually thinking of Lily Tomlin for Aunt May when they were writing the script, so they were happy when she accepted the role.

(at around 1h 23 mins) The memorable shot of Miles falling/rising was written in the very first draft of the script as a stage direction.

Shameik Moore, has been a fan of Spider-Man since childhood. "In fact, when I was a teenager, I wrote in my diary that one day I would play Spider-Man!" He is very proud to be a part of "Spider-Verse" because he says, "It's important to point out that 'Spider-Verse' is the first movie about a biracial superhero, ever. His culture, background and upbringing really makes him a different type of superhero - something we have been eager to see on the big screen for a very long time."

(at around 1h 23 mins) When Miles finally gains the courage to return to the Spider-Lair, Aunt May already awaits him. The way the computer screens are framed behind her chair evokes the web-like throne of Madame Web, the usual nexus for cross-dimensional spider adventures.

In addition to the usual Spider-Man powers, Spider-Ham is able to throw a black circle on a wall and climb through it. This is an idea first used in the Warner Bros. cartoon The Hole Idea (1955).

According to John Mulaney, the producers encouraged him to "have fun" with his role as Spider-Ham, so he added cuss words to his dialogue. He eventually asked what the rating of the film was, which was PG.

(at around 1h 6 mins) When Jefferson scrolls through his phone contacts, "Steve Ditko" is shown as one of the contacts. This is a reference to Steve Ditko, one of the original creators of "Spider-Man" and one of the two men the film is dedicated to.

Spider-Ham was originally introduced in "Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, the Spectacular Spider-Ham" from 1983. His origin of being a spider bitten by a radioactive pig is true to the comics. The movie leaves out that the radioactive pig in question was May Porker, who, due to the effects of the radiation, believed that the transformed Peter was her nephew instead of her former lab pet.

According to composer Daniel Pemberton, Miles' theme is a combination of the many facets of his character, including the sounds of a real aerosol can.

The directors of "Spider-Verse" spoke with "io9" about the Prowler's signature siren noise. Composer Daniel Pemberton used the sound of an elephant as the base for the noise. According to the filmmakers, they wanted the noise to be frightening, but also have a sense of sadness.

This is the first non-Disney/Pixar film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature since Rango (2011). It's also the sixth non-Disney/Pixar film to win the award, after Shrek (2001), Spirited Away (2001), Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Happy Feet (2006), and Rango (2011).

There are many small details in Miles' universe that set it apart from ours, such as using "PDNY" in place of "NYPD," and instead of Chance the Rapper wearing a "3" hat, he has a "4" on it (evident from a poster in Miles' room).

Pop culture as Miles knows it is very, very different; on Spider-Man's arrival alone, the audience can see advertisements for a jockey comedy starring Seth Rogen called "Hold Your Horses," John Mulaney and Nick Kroll star in "Hi, Hello" instead of "Oh, Hello," the proposed Shaun of the Dead (2004) sequel "From Dusk Til Shaun" was actually produced, there's a "Clone High" movie, and "Bridesmaids" is instead about baby showers.

Kingpin is modeled after the Kingpin in Daredevil: Love and War (1986) graphic novel by Frank Miller and Bill Sienkiewicz.

One day Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were walking on Olvera Street, an outdoor marketplace in historic downtown Los Angeles, and they were stunned by the number of people in Spider-Man masks. This experience partially inspired the film's idea that anyone can wear the mask. (Stan Lee always said this.)

(at around 3 mins) Upon closer attention, Miles Morales can be seen doing to one of his friends the long handshake Peter Parker and Ned Leeds do in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) when he walks to school.

Jake Johnson did an interview with "The Hollywood Reporter" in which he was asked how his character, Peter B. Parker, dealt with a sense of hopelessness. Johnson says, "I think Peter wants someone to remind him how great it is to be Spider-Man, and I think Miles does that for him. It's like losing faith in humanity and then having a kid, and remembering how great all of this is."

During the coronavirus pandemic, Jake Johnson offered to record free personalized messages as Peter B. Parker for children under quarantine.

The creators have outright stated that Peni's animation and design was particularly inspired by the Sailor Moon (1992) anime.

One of the billboards in Time Square is for a film called Clone College, which is a reference to Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's canceled series Clone High (2002), which must have been more popular in this universe.

According to a "Vanity Fair" article, the filmmakers were already in London scoring the film by the time they had the idea to do a holiday track. Phil Lord didn't know that Chris Pine, who plays Peter Parker in Miles' universe, could sing at first (he can, as evidenced by Into the Woods (2014) or Netflix's Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015)). The filmmakers were so blown away by Pine's singing that they immediately rushed into planning the holiday album.

In the "Spider-Man" comic book that Miles reads, Spider-Man's real name is "Billy Barker" instead of "Peter Parker." Since the comic book was published in a world where Spider-Man is a real person, the author didn't know Spider-Man's real name and made one up.

(at around 1 min) As the Peter of Miles' universe goes over his backstory at the start of the film, he has distinctly blond hair and (if you're paying close attention) blue eyes, letting audiences know that this universe isn't exactly what we're familiar with.

In Miles' universe, the Scorpion is a Mexican criminal with cybernetic enhancements; the cybernetic parts are new, but Miles' version of the Scorpion from Ultimate Marvel is also Mexican.

