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- **Miles Morales**[src]

***Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse*** is an American animated superhero film based on the Marvel Comics characters of the same name. It is the first film and installment in the Spider-Verse Saga. The film was released on December 1, 2018 internationally and on December 14, 2018 in the United States.

The film was directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman and stars Shameik Moore as Miles Morales/Spider-Man, Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man, Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman, Mahershala Ali as Aaron Davis/Prowler and Liev Schreiber as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin.

The film received widespread praise from critics for its animation, characters, story, voice acting, and humor. The film won Best Animated Feature at the 91st Academy Awards—being the first non-Disney/Pixar film to win the award since *Rango* (2011) and was similarly successful at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, the 72nd British Academy Film Awards, and the 46th Annie Awards.

The film spawned two sequels: *Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* in 2023 while a third film is currently in production.

## Synopsis

In an alternate universe, Miles Morales is an intelligent teenager from Brooklyn who struggles to live up to his father's expectations and the stress of attending an elite New York City boarding school. However, his life drastically changes once he is bitten by a radioactive spider, mutating him into the new, soon-to-be-only Spider-Man of his reality after the death of the E-1610 Peter Parker. Eventually, he meets Peter Parker, the Spider-Man from our universe, who decides to take Miles under his wing to help him control his newfound abilities so he can continue the legacy of the dead Spider-Man. However, after this universe's Kingpin plans to reactivate a machine that can create a black hole in New York City and possibly the multiverse, the dynamic duo needs to team up with four alternate versions of the titular character to save not only Miles' universe but also ours as well.

## Plot

In a similar universe from our own, Puerto Rican teenager Miles Morales struggles to live up to the expectations of his father, police officer Jefferson Davis, who sees the local Spider-Man as a menace. Miles adjusts to prep school, and visits his uncle Aaron Davis, who takes him to an abandoned subway station to paint graffiti. Miles is bitten by a radioactive spider and gains spider-like abilities similar to Spider-Man. Returning to the station, Miles discovers a collider built by Wilson Fisk, who hopes to access parallel universes to bring back his late wife and son, whose deaths he blames on Spider-Man. Miles watches as Spider-Man attempts to disable the collider while fighting Wilson's henchmen, Green Goblin and the Prowler.

Spider-Man saves Miles, but Green Goblin shoves Spider-Man into the collider, causing an explosion that kills Goblin and severely wounds Spider-Man. Spider-Man gives Miles a USB flash drive designed to disable the collider, warning that the machine could destroy the city if reactivated. After watching in horror as Wilson kills Spider-Man, Miles flees with Prowler in pursuit, eventually getting away from him. As the city mourns Spider-Man's death, Miles tries to honor his legacy and become the new Spider-Man after hearing a motivational speech from Spider-Man's wife. While trying out his newfound abilities, he inadvertently damages the drive. At Spider-Man's grave, Miles meets Peter Benjamin Parker, the one and only Spider-Man, who had just become older and worn-down version of himself after he divorced from his wife Mary Jane Watson following the dead of his Aunt May yeas ago. Upon meeting him, Peter discovers that Miles has abilities similar to his own, Peter also discovers that the kid has the ability to emit bio-electric bursts called "venom-blasts" after being accidentally knock out by the latter.

After waking up, Peter reluctantly agrees to train Miles in exchange for help stealing data to create a new drive. They infiltrate Wilson's research facility, and Miles discovers he has the power to turn invisible. They are confronted by mad scientist Olivia Octavius, who discovers that Peter will die from cellular decay if he remains in their dimension. Revealing herself as this dimension's Doctor Octopus, they were chased through the laboratory and surrounding forest by Octavius, Miles and Peter are saved by another version of Gwen Stacy, a Spider-Woman from another dimension. They then visit the deceased Spider-Man's aunt, May Parker, who is sheltering more Spider-people from other dimensions – Spider-Man Noir, Peni Parker, and Spider-Ham – who are also deteriorating. Miles offers to disable the collider so the others can return home, but after questioning and testing him, they tell him that he lacks experience.

Distraught, Miles retreats to Aaron's home, where he discovers Aaron is the Prowler. Miles returns to May's house, where Peni has completed the new drive; he is followed by Wilson, Prowler, Octavius, Scorpion, and Tombstone. In the ensuing brawl, Miles reveals his identity to Aaron just as Aaron corners him. Unwilling to kill his own nephew, Aaron spares Miles, but is fatally shot by Wilson. Miles flees with Aaron, who tells him to keep going before dying. Jefferson arrives on the scene and Miles escapes, leading Jefferson to mistake Spider-Man as Aaron's murderer. The heroes regroup with a distraught Miles at his dorm room. Peter restrains Miles to ensure his safety and leaves with the others, choosing to sacrifice himself by staying behind and deactivating the collider.

