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WELCOME TO THE SPIDER-VERSE

Miles Morales is a young teenager from Brookyln. He’s a bright kid who’s been accepted into an elite new school and is having a hard time adjusting to a more rigorous academic environment. When a chance encounter in an enormous Collider room brings Miles face to face with Spider-Man battling the Green Goblin, Miles is unexpectedly thrust into an epic journey of self discovery to become the all-new Spider-Man. As multiple universes collide, Spider-Men, -Women, and Swine help mentor Miles as he leaps into becoming the best version of Spider-Man he can be and battles the ultimate crime lord, Kingpin, and his henchmen to save New York City. SPIDER-MAN/PETER B. PARKER He may look like Peter Parker, but this Peter is older and years of Super Hero life have taken…

WELCOME TO THE SPIDER-VERSE

SPINNING THE WEB THE EVOLUTION OF SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

How long has it taken to create Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse? PETER RAMSEY: I think Phil Lord started writing the script as early as 2015, and I first heard about it that Spring. The film was in preproduction since the start of 2016 and has been at full speed ever since. Things change a lot in the animation world, and we had a pretty short time in which to make the film. The process has been very fast, especially for a movie as complex as this one. We’ve had to come up with new technology from the ground up so that we could make the movie in the first place. The traditional model for a film like this was to have about four to five years in production, with longer…

SPINNING THE WEB THE EVOLUTION OF SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

THE ULTIMATE COMICS UNIVERSE

In 2000, Marvel Comics began releasing a brand new, separate imprint – Ultimate Comics – in an attempt to make comics more appealing and accessible to newcomers. Set in a different reality to regular Marvel Comics continuity, the Ultimate comics were back-to-basics reboots of major Marvel characters such as the X-Men, the Avengers (known here as The Ultimates), and Spider-Man. Written by Brian Michael Bendis, Ultimate Spider-Man, the first Ultimate comic, retold the story of Peter Parker (a.k.a. Spider-Man) starting with his Super Hero origin, but in a modern way, appealing to a contemporary audience. Spider-Man’s original 11-page origin story in 2000 was told over seven compelling issues. Writer Bendis and artist Mark Bagley would continue their run on the series for 111 issues, the longest continuous run on a…

THE WORLD OF MILES MORALES

“EINSTEIN SAID TIME WAS RELATIVE, RIGHT? MAYBE I’M NOT LATE. MAYBE YOU GUYS ARE EARLY?”- MILES MORALES ACTOR SHAMEIK MOORE (MILES MORALES): “The old school Spider-Man fans that love the old animated series back in the day are going to get their Peter Parker/Spider-Man, but we also sauce it up and we bring Miles Morales to the forefront.” JUSTIN K. THOMPSON, PRODUCTION DESIGNER: When we started talking about featuring Miles Morales in a film, it was a way to break from what had been done before and gave us the license to do something different. Miles’ world is technically and literally in a different universe than Peter Parker’s world. It freed up all the baggage and the canon of all the films and versions that had been done before. Not…

THE WORLD OF MILES MORALES

MILES MORALES PROFILE

COMIC HISTORY: Created by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli, Miles Morales made his comic debut in 2011’s Ultimate Fallout #4, part of Marvel Comics’ Ultimate line of comics (which have a different continuity to the regular Marvel line). POWERS: In the Ultimate Comics, Miles was bitten by a genetically engineered spider and developed a wide range of powers which were mostly similar to Peter Parker’s – such as strength, agility, wall-crawling, and a spider-sense. Miles does possess his own unique powers too, including a camouflaging ability and also a venom strike. After the death of Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Miles takes on the Spider-Man identity, and his life becomes entangled with the friends, family, and enemies of his predecessor, including Aunt May, Gwen Stacy, Venom, and several Super Heroes. RECENT TIMES:…

“YOU KNOW, WITH GREAT ABILITY COMES GREAT ACCOUNTABILITY!”- JEFFERSON DAVIS BOB PERSICHETTI, DIRECTOR: Miles Morales has a supporting cast of family members including his dad, Jefferson, and Uncle Aron. We had a list of actors that we were looking at using. Brian Tyree Henry was someone we were looking at for both characters because he is so talented. Then we had Mahershala Ali. We had just seen him in Moonlight and how he related to the young kid; we saw a lot of parallels. We approached Mahershala about playing the role of Aaron, never thinking he would actually be interested in doing it. We gave a whole presentation and pitch to him and he said “Yes” there and then. His agent was there and was shocked that he was saying…