The Seal of Approval from the Comics Code Authority appeared on comic books for almost sixty years to signify that the comic book's content was deemed "acceptable." Stan Lee often spoke about how Marvel wanted to defy the Comics Code Authority so that they could do a Spider-Man story about drug abuse. This is often cited as the reason why the code was reviewed and then revised in 1970.

Some of the characters in the film were modeled after people on the streets, but according to production designer Justin K. Thompson, "Aaron was one of the few times the character resembles the actor that voices him." Thompson says of actor Mahershala Ali, "He has such an interesting face, and he was one of the first actors cast in the movie, so our character designer Shiyoon Kim used his tall, thin physique and his thin long head. Shiyoon walked a fine line between creating a caricature and coming up with a beautiful, original design."

They enjoyed the use of "Kirby dots" during the collider sequence as they remind of spray paint in addition to honoring their namesake "the great Jack Kirby, king of comic book artists, who would use that as sort of a way to show cosmic energy."

The movie's main villain, Kingpin, is one of producer Phil Lord's favorite characters. He says, "His physical presence doesn't leave room for anything else. He can just stand there, and everything bends to his will, even the camera. He is basically this pure black figure and the most abstracted animated character I've ever seen."

The act of electrocuting others by touch is known as venom strike. The venom strike and the ability to become invisible are two powers that Miles has in addition to the usual Spider-Man abilities.

Keep your eye out for Stan Lee's character. In addition to Miles visiting his store, Lee can be seen about town throughout the film, such as when Miles and Peter B. land in the crosswalk.

Prowler's abilities include strength and speed from his suit, as well as Muay Thai fighting. He wears pneumatic boots so that he can jump very far.

Production designer Justin K. Thompson chose to give this film's Doctor Octopus a distinctive "unrefined" look, rather than the polished metallic arms that Doc Ock traditionally wields. Thompson says, "She's overly excited about the Multiverse and isn't really aware of how crazy she looks."

The Air Jordan 1 Retro OG "Origin Story" sneakers were inspired by the ones Miles Morales wears in the film.

Every part of the movie runs at 24 fps, a common frame rate for animated films, except Miles. For a good chunk of the film, Miles animates at 12 fps, showing his inexperience as Spider-Man. As the film continues though, Miles gradually speeds up to the average 24 fps.

(at around 39 mins) Head of Story Paul Watling describes the sequence where Miles and Peter are attached to each other during the chase as a "story artist's dream." He says, "The filmmakers weren't pulling any punches. They kept encouraging us to go further, and we pushed ourselves as much as possible. We threw everything we possibly could at them, in terms of camera angles, moving frames, comedic elements, police cars hot on their trail to add this sense of urgency - as well as slapstick elements added on."

This was stand-up comedian John Mulaney's first theatrical film role.

Production designer Justin K. Thompson learned how to draw as a kid by trying to copy the art that he saw in comics. He has also been a Spider-Man fan since childhood.

(at around 55 mins) In the "Meet Spider-Gwen" movie clip, Gwen says she is "the one and only Spider-Gwen." When her origin is told in the movie itself, she says she is "the one and only Spider-Woman." In the comic book universe, Spider-Gwen is just her solo series' title (therefore, that code-name is used only for marketing purposes) while Gwen uses "Spider-Woman" as her in-universe hero name.

(at around 1h 6 mins) Among Jefferson's phone contacts is the name "T. McFarlane," a reference to comic creator Todd McFarlane. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, McFarlane rose to become one of the industry's hottest superstars for his successful run on Spider-Man, the top selling title at the time. His highly stylized interpretation of the character features enlarged bug-like eyes, dynamic contortionist poses and the detailed rendering of the web, famously dubbed "spaghetti webbing." These would influence those of many subsequent Spider-Man artists.

(at around 8 mins) Miles' physics test is dated "Decembruary 2, 2018." While it's possible the Ultimate Universe has a different calendar, a concert poster in Miles' dorm room shows a December date. Since Miles was purposely trying to fail the physics test, "Decembruary" may have been yet another attempt to convince his teacher that he's too stupid to attend the academy.

The license plate number on Jefferson's police car is "RFD 690," which is a common New York prop plate number appearing in various media, the most notable example being the lead detectives' car in Law & Order (1990).

Animation has always been a time-consuming art. It can take animators a week to do four seconds of the movie. Because of how involved and sophisticated the animation processes for "Spider-Verse" were, in some cases it took a month to do four seconds.

The Planet Hollywood restaurant and resort chain is called "Planet Inglewood." This also carries the implication that in Miles' universe, Inglewood is the heart of the American film industry.

Art director Dean Gordon explains how they made the computer-generated animation look more like a comic book: "We broke down gradations and color values into areas and created shorter transitions between them to get a more illustrative feel in the scenes."

The Blue Man Group is called the Red Man Group.

Sometimes when comic books go through the printing process, the color offsets aren't aligned perfectly and the resulting image looks out of focus. Imageworks visual effects supervisor Danny Dimian used that idea to "create this illusion that something is printed on the screen."

(at around 12 mins) The graffiti montage with Miles and Uncle Aaron was one of the earliest completed and served as a "lodestar" moving forward to inform and inspire them with later scenes.

Co-director on "Spider-Verse" Rodney Rothman told "IndieWire" about how much of the character of Miles actually came from Shameik Moore who voices him. Rothman was "blown away" by one of Moore's early dialogue tests because "...it wasn't about what Miles was saying, it was about how he was performing and how the animators were emphasizing parts of Shameik's voice and the things he wasn't saying."