Jefferson arrives outside Miles' door and, assuming Miles does not want to speak to him, apologizes for his mistakes and inspires Miles. Miles then manages to control his powers, escapes his restraints, and creates his own Spider-Man suit with May's help. He joins the heroes, defeating Wilson's enforcers and using the new drive to send them home. Wilson fights Miles, attracting the attention of Jefferson, who realizes that Spider-Man isn't the menace he saw him as. Jefferson encourages Miles, who subdues Wilson with his venom-blast and throws him at the kill switch, destroying the collider. Wilson and his henchmen are arrested for their crimes and Jefferson recognizes the new Spider-Man as a hero while receiving evidence of Wilson's murders of Peter and Aaron.

Miles embraces the responsibilities of his new life, while the heroes return to their lives in their own dimensions as Peter Parker is preparing himself to mend his relationship with Mary Jane. Meanwhile, in another dimension, Miguel O'Hara created the gizmo and used it to travels to Earth-67 in order to recruit its Spider-Man but instead end up arguing with the latter.

## Cast

**Main Cast:**

* Shameik Moore as Miles Morales/Spider-Man
* Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man
* Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman
* Mahershala Ali as Aaron Davis/Prowler
* Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis
* Lily Tomlin as May Parker
* Luna Lauren Velez as Rio Morales
* Zoë Kravitz as Mary Jane Parker
* John Mulaney as Peter Porker/Spider-Ham
* Kimiko Glenn as Peni Parker/SP//dr
* Nicolas Cage as Peter Parker/Spider-Man Noir
* Kathryn Hahn as Olivia Octavius/Doctor Octopus
* Liev Schreiber as Wilson Fisk/Kingpin

**Others**:

* Chris Pine as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
* Natalie Morales as Miss Calleros
* Edwin H. Bravo as "Brooklyn Visions Security Guard"
* Oscar Isaac as "Interesting Person #1"
* Greta Lee as "Interesting Person #2"
* Stan Lee as Stan
* Jorma Taccone as Green Goblin / "Last Dude"
* Joaquín Cosio as Scorpion
* Marvin Jones III as Tombstone
* Lake Bell as Vanessa Fisk
* (more characters...)

## Appearances

### Locations

* Multiverse
	+ E-1610
		- Earth
		- United States of America
		- New York
		- New York City
			* Brooklyn
				+ Brooklyn Bridge
				+ Brooklyn Visions Academy
			* Fisk Tower
			* Saint Patrick's Cathedral
			* Williamsburgh Savings Bank

* Queens
	+ Forest Hills
	+ Aunt May's House
		- Spider-Cave
* Manhattan
* Times Square
* Staten Island (Mentioned)
* Hudson Valley
	+ Alchemax Labs

* E-616
	+ Earth
		- United States of America
			* New York
			* New York City
				+ Brooklyn
				+ Peter Parker's Apartment
					- Peter's Shed (Mentioned)
					- TGI Spideys

* E-65
	+ Earth
		- United States of America
			* New York
			* New York City
* E-90214
	+ Earth
		- United States of America
			* New York
			* New York City
* E-14512
	+ Earth (First appearance)
		- United States of America
		- New York
* E-8311
	+ Earth
		- New York City
* E-928
	+ Earth
		- United States of America
		- Nueva York
		- Babylon Towers
* E-67
	+ Earth
		- United States of America
		- New York
		- New York City
	+ Web of Life and Destiny

### Collider Crisis

* Fight for the Super-Collider
* Assassination of Peter Parker
	+ Chase of Miles Morales
	+ Funeral of Peter Parker

* Infiltration at Alchemax
* Fight at Alchemax
* Duel at the Parker Residence
* Fight at the Collider

### Items

* Spider-Men's Suit
	+ Iron Spider Suit
	+ Dusk Suit
	+ Spider-Woman Suit
	+ SP//dr robot
	+ Spider-Ham Suit
* Doc Ock's Tentacles
* Prowler Suit
* Spider-Mobile
* Spider-Popsicle
* Leopardon  (Drawing)
* Multiversal Travel Watch
	+ Multiversal Gizmo
* Web-Shooters
	+ Web Fluid
* True Life Tales of Spider-Man
* Spidey-O's Cereal
* Peter Parker's Glasses
* Shocker's Vibro Gauntlets (Photo)
* Flags
	+ Flag of Canada
	+ Flag of Japan
	+ Flag of Brazil
	+ Flag of Netherlands
	+ Flag of Turkey
	+ Flag of Germany
	+ Flag of France
	+ Flag of Italy
	+ Flag of Iceland
	+ Flag of Sweden
	+ Flag of Greece
	+ Flag of of Jamaica
	+ Flag of United Kingdom