BRING ON THE GOOD GUYS

Peter Ramsey, Director, on the heroes of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse… I don’t think there was a specific mandate as to who we should include, but making a movie about the Spider-Verse and all of the characters you can encounter is part of the fun. I wasn’t privy to all of those really early decisions, but having said that, Spider-Gwen is super popular. Spider-Man Noir has been very popular. Spider-Ham is a little more obscure, but we wanted to see if we could get away with including such a wild character if we could. As for the actual Spider-Verse characters, I think it was just taking the most visible ones and then using them to flesh out this whole idea of the different universes. Obviously, the main story of Miles…

BRING ON THE GOOD GUYS

“I BROKE MY BACK, A DRONE FLEW INTO MY FACE, I BURIED AUNT MAY, MY WIFE AND I SPLIT UP. BUT I HANDLED IT LIKE A CHAMPION.”- PETER B. PARKER JUSTIN K. THOMPSON, PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Spider-Man is great! He’s one of the best characters ever created. Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created a character that is so relatable and timeless. There have always been bullies and people that are stronger and faster than you, but the idea of Spider-Man is that the character who is not supposed to be the hero becomes the hero. BOB PERSICHETTI, DIRECTOR: Jake Johnson plays Peter B. Parker in our movie. Phil [Lord] had worked with him a little bit before, so in the first draft of the script, the voice being written for Peter…

PETER PARKER PROFILE

Having been bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter Parker developed super human powers, including super strength, speed and agility, the ability to cling to walls or ‘wall-crawl’, and a sixth sense known as his ‘spider-sense’ which alerts him to any immediate danger. He sewed his own costume to hide his identity and, having genius level intellect, invented his own web shooters, allowing him to swing through the city. Peter Parker was first introduced to comic book readers in Amazing Fantasy #15. Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko in 1962, the character’s popularity soon saw him star in his own series: The Amazing Spider-Man in 1963, along with numerous spin-offs and concurrent titles.…

“ONE DAY THIS WEIRD THING HAPPENED. AND I MEAN REALLY WEIRD!”-GWEN STACY JUSTIN K. THOMPSON, PRODUCTION DESIGNER: I was adamant that Gwen had to reflect the Robbi Rodriguez art style from the comic and be white and black in a world full of color. When you see Gwen’s world, it’s a different universe. Spider-Man Noir absorbs light, but Gwen always rejects it somewhat because of the brightness of her costume. I wanted her to be the most capable of all of the Spider-People. There’s a power and sophistication and poise in her. DEAN GORD0N, ART DIRECTOR: Gwen is like a ghost when she’s in her costume. She does react to light, but much less so than other characters do. She maintains an almost white silhouette with black accents. BOB PERSICHETTI,…

SPIDER-GWEN PROFILE

Hailing from an alternative Earth, Spider-Gwen is the result of what happened when Gwen Stacy was bitten by a radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker. In the comics, she took on the mantle of Spider-Woman, is colloquially (and more popularly) known as Spider-Gwen. She has the same powers as Peter Parker, including the proportionate strength and agility of a spider, sticking to walls, and spider-sense. She also has strong detective and analytical skills. Spider-Gwen made her first appearance in Edge of Spider-Verse #2, part Spider-Man’s Spider-Verse storyline ‘Spider-Verse’. She was created by Jason Latour and Robbi Rodriguez.…

SPIDER-MAN NOIR

“SOMETIMES I LET MATCHES BURN DOWN TO MY FINGERS TO FEEL SOMETHING. ANYTHING.”- SPIDER-MAN NOIR “YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF MUGS COMING AT YOU. I’M TALKING HARD BOYS, REAL BISCUIT BOXERS.”- SPIDER-MAN NOIR DEAN GORDON, ART DIRECTOR: Spider-Man Noir comes from a black and white film noir universe. He reacts to light, but not to color. When he comes into Miles’ colorful universe, he remains black and white. The lighting is stylized on him in the same dramatic way he would be drawn in a comic book. JUSTIN K. THOMPSON, PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Spider-Man Noir is from the 1930s. Comics back then were printed in black and white, and also didn’t have the fidelity of comics today. So he needed to be grainier and the dots are bigger, and…

SPIDER-MAN NOIR

SPIDER-MAN NOIR PROFILE

Spider-Man Noir (or simply The Spider-Man, as he is known in his world) lurks in the shadows of Depression-era New York as a feared vigilante. He has similar powers and abilities to Peter Parker, though his webbing is organic and shot from the wrists. He makes use of a mask made with aviator glasses that his uncle used in The First World War, and a Kevlar costume that protects against bullets and explosions. Not only does he have a vast network of connections among the gangs in the city, but he is proficient in firearms, severely injuring, and sometimes even killing his enemies. He was created by David Hine, Fabrice Sapolsky, and Carmine Di Giandomenico in 2009 for a four-part miniseries, after which the character has made several appearances.…