Producer Christopher Miller describes the heart of this movie: "One of the key themes of the movie is that we all have powers, and we all need to face up to our responsibilities, regardless of who we are or where we are born."

While they're never named in the film itself, the band that Gwen plays drums for, The Mary Janes, has an advertisement that can be seen amongst the New York signage in Miles's universe.

In order to illustrate the multiple universes, the Sony Pictures Imageworks technical team developed a camera array that could project seven different angles at once, allowing them to render each image in a different style.

Taxicabs use the "NYC Taxi" livery design introduced in 2007 instead of the current black circle with a negative-space "T." In addition, taxis and police cars are made to resemble the older second generation Ford Crown Victoria, an increasingly rare sight since both models' discontinuation in 2011, but still a popular prop in film and television for its surplus availability.

New York is shown to be much larger in Miles' universe. In the first scene of the teaser trailer, much of the Manhattan skyline is taller than the Empire State building, currently the fourth tallest building in New York. Some of these skyscrapers are lit with projected advertisements.

(at around 1h) When Peter and Miles meet with the other Spider-people in Aunt May's secret base, behind them are several pods containing more Spider-Man costumes. One of them has the white spider emblem on the chest like in Insomniac's Spider-Man game, and in fact, all the suits visible can be unlocked in that game, including the black-and-gold Mk. II Spider-Armor, the black-with-red-weblines Secret War suit, and the teched-out black-and green Stealth "Big Time" Suit. Also shown in the secret base is the Spider-Mobile, a failed attempt by an auto dealership to use Spider-Man's likeness to market their vehicles with his permission for a lucrative cut. Never having learned how to drive, 616-Spidey promptly drove it into a river and it has lived in infamy in-universe and out ever since.

With Lily Tomlin playing Aunt May, all four actresses to play her in a theatrical film have been Academy Award nominees, after Rosemary Harris, Sally Field and Marisa Tomei. Tomlin was nominated for Nashville (1975).

In the finale, various buildings appear within the collider where the various Spider-people fight Kingpin and his goons. Among them are a subway train and a suspension bridge; both reference the locations of the climactic battles of Sam Raimi's most beloved Spider-Man movies.

(at around 25 mins) Spider-Man's face inside the collider beam shows very quick flashes of all the alternate universe Spideys heading our way.

A scene was pitched that would feature cameos from Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland, all playing versions of Spider-Man from other universes; however, this was scrapped.

(at around 2 mins) Among the song titles on Peter Parker's Christmas album are Spidey, It's Cold Outside, Swingin' Around the Mistletoe, Silent Night (You're Welcome), Joy to the World (That I Just Saved), Spidey the Snowman, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like a Non-Denominational Holiday, and Ave Maria.

(at around 1h 45 mins) There is a Stan Lee quote after the first part of the credits. It reads "That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt, a real superhero."

The filmmakers drew upon the real Large Hadron Collider in Geneva as inspiration for Kingpin's collider in the movie. The Large Hadron Collider is the largest and most powerful collider in the world. It's situated in a tunnel that has a circumference of 17 miles.

Peni Parker is one of the youngest heroes in the Spider-Verse. She began operating the SP//dr suit after her father died when she was only nine.

Tobey Maguire was almost cast as the older Peter Parker, but the filmmakers feared that audiences would find it too confusing. John Krasinski was also considered for the role at one point.

(at around 56 mins) Golden State Warriors basketball legend Stephen Curry became a golf pro in Miles' universe, with a billboard touting him as "The Golden Boy" of the sport. (Truth in Television, as Curry is an avid and talented golfer in the off-season.) A Times Square billboard shows that basketball star Blake Griffin is instead an MLB player in Miles' universe (again, Truth in Television, as Griffin also played baseball before choosing to focus on basketball). The team he plays for is the New York Red Sox; in Real Life, that's Boston's team name, a nod to the notorious Red Sox/Yankees fanbase rivalry.

The comic book version of Prowler wears green and purple, but production designer Justin K. Thompson and team gave him an all-purple costume for this movie.

(at around 36 mins) At the start of the crime-fighting portion of Peter B.'s flashback montage, he's shown fighting against three foes who seem to be his version of the Enforcers; the big guy in particular is a dead ringer for Ultimate Ox.

New York City's police department is given the acronym PDNY (Police Department of New York) instead of NYPD (New York Police Department). Conversely, the real-life FDNY (Fire Department of New York) is instead called the NYFD (New York Fire Department).

It's implied the webs all the Spider-Men see when hurtled through the multiverse are part of the Weaver's ultimate web that connects all multiverses, especially Earth-616's.

(at around 4 mins) The car ride with Miles in back and his dad driving was recorded with them sitting in chairs set up like a car to give them the proper dynamic.

Composer Daniel Pemberton's score was inspired by the "boldness and the rich color palette" of the film. He says, "I also wanted to make something for Miles that not only reflected his journey, but would give a 13-year-old kid the kind of rush I had as a kid seeing films in the cinema."

(at around 1 min) The iconic kiss from Spider-Man (2002) is parodied during ultimate Peter Parker's intro. Rather than Spider-Man kissing Mary Jane upside down because he's hanging from his web; Spider-Man is standing on the ground, but Mary Jane is hanging upside down from a fire escape.