### Vehicles

* Spider-Mobile
* Spider-Cycle
* Web-Jet (Mentioned)
* Train
* Cars
* Bus
* Trucks
* Bicycles
* RV

### Races and Species

* Humans
* Pigeons
* Dinosaur (Plushie)
* Spider (Recap Only)

### Organizations

* Coca-Cola
* Daily Bugle
* Alchemax (Mentioned)
* Koca-Soda
* Daily Bugle
* National News Channel
* Alchemax
* Mary Janes (Indirectly Mentioned)
* Daily Beagle (Mentioned)
* Spider-Gang

### Mentioned

* Issac Newton (Name only)
* Ben Parker
* May Parker
* Benjamin Parker
* Vulture
* Venom
* Benjamin Parker
* Cindy Moon (Name only)
* Dan Rock (Name only)
* Ez Ekiel (Name)
* William Bradock (Name only)
* Jessica Drew (Name)
* Karn (Name only)
* Momica Chang (Name only)
* Brian Michael Bendis (Name only)
* Sara Pichelli (Name only)
* Rayshaun Lucas (Name only)
* Jason Reynolds (Name only)
* Steve Ditko (Earth-1610) (Name only)
* Gloria Morales 9Earth-1610) (Name only)
* Iron Man (Deleted Scene)

## Production

### Development

Following the November 2014 hacking of Sony's computers, emails between then-Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal and president Doug Belgrad were released, saying that Sony was planning to "rejuvenate" the *Spider-Man* franchise by developing an animated comedy film with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. During her time as Sony's co-chairman, Pascal approached Lord and Miller about making an animated Spider-Man movie, to which Lord and Miller agreed with the condition that they could adapt Dan Slott's 2014 "Spider-Verse" comic book storyline and star Miles Morales as the protagonist. Sony executives were set to talk about the project further in a discussion regarding several *Spider-Man* spin-off films at a summit in January 2015. At the 2015 CinemaCon in April, Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman announced that the animated Spider-Man film had a July 20, 2018, release date, and would be produced by Lord and Miller, Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, and Pascal, with Lord and Miller also writing a treatment for the film. Rothman said that it would "co-exist" with the live-action *Spider-Man* films; though Sony soon stated that the film would "exist independently of the projects in the live-action Spider-Man universe," as it is set in an alternate universe from those films, without the version of Spider-Man as seen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

That December, Sony moved the film's release date to December 21, 2018. By June 2016, Lord had written a script for the film, and the studio chose Bob Persichetti to direct. Miller said the film would feel different from previous *Spider-Man* films, and would "stand on its own as a unique film-going experience." It was also "rumored" to focus on the Miles Morales version of Spider-Man, which Sony confirmed at a presentation for its upcoming animated films in January 2017. Peter Ramsey had joined the film as a co-director by that point. The next month, Alex Hirsch was named as a story contributor and Christina Steinberg replaced Tolmach as a producer; she previously collaborated with Ramsey on *Rise of the Guardians* (2012) while at DreamWorks Animation. In April 2017, the release date was pushed up one week from December 21, 2018, to December 14, 2018. Lord and Miller announced the film's full title in December and said that multiple Spider-Men would appear in the film. By then, Rodney Rothman, who had previously co-written the screenplay for Lord and Miller's *22 Jump Street* (2014), was added as a co-director.

### Writing

The script is credited to Lord and Rothman from a story by Lord, making it the first film Lord had written without Miller. As six Spider-Man films had been made already, the team agreed they first needed to decide why this one needed to be made; their answer was to tell the story of Morales, who had yet to appear in a film. Brian Michael Bendis, co-creator of Miles Morales, consulted on the film adaptation. The first full cut of animatics and storyboards for the film was over two hours long, which is uncommon for animated films. The directors attributed this mostly to Lord and Miller, and their approach of adding as many elements to the film as they could at the outset, with the intention of seeing what it could "handle"; and then shaping the film from there. They said that the final runtime would be between 90 and 120 minutes, the standard length of an animated film. They added that a balance would have to be found between the expectations of an animated film that will have a large audience of children, and the requirements of the story. The directors felt the plot was similar to the live-action Spider-Man films, especially due to the large number of characters in the film. One year prior to its release, Lord and Rothman opted to rewrite the story as they had to "figure out how to reshape sequences we had already boarded and animated and fold them in with new stuff"*.* They also added that they had substantially rewritten the third act.