PENI PARKER AND SP //dr

“I AM FROM NEW YORK IN THE YEAR 3145. I HAVE A PSYCHIC LINK WITH A SPIDER THAT LIVES INSIDE MY ROBOT. OBVIOUSLY.” JOSH BEVERIDGE, SENIOR ANIMATION SUPERVISOR: Peni has become one of my favorite characters because she is so completely different from anything I’ve ever animated before. She’s heavily influenced by anime. I wanted to make her feel like she’s from an anime world. However that in and of itself is a whole genre and doesn’t mean any one thing. Just like in comic books, there’s no such thing as one comic book style. There’s a pretty wide gamut of styles and influences being used in this film. There’s no one specific comic book we were looking at. We had our favorite types of anime that we used as…

PENI PARKER AND SP //dr

PENI PARKER AND SP//DR PROFILE

In the comics, Peni’s father piloted the SP//dr suit until he was killed in action. Due to the genetic requirements to become SP//dr, Peni was the only worthy candidate. Her Uncle Ben and Aunt May, scientists who developed the suit, introduced her to the radioactive spider that needed to bite her to give her the powers to use the suit. The suit itself has most of the same powers as Spider-Man, such as web-shooting and incredible agility, plus the strength of a robotic exoskeleton. Peni also has a psychic link with the spider that bit her, allowing the spider to take control of her mind if her will is ever compromised. Created by Gerard Way and Jake Wyatt, Peni Parker and her robot persona SP//dr first appeared in Edge of…

“I JUST WASHED MY HANDS, THAT’S WHY THEY’RE WET. NO OTHER REASON.”- SPIDER-HAM “UNCLE FRANK FURTER WAS ELECTROCUTED. IT SMELLED SO GOOD…”- SPIDER-HAM JUSTIN K. THOMPSON, PRODUCTION DESIGNER: As a fan, I was so thrilled getting to include Spider-Ham in the film. He’s such a pure fan-favorite character. Making movies is hard work - no movie is easy - but on my darkest days all I need to do is see Spider-Ham, and I’m ready to go again! He is such a fun cartoon character vs. the gritty realism of Spider-Man Noir. The way they play off of each other feeds into their characters. It’s not just an excuse to do a different style, Spider-Ham is a funny character who contrasts with a guy who has a gun and is…

SPIDER-HAM PROFILE

Peter Porker, also known as Spider-Ham, is a version of Spider-Man from Larval Earth, an anthropomorphic universe. In his original series, Peter was a spider who was bitten by May Porker, an anthropomorphic pig scientist who was experimenting with an atomic hairdryer. This transformed Peter into Spider-Ham! Spider-Ham has all the same powers as Peter Parker. Created by Tom DeFalco and Mark Armstrong, Spider-Ham first appeared in a humorous one-shot parody comic book titled Marvel Tails Starring Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham #1 together with Captain Americat, Hulk Bunny, and Goose Rider. Spider-Ham later starred in his own his own ongoing title, Peter Porker, The Spectacular Spider-Ham.…

BRING ON THE BAD GUYS

Peter Ramsey, Director, on the villains of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse… “By the time I joined the team, Phil [Lord] had already written a couple of drafts of the script and the bad guys that we were going to use had pretty much been decided on – so there wasn’t too much shuffling around of which characters were going to be where. It was more a question of taking some of Spider Man’s best known villains and seeing what happens when you have the opportunity to visualize them in a completely different universe. “Some of the villains are really different in Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and some of them are pretty close to what is in the comics. We had the chance to use Scorpion, for example, but had…

BRING ON THE BAD GUYS

FROM THE SCRIPT: DAZED, SPIDER MAN LOOKS UP AND SEES A LANKY OPPONENT IN PURPLE MASK AND SUIT WEARING MECHANIZED GLOVES AND BOOTS. IT’S THE PROWLER. JUSTIN K. THOMPSON, PRODUCTION DESIGNER: With the Prowler, I wanted the gloves and the character to look like a classic Prowler character that people are familiar with, but if I was going to make the outfit as a cosplay, how would I make them? If I wanted to actually kill people, how would I do it?…

In his various incarnations, Prowler is a masked criminal and thief who uses gadgets and inventions to cause mayhem. In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, resourceful cat burglar Prowler comes equipped with powerful gloves and boots and his own motorbike – possibly all created by himself. In the Marvel comics, several different versions of Prowler have appeared in the main universe since 1969. Most relevant to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the Ultimate Comics version who brought extra special challenges into Miles Morales’ life – he debuted in Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #1 in 2011.…