There's a billboard with Scarlett Johansson advertising "LUCE," an alternate universe version of Lucy (2014).

(at around 36 mins) The dimensionally-displaced Peter Parker is also shown having stopped a subway with his webs, fought Doc Ock, and kissed Mary Jane upside down, and this time doing it accurately.

A PG-13 version of this movie was submitted to the MPAA but was never released due to a dispute.

Among the logos shown for Columbia Pictures is a woman in western wear shooting six guns. This is from the film Cat Ballou (1965) starring Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin.

The animation styles present throughout the film mean it took on average four times as long to animate a second than it typically does for CG animated films. "The crew was larger, I believe, than any other crew that's been assembled for a movie."

The Bland-Name Product(s) are this universe's equivalent to the brands they're clearly referencing to (as we clearly see during Alternate-Dimension Peter's world. The "Koca-Soda" sign we see in Miles' world is an actual Coca-Cola sign in Alternate Peter's). Similarly, near the end of the film, we see that Spider-Ham's universe has Porka-Cola.

(at around 18 mins) While the contents of the Spider-Man comic Miles's roommate reads are entirely fictional, the cover is a reproduction of Amazing Fantasy #15, Spider-Man's first appearance.

The movie was announced during the 2014 Sony hack.

(at around 52 mins) While Peter is "teaching" Miles how to web-swing, Miles complains that "I run better than I swing!" When Miles finally takes the Spider-Man identity for his own, his web-swinging incorporates aspects of Le Parkour to create a sort of webbing-assisted free-running.

(at around 54 mins) Stan Lee's cameo as J. Jonah Jameson is a reference to his long-standing claims that Jameson is an exaggerated potshot at himself.

This was the second adaptation of the "Spider-Verse" comic. It had previously been adapted into the third/fourth seasons of Ultimate Spider-Man (2012).

Early on in the film, Miles says that leaving his shoes untied was a choice (representing his irresponsible nature). He trips on his shoelace while training, causing him to break the goober. When he commits to the responsibility of being Spider-Man, his shoes are tied.

(at around 15 mins) When Miles accidentally starts sticking to Gwen's hair with his new powers and can't unstick, she tells him that he needs to relax. It's the same advice that Peter gives him later, cluing you in that Gwen is an alternate universe Spider-person. Also, "Gwanda" doesn't bother changing out of her ballet shoes. Finally, when Miles is about to try detaching himself from her hair by pulling "really hard," Gwen stops him by grabbing his bag straps and judo-throwing him over her, giving away that she's tougher than she looks.

Miles's Brooklyn includes a shop called "Romita Ramen," a reference to artist John Romita Sr., who took over drawing Amazing Spider-Man after Steve Ditko's departure and played a major role in defining the character for mainstream audiences. For one thing, his redesign of Spider-Man became his default look in the comics ever since. His son, artist John Romita Jr., is also known for his work on Amazing Spider-Man, and had a hand in creating Prowler when he was only thirteen.

(at around 36 mins) During a flashback sequence, when Peter B. Parker recalls his marriage to Mary Jane, he steps on a glass at the end of the ceremony. Many viewers took this as an indication that Peter B. Parker was being depicted as Jewish, an interpretation that was later verified by this movie's co-director, Rodney Rothman, in his February 2019 interview by Gerri Miller in The Jewish Journal.

Jefferson is voiced by Brian Tyree Henry. When discussing his acting in an interview with "Essence," Henry says, "I try to bring a well of empathy and compassion to my characters because I don't want them to just live on the screen or have people leave them in the theater, like popcorn. I want you to take them with you."

Jake Johnson, who voices Peter B. Parker in the movie, says that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were a big reason that he wanted to be a part of this project. Johnson says, "They are two of the most talented filmmakers working in the field right now. They are so innovative and smart, and when they tackle something like Spider-Man, you know they're going to get it right. This is a property that fans really love, so you want to make sure it's in the hands of people who also love and care about it as much as the fans do."

(at around 38 mins) In the background of the scene in Times Square, there's a billboard advertising "Hi, Hello," an alternate universe version of "Oh, Hello," featuring Nick Kroll and John Mulaney. John Mulaney is the voice of Spider-Ham. Kroll and Mulaney also voice the two lead characters on Netflix's Big Mouth (2017), a show they both produce as well.

Shameik Moore, the voice of Miles in the movie, wrote "I am Miles Morales" in his journal five years before the film's release. He later mentioned it to the filmmakers when auditioning.

(at around 1 min) When the Peter of Miles's universe does his intro spiel at the start of the film, he's shown holding two vehicles from falling from each side of a bridge, which he did in the first big action scene of The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). The pose he makes while holding the buses is a direct reference to the ferry sequence from Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), where Peter tried to keep two halves of the Staten Island Ferry from sinking.

Snapchat is still called Picaboo, and Google is still called Backrub.

According to "The Hollywood Reporter," Alchemax entered the Spider-Man universe in the first issue of "Spider-Man 2099" as an evil corporation that has its hands in everything. Alchemax even has its own city with its own police force.

(at around 1h 2 mins) The pose Peni Parker does on top of SP//dr after first saying hello to the other Spider-People (and in the promotional art) is rather similar to one of Japanese Spider-Man's iconic poses.

This was animator Bob Persichetti's directorial debut.

The sneakers Miles wears are Nike Air Jordan 1 retro high tops.

