Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is an American computer-animated superhero movie released in 2023. It is about the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales / Spider-Man. The movie is produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel. It is distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The movie is the first of a two-part sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). It is set in a shared multiverse of alternate universes called the "Spider-Verse". The movie is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson. Shameik Moore is the voice of Morales. Other actors include Oscar Isaac, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, and Issa Rae.
Production
Sony began developing Across the Spider-Verse before Into the Spider-Verse release in 2018. The focus of the movie is on the relationship between Morales and Steinfeld's Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman. The movie was announced in November 2019. Animation work began in June 2020. The title of the movie was revealed in December 2021.
Release
The movie is released in the United States on June 2, 2023, delayed from an initial April 2022 date due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A third movie, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, is set to be released in March 2024. A female-focused spin-off movie is also in development.
Main Cast
Shameik Moore as Miles Morales / Spider-Man: A teenage graffiti artist who took over as Spider-Man after the death of his universe's Peter Parker.
Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman: A superheroine from another universe who is a drummer in a rock band.
Jason Schwartzman as Jonathan Ohnn / Spot: A man whose body is covered in interdimensional portals.
Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker / Spider-Man:An older, disheveled version of Spider-Man from another universe who was a mentor to Miles. Parker now has a daughter named Mayday with Mary Jane Watson, whom he reconnected with at the end of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).
Oscar Isaac as Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099:A Spider-Man from an alternate future and the leader of the Spider-Force, a group of Spider-people from alternate worlds, whom Isaac described as "the one Spider-Man that doesn't have a sense of humor". The production team nicknamed him "Property Damage Spider-Man" due to the amount of damage that he leaves in his wake.
Issa Rae as Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman: A Spider-Woman from an alternate universe who is pregnant.
Daniel Kaluuya as Hobart "Hobie" Brown / Spider-Punk: A British punk rock Spider-Man from Camden who plays the electric guitar.
Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis: Miles's father and a police officer who disapproves of Spider-Man's vigilante actions.
Luna Lauren Velez as Rio Morales: Miles's mother who is a nurse.
Greta Lee as Lyla: Miguel's AI assistant.
Rachel Dratch as the counselor at Miles's school.
Jorma Taccone as the Vulture: A Renaissance-inspired criminal with an Italian accent. Taccone previously voiced Norman Osborn / Green Goblin in the first movie.
Shea Whigham as George Stacy: Gwen's father who is a police captain.
References
2020s animated movies
2020s English-language movies
2023 superhero movies
3D movies
African-American superhero movies
American action comedy movies
American animated movies
American sequel movies
American teen movies
Computer-animated movies
IMAX movies
Movies produced by Avi Arad
Spider-Man movies
SSU movies
Upcoming sequel movies