PETER RAMSEY, DIRECTOR: It was great that Miles Morales’ own Marvel comic already set up different looks for villains like the Green Goblin. It meant that we could take liberties too! Sometimes I wanted to go classic with certain villains… but having a twenty-two foot Goblin was just fun!” FROM THE SCRIPT: …PAN TO REVEAL GREEN GOBLIN, A 25’ BEAST WITH MASSIVE WINGS. HE UNFURLS A BIG BLUE TONGUE……

GREEN GOBLIN COMICS BIO

Green Goblin is one of Spider-Man’s most iconic villains – in the comics and the movies. Originally, his alter ego was Norman Osborn, the crazed father of one of Peter Parker’s best friends, Harry, but the character has been through several incarnations and identities. Green Goblin is one of Spider-Man’s oldest foes, having made his debut in 1964’s The Amazing Spider-Man #14. In the Ultimate Comics universe of Miles Morales, Norman Osborn’s Green Goblin becomes a more monstrous and powerful creature.…

BOB PERSICHETTI, DIRECTOR: Kingpin is a New York crime boss. Armed with a gang of villains and 21st century science and technology, Kingpin threatens not just Peter Parker but Miles Morales and all that they love. Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and beyond are at risk of being sucked into a black hole and squeezed to the size of a pinprick. We wanted to make Kingpin the walking embodiment of that black hole so we just leaned into Bill Sienkiewicz’s comic book illustrations pushing his massive scale and dressing him in a black suit. JUSTIN K. THOMPSON PRODUCTION DESIGNER: I’ve always loved how big Kingpin was in the comics. For Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, I decided he would be an eight-foot block of stone, and we weren’t going to explain why. That’s…

KINGPIN COMICS BIO

Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. Kingpin, is literally New York’s biggest crime boss. He may not actually have powers, but he is an intimidating and powerful individual. He only has one weakness – his family – but his love for them could spell the end of New York… Created by Stan Lee and John Romita Sr., Kingpin made his comic book debut in The Amazing Spider-Man #50 in 1967. Initially introduced as a foe for Spider-Man, Kingpin has also made life very difficult for other Marvel Super Heroes including Daredevil.…

FROM THE SCRIPT: SUDDENLY A LIMO PULLS UP TO THE BUILDING, AND WHO SHOULD WALK OUT BUT KINGPIN, FLANKED BY TOMBSTONE… JUSTIN K. THOMPSON: Tombstone is such a great mobster comic book thug. He was fun to design because I was able to keep him the way he is in the comics, where in a live action film he would just turn into a guy who happens to be an albino.…

FROM THE SCRIPT: DGWEN AND MILES FIGHT DOC OCK, TAG TEAMING GWEN IS IMPRESSED BY MILES. SUDDENLY, ONE OF OCK’S TENTACLE BEAMS HITS GWEN HARD AND SHE FALLS BACK… DEAN GORDON, ART DIRECTOR: Doc Ock doesn’t have special lighting, but she has special materials. With the robotic arms, they are made of materials that actually exist in the world today called soft robotics. It almost looks like a transparent rubbery material that moves. So rather than having the regular metal and glass robotic arms, we have these softer moving arms that have translucence to them. We have to make that work in every shot. They are not transparent and they are not opaque, they’re something in between and we always have to maintain that, because you can actually see through…

DOCTOR OCTOPUS COMICS PROFILE

Doctor Otto Octavius, otherwise known as the villainous Doctor Octopus (or Doc Ock), first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #3 in 1963, becoming one of the web-slinger’s first and most iconic enemies. The mad scientist is a genius in atomic physics, with a Ph. D. in nuclear science, making him one of the foremost experts in the field in the Marvel comics universe. After exposure to atomic radiation, Otto gained psychokinetic control over the four metal arms that extend from a harness he wears on his torso. Stronger and faster than human arms, he can easily go toe-to-toe with Spider-Man, even controlling them over far distances. Originally a male character, Doctor Octo was created by the same legends behind Spider-Man: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko.…

ANIMATING THE SPIDER-VERSE

“NO NO NO N0! THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING. IT’S JUST PUBERTY.”- MILES MORALES JOSH BEVERIDGE, SENIOR ANIMATION SUPERVISOR Can you tell us about your responsibilities as animation supervisor on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse? JOSH BEVERIDGE: The responsibilities shift depending on where we are at in production, but the overriding aim of my job is to push the character animation to be the best it can be. My day-to-day challenges include making sure the characters are consistent and helping to ensure the performances match the director’s vision. I’m basically a cheerleader for animation. I’ve been working on the film since 2016 helping to interpret the designs and paintings into animation. We have a bold, different visual style to this movie. It took over a year for us to develop that technology.…

ANIMATING THE SPIDER-VERSE

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