For the release of this movie, Sony and Nike worked together to develop the Air Jordan 1 Origin Story shoes. "Nerdist" reports that the shoes will be available in sizes for the whole family because one of the main themes of the film is that anyone can be a hero.

Director Bob Persichetti wanted to make a movie that looked different than any others before it. He says, "One of the strengths of the comic is that it manages to encapsulate in one image a really succinct, powerful story point, motion, or action. In our process of animation, we tried to achieve that same thing."

Axel Alonso was the Editor-in-Chief at Marvel at the time the Miles Morales character was developed. Alonso is also biracial and wanted a Spider-Man with a Hispanic last name with which his son could identify.

(at around 56 mins) Kingpin's flashback to his time with Vanessa and his son are done in the art style of Bill Sienkiewicz, whose design of Kingpin is pretty much what was used as inspiration in his look in the film.

A Freeze-Frame Bonus of Richard Fisk briefly becoming a young Matt Murdock has sent fans theorizing that it's either a reference to the Spider-Gwen comics where Murdock is the Kingpin or a What If? issue where Kingpin adopted Daredevil.

The film received a nomination for Best Animated Feature Film at the 76th Golden Globe Awards.

The approval stamps on Miles' "True Life Tales of Spider-Man" comics are from the "Cabin Fever Production Code" rather than the Comics Code Authority.

According to "The Hollywood Reporter," a similar version of Wilson Fisk's backstory appeared in "Amazing Spider-Man" No. 197, but in that version Vanessa threatens to leave Wilson if he continues hurting Spider-Man, prompting Wilson to let Spider-Man go.

Hailee Steinfeld says of her character Gwen Stacy, "...she's really just the toughest, coolest, smartest and the most capable one in the room, and she knows it."

(at around 1h 1 min) When in Peter Parker's shed, a series of photographs of criminals centering on the Kingpin is shown. Several of the characters on it aren't in the film but are clearly members of some of Spider-Man's more street-level villains, such as The Enforcers and The Rose.

In Peter Parker's secret hideout, an array of Spider-Man costumes from various Spider-Man comics and video games are on display.

The film won an Academy Award for Best Animated Film.

Producers Amy Pascal and Avi Arad first came to Phil Lord and Christopher Miller about doing an animated Spider-Man movie in 2014.

The first Spider-Man film to win an Oscar since Spider-Man 2 (2004), which won an Oscar for "Best Visual Effects."

Among the names in Miles's phone contacts are "B Bendis", "Sara Pichelli" and "Jason Reynolds". Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli are the writer and artist who created Miles Morales in Ultimate Spider-Man, and Jason Reynolds illustrated/wrote one of the comics. His father's contacts include Steve Ditko. In addition to creator cameos, Miles' contacts also include references to numerous characters related to Spider-Man, including Cindy Moon, Jessica Drew, Billy Braddock, Karn, Ezekiel Sims, and Monica Chang.

(at around 1h 35 mins) As Peter B. Parker shouts at Miles to "push the green button," a PlayStation controller appears with its topmost face button highlighted green. The same button (triangle) is indeed colored that on the real controller.

(at around 18 mins) The comic book Tale of Two Spider-Men, that pops up on screen after Miles first discovers his powers, is reminiscent of the Spider-Man 3 (2007) poster.

"Spider-Verse" played with lighting, or lack thereof, as another way of making the film seem more comic-book-like. Art director Patrick O'Keefe says "We used dark shapes, with just glimpses of light to describe them. It really extended the range of what we could (and did) put up on the screen."

The inclusion of Alchemax, instead of more well-known corporations of the Spider-Man mythos like Oscorp or Roxxon, teases the appearance of Miguel O'Hara (aka Spider-Man 2099) in the post-credits scene. When Miles calls his Uncle Aaron and tells him "See you soon," it immediately cuts to Prowler watching him.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were excited to take on the "Spider-Verse" project. In an interview they said, "The movie explores the superhero experience from a fresh angle, while dealing with the larger universal themes such as coming of age, taking action, and finding your purpose in this world."

The Green Goblin in Miles's universe is a mutated freak; an ogre-sized monster with dragon-like wings and a tail. Once again, in Ultimate Marvel, the Green Goblin is a mutated Norman Osborn, who turns into a green-skinned, troll-like brute. The wings homage the Ultimate Green Goblin's depiction in the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon, where he appeared with just that trait.

The Latin American Spanish trailer has Armando Coria as the voice for Noir, who was the voice of Peter Parker in the '90s series. The Brazilian dub has Manolo Rey, Sylvia Salustti, Selma Lopes, Jorge Lucas and José Santa Cruz reprise their roles as Peter Parker, Mary Jane, Aunt May, Green Goblin and J. Jonah Jameson from the Sam Raimi trilogy dub. Santa Cruz had also voiced Jameson in the animated shows Spider-Man (1981), Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981) (first dub) and in the 80's redub of Spider-Man (1967), making his voice in The Stinger even more fitting.

Around the time that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller were toying with the idea of doing a new animated Spider-Man movie, Lord visited a retrospective in New York about contemporary pop artist Jeff Koons. Koons' art encouraged Lord and Miller to come up with their fresh perspective on the Spider-Man story for "Spider-Verse."

Producer Christopher Miller on Twitter said that in animation each sequence gets a name and the What's Up Danger scene's name was "Rise Up" a la Hamilton.

It was the second film that has ever been based on Marvel Comics to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. The first was Big Hero 6 (2014).

The in-universe comics giving Spider-Man the name "Billy" may be a reference to Billy Braddock, aka Spider-UK, who was one of the main characters of the original Spider-Verse comics.

Some of the scenes from Spider-Gwen's home universe visually look straight out of Robbi Rodriguez and Rico Renzi's artwork for the comic series, complete with the neon color palette.

This is Sony Pictures Animation's first full-length animated feature to win Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards. In addition, this film beat out Incredibles 2 (2018), another CGI superhero film that released in 2018.

The visuals of the city flying apart in the Super-Collider draw from Akira (1988).

This film, along with Rango (2011), are the only animated films of the 2010s that are not from Walt Disney Animation Studios or Pixar to win the academy award for best animated feature.

Miles, seeing that the Spider-Man of his universe had a costume with a cape, may seem like a Brick Joke, but it's based on a "What if?" story about Spider-Man never becoming a crime fighter.

Peni's entire arc combines all the Japanese Spider-Men in the Spider-Verse arc - especially the toku ones with big robots, with SP//dr becoming crucial to beating Kingpin - with her own, as well as fitting in Penelope Parker's cutesy pre-teen adventures.

The "Spider-Verse" version of Kingpin is a very large and intimidating figure. The character stands at more than eight feet tall and seven feet wide.

Kimiko Glenn, who voices the anime Spider-heroine Peni Parker, knows that anyone can be a superhero. She says, "One of the coolest things about Peni Parker is that you wouldn't expect this tiny, happy and energetic young girl to be the heroic pilot of this hulking super bot."

The Spider-Lair is obviously modeled on the Batcave from the DC Animated Universe down to the display array of multiple Spider-Man costumes with blue lighting illuminating them.

(at around 17 mins) When Miles is first discovering his powers and trying to get back into his room, he loses all of his clothing except for his pants. His final "outfit" is similar to the outfit worn by Childish Gambino, AKA Donald Glover, in his Childish Gambino: This Is America (2018) music video. Donald Glover plays Aaron Davis in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and was the central focus of a petition for him to play Miles Morales in a live action Spider-man movie.

(at around 1h 23 mins) The scene of Miles in free fall against the neon cityscape is very reminiscent of the iconic free-fall scene from Ghost in the Shell (2017).

The current black-and-yellow "Empire Gold" licence plate design issued since 2010 and the previous white-and-blue "Empire State" issued from 2001 to 2010 are used simultaneously on some cars, also as seen on Miles' dad's police cruiser.

(at around 3 mins) The scene where Miles gets ready to go to school features a blink-and-you'll-miss-it sketch cameo of Leopardon.

Kingpin's whole plan is a subtle nod to the plotline of Spider-Men II, except that, in the comic, Fisk finances a way to cross dimensions in order to help his friend find a dimensional alternate of his wife, whilst, in the film, Fisk looks for dimensional alternates to replace his own wife and son. The fact that this was the comic storyline which brought back the native dimension of Miles Morales after it had been destroyed strengthens the mythology gagging.

The animators animated Miles Morales' eyeballs popping out of his head for a single frame when he's upside down.

Uncle Aaron has a picture of his brother as the lock screen on his phone, while Jefferson has as a picture of Aaron as caller ID. This shows that despite their current bad relationship, they still care about one another.

(at around 32 mins) When Miles buys the Spider-Man costume, a mask resembling one a Monster Festival patron wore near the end of Hotel Transylvania (2012) can be seen.

The film was IGN's 2018 Movie of the Year.

A poster in Miles' dorm room shows Chance the Rapper wearing a cap with the number "4" on it, instead of his signature "3."

The first Spider-Man film to feature Mac Gargan as the Scorpion. He previously made his film debut in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) but did not don his scorpion outfit.

Police vehicles aren't exempt from wearing registration plates, as seen on Miles' dad's police cruiser. The lights on police cruisers flash in red and blue instead of red and white.

The Peter in Miles's universe has blond hair instead of the usual brown, resembling Ben Reilly.

The Yugo brand is alive in both Miles' and Peter's universe, as evidenced by a marketing campaign from a glimpse of Times Square with the tagline "It'll get you from A to B" - not bad for an infamous shorthand for The Alleged Car. For a background prop that appears for two brief scenes of the movie, the alternate-universe "Yugo" concept is modeled with considerable detail. In essence, it's a modern re-imagining on the original hatchback, complete with alloy wheels and a sleeker, more rounded appearance. As its most distinctive and jarring design choice, the car's front clip is modeled in direct reference to its inspiration, including two rectangular headlamps and a rectangular grille. Its bumper seems to be integrated into the body as a vent or a piece of black plastic trim.

The "Portland Press Herald" reports that Brian Tyree Henry, voice of Miles' father, has a deep connection to the characters that he plays. He says, "These characters need a voice and I don't want to be a person to lie on them. It's sounding all deep but it's true. I have a special connection to every single character that I've been blessed to touch and I just want to make sure that I don't lie on their journey, that I don't lie on who they are, that I don't lie on their hearts."

(at around 56 mins) In the background of Gwen's reality in her focus trailer is a poster advertising Clone College, with Abe and JFK in similar positions to the poster for 22 Jump Street (2014).

Comic book artist Marcelo Vignali hand-drew some of the comics that Miles encounters in the film. Vignali was a big fan of the first animated Spider-Man TV series.

(at around 41 mins) You can see Peter B. Parker's healing factor in real time. It takes two minutes exactly for his left eye to go from blackened, sealed shut to fully healed.

The other Spider-People need to reach the collider via Kingpin's building because Miles is the only one who knows about the subway entrance. This also explains how he's able to get to the collider shortly after the others despite stopping to get his suit.

Staying true to her character, Doc Ock's glasses are shaped like octagons.

Alex Hirsch, creator of the hit animated show Gravity Falls (2012), was one of the story contributors to this film while being uncredited. Also he was going to voice J. Jonah Jameson while doing his Grunkle Stan voice for the character, but couldn't do it due to his schedule.

(at around 52 mins) During the lab heist scene, all the workers are getting out their guns except one of them, who decides not to do anything about the problem.

This was Spider-Man's animated feature film debut.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) marked Spider-Man's debut theatrical animated feature, both from Marvel Entertainment and Sony Pictures Animation; however, Big Hero 6 (2014) was released in 2014, sans Marvel Entertainment's involvement with the project. That film was exclusively a Walt Disney Pictures production in spite of the original property being a Marvel I.P. (intellectual property).

The film held its premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on December 1, 2018, and featured a tribute to Stan Lee.

(at around 1h 23 mins) When Miles breaks the glass, because he was too scared to unstick himself from the wall. This was his "Leap of Faith" because he forces himself from the window with his strength in spite of his fear.

(at around 37 mins) You can see a poster for "From Dusk Till Shaun", a sequel to Shaun of the Dead (2004). This was a real pitch written (as a joke) by Simon Pegg.

The second highest rated animated film on Letterboxd, second only to Spirited Away (2001).

They've been asked how Miles, with a cop father and nurse mother, could afford Air Jordans, but "they were a gift from his uncle."

This was Peter Ramsey's first co-director credit and first after Rise of the Guardians (2012) from DreamWorks Animation, which also starred Chris Pine.

The first Spider-Man film since Spider-Man (2002) to feature Norman Osborn as the Green Goblin.

(at around 1h 30 mins) While Miles swings around trying to replace the "goober," a dolphin sound can be heard. Either a dolphin is seen or heard in every episode of Clone High (2002), which Phil Lord helped produce.

(at around 1h 10 mins) Peni Parker uses Heelys to go from the kitchen to the living room.

(at around 2 mins) After the popsicle gag, Spider-Man is slammed against the screen by Doc Ock. His face is distorted in a single frame to match the face of the popsicle.

(at around 3 mins) Miles is shown trying to sing along to "Sunflower." He conveniently gets one of the lines wrong, saying "she wanna drive me-" instead of the recorded lyric "she wanna ride me like a cruise," narrowly eliminating a sexual double entendre in this PG film.

This is the first Spider-Man film to receive a PG rating.

Actress and singer Hailee Steinfeld enjoyed her experience doing voice work for Spider-Gwen in this movie. She says, "I love the collaborative nature of animation, where the visuals are being created in real time during the voiceover."

Kathryn Hahn's second villain role after Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018).

Peni's Western-animation-meets-anime and use of anime gags and expressions brings to mind the similarly animesque Teen Titans (2003) of the early 2000s.

Chris Pine - who plays Peter Parker/Spider-Man - is twice referred to as 'Spider-Man' more than a decade earlier in the 2006 movie, Just My Luck (2006).

This is Liev Schreiber's 3rd animated film, after My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) and Isle of Dogs (2018), the latter of which also released in 2018.

(at around 22 mins) When Miles first meets Spider-Man, he watches amazed as he swings around the collider. Later, when Miles gets more confident in his abilities, he performs the exact same swing (with his own flair) (at around 1h 30 mins).

(at around 1h 25 mins) As the Spider-gang anxiously plan their break-in into Kingpin's mansion, Peni's robot flashes the Japanese word for "I'm scared."

(at around 1h 2 mins) Spider-Ham's joke about having wet hands comes from a skit by voice actor/comedian John Mulaney about being sweaty all the time (Kid Gorgeous Special, April 2018).

(at around 1h 22 mins) When Miles breaks out of the chair in his room, the word "ZAP" appears on screen, but only if you pause it at the right time.

Co-writer Rodney Rothman became co-director in late 2017 as the film entered post-production.

This was the 19th theatrical film produced by Sony Animation.

Spider-Ham's nostrils are roughly teardrop shaped, much like his eyes and those of most of the other Spider-Men.

When we are first introduced to Peter Parker, it's shown he made a Christmas album. However when we are introduced to Peter B. Parker: he doesn't have a Christmas album and does the breaking of the glass at his wedding implying that Peter B is Jewish.

By January, 2021-- a little over two years after its release-- five actors from this film had joined the live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe in different roles: at Comic Con in July of 2019, Mahershala Ali (Uncle Aaron/ The Prowler) was unveiled as the title character of Blade, while Brian Tyree Henry (Jefferson Davis) was introduced as part of the cast of Eternals (2021), playing Phastos; Kathryn Hahn (Doc Ock) joined the cast of WandaVision (2021) as Agnes/ Agatha Harkness in August, 2019; Hailee Steinfeld (Gwen Stacy/ Spider-Gwen) was confirmed as Kate Bishop/Hawkeye in Hawkeye (2021) in December, 2020 after months of speculation; and Oscar Isaac (Interesting Person #1/ Spider-Man 2099) was cast as Moon Knight (2022) in January, 2021.

This is the first animated Spider-Man film to be released in theaters.

Cast features two Oscar winners: (Mahershala Ali and Nicolas Cage) and two Oscar nominees (Hailee Steinfeld and Lily Tomlin).

Miles' father, Jefferson Davis, shares his name with the President of the Confederate States of America, the collection of eleven states that seceded from the United States during the American Civil War.

An ad in Times Square can be seen for Synchrony Bank, the company who distributes the Marvel credit card.

(at around 1h 30 mins) Gwen says that she's older than Miles by 15 months. In real life, Hailee Steinfeld who voices Gwen, is actually a year younger than Shameik Moore, who voices Miles.

This was Hailee Steinfeld's second animated film after When Marnie Was There (2014).

This was Jake Johnson's third animated film, after The Lego Movie (2014) and Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), the prior of which is also from Sony Animation.

(at around 1h 23 mins) In the Spider-Cave, Miles face reflection in the mirror matched up with Peter's old mask, but before it hadn't, which means that when his face lined up perfectly he finally became Spider Man.

In the Spider-Cave there is a costume based on the PS4 exclusive videogame, Spider-Man (2018).

(at around 1h 1 min) Before meeting the other spider people, Miles spider senses go off a split second later than both Gwen and Peter.

(at around 37 mins) When Peter B. Parker recalls how he came into Miles Morales' universe, you can see there are 5 'blobs' released when the collider blows (i.e. foreshadowing the total number of other Spider people pulled into this universe).

(at around 1h 23 mins) Miles takes his "Leap of Faith" by jumping across the "Trust Us Bank" building.

(at around 55 mins) Gwen doesn't hide the bottom half of her costume in her flashback, instead passing it off as leggings.

An advertisement for "The Mary Janes" can be seen. Gwen Stacy is a member of this band in the comics.

The first major Spider-Man movie to not be given a PG-13 rating, as it is only PG.

(at around 1h 2 mins) Spider-Man Noir is shown having a gun in his intro. Later on during the house fight, he reaches for the gun when all the villains attack.

Jake Johnson has had parts in two other Phil Lord and Christopher Miller films: he played Barry in The Lego Movie (2014) and Principal Dadier in 21 Jump Street (2012).

First Sony Pictures Animation film since Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) to receive an IMAX release.

One of the things that happened in the mix for the first time in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's career was "we started turning things quiet."

This is the first theatrical Spider-Man film to be a family film.

2018 is the third year in which Sony Animation films released more than one fully animated film, with this film coming out the same year as Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018). Previously there was 2012 (releasing The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) and Hotel Transylvania (2012)) and 2017 (with Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), The Emoji Movie (2017), and The Star (2017)).

(at around 1h 1 min) You can see "The Rose" in the bottom right corner (his picture is just black and white), one of the lesser know villains of Spider-Man. He's one of Kingpin's goons.

This was the eighth Sony Pictures Animation film to be produced in 2.35:1, after Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013), Goosebumps (2015), The Emoji Movie (2017), Peter Rabbit (2018), and Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018).

This was Kathryn Hahn's second Sony Animation film, after Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018), which was also released in 2018.

Sony Animation's fifth fully animated film to be produced at 2.35:1 after Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013), and The Emoji Movie (2017).

This film is in the Official Top 250 Narrative Feature Films on Letterboxd.

(at around 1h 30 mins) The word APPLESAUCE appears behind Spider-Man Noir as he knocks out Tombstone, a reference to the hard-boiled detective story dialogue his character uses throughout the film.

A restaurant named Romita Ramen can be seen, named after comic artist John Romita Sr..

(at around 34 mins) When Miles falls after trying to swing, he's laying between 4 and 2, referring to the "42" spider that bit him.

The CMYK offset is a technique taken straight from the comics, is used not for styling but to provide motion blur, depth of field, lighting, and color accents.

The interior of this train car is cycling between cars from dimensions of all the other spiders. Noir's was based on a redesign of a train car from Hotel Transylvania 3.

This marks the second time where Sony Pictures Animation released at least two or three follow-up films in between two original films with this case being Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) and Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018) between Peter Rabbit (2018) and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). The first was The Smurfs 2 (2013), Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013), and Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015) between Hotel Transylvania (2012) and Goosebumps (2015).

This film along with Rango (2011) are the only animated films of the 2010s that won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature that are not from either Walt Disney Animation Studios or Pixar.

The colors of the spiders that bit RIPeter and Burrito Peter are different, to emphasize the two living on different universes. Mix pink and blue and you get purple. Mix green and red and you get yellow. These mixed colors are seen in the spiders' legs.

Peter B. Parker has a crooked nose just like Jake Johnson who voices him.

Sony Animation's fourth fully animated film to be subtitled after The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012), Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018).

Sony Animation's fifth film to be subtitled after The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012), Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018), and Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018).

(at around 33 mins) Miles hits telephone wires when trying to swing for the first time. Most people would be shocked by this, but he isn't due to his ability to channel electricity.

(at around 1h 23 mins) Even before the glass breaks on the "Leap of Faith" that Miles is terrified - he crawled down several floors so he's not jumping from the very top of the building.

The dimension hopping Peter is worn out and older so his web-shooters mirror his degraded nature.

Post Malone: (at around 29 mins) the guy who says "Yeah, I think it's a Banksy."

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