The film was originally set to feature a romance between Miles Morales and Spider-Gwen. While the idea was scrapped, Spider-Gwen was still featured prominently in the film, mostly due to the efforts of producer Christina Steinberg. By August 2018, the directors had considered what a potential post-credits scene for the film could be, given that audiences have come to expect them from Marvel films. At one point the writers wished to include a post-credits scene with cameos by all three live-action Spider-Man actors, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland, but this was canceled as Sony felt such a moment at the time would cause confusion and be too risky. Holland recalled the scene was intended to include him as a passerby at a train station who says, "Hey, kid!" to Miles.

### Casting

Shameik Moore was cast as Miles Morales in April 2017, along with Liev Schreiber as the film's then-unspecified main villain. A month later, Mahershala Ali and Brian Tyree Henry joined the cast as Morales's uncle Aaron Davis and father Jefferson Davis, respectively. That December, Lord and Miller said that an adult Peter Parker / Spider-Man would appear in the film as a mentor to Morales. Maguire, who played Spider-Man in the Sam Raimi films, was initially considered to be cast as this version of Spider-Man, but the idea was dropped so as not to confuse the audience with the concept of the "Spider-Verse." Jake Johnson was ultimately cast in the role in April 2018. It was also announced that the characters Green Goblin, Kingpin, and Prowler would also appear, with their designs based on the Ultimate Marvel comic series.

In June 2018, Sony confirmed further casting, including Schreiber playing Kingpin, Hailee Steinfeld as Spider-Gwen, Luna Lauren Vélez as Morales's mother Rio, and Lily Tomlin as Parker's Aunt May. A month later, Nicolas Cage (who was considered for the role of Green Goblin in the first *Spider-Man* film), John Mulaney and Kimiko Glenn were announced as the voices of Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Ham and Peni Parker, respectively. Chris Pine as the Peter Parker of Miles' universe and Oscar Isaac as Spider-Man 2099 were announced in November 2018. Pine was also involved in Ramsey's previous film, *Rise of the Guardians*. Lord and Miller explained that the alternate Spider-Man characters were chosen based on the comics they had read, as well as research they conducted on Marvel Comics, with the intention of including actual characters from the comics who "were as diverse as possible."

### Music

Daniel Pemberton was announced as the film's composer in July 2018. A full soundtrack album was released by Republic Records on December 14, the day of the film's release, and was curated to represent what a teen like Miles Morales would listen to. Artists on the soundtrack include Jaden Smith, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Post Malone, Ty Dolla $ign, Juice WRLD, Swae Lee, Ski Mask the Slump God, Vince Staples, Thutmose, and the late XXXTentacion, who was marketed as a special guest on the Lil Wayne and Ty Dolla $ign song "Scared Of The Dark" . A separate album containing Pemberton's score was released by Sony Classical Records on December 17. On December 20, Sony Pictures Animation announced an extended play album, *A Very Spidey Christmas*, based on a throwaway joke at the beginning of the film and consisting of five Christmas songs performed by cast members Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, and Chris Pine. The EP was released on digital platforms the next day.

Elliphant recorded the song "To the End" for the film, where it served as the introduction music for Spider-Woman. The song was released as a single in January 2019, but was not included on the film's official soundtrack album.

### Animation and design

The film's animation was handled by Sony Pictures Imageworks in Vancouver, who had handled nearly all of Sony Pictures Animation's prior films, as well as visual effects for all prior *Spider-Man* films. According to Lord and Miller, they wanted the film to feel like the viewer had "walked inside a comic book," and were excited about telling the story in a way they believed the live action films could not. Persichetti concurred, feeling that animation was the best medium to honor the comics, allowing the production team to adapt 70-year-old comic art techniques for the film's visual language. It took around a year for two animators to create 10 seconds of footage that reflected the producers' vision; the animation work was created from there. During initial development, the directors worked with a single animator, Alberto Mielgo, to establish the film's look. Although Mielgo was let go by Sony before the movie had been significantly produced due to artistic differences, this number eventually grew to 60 animators during production. It became clear that they could not complete the film on time, so the crew was expanded further. The number had reached 142 animators by August 2018 and at one point to 177 animators, the largest animation crew that Sony Pictures Imageworks had ever used for a film. Animation work was completed in October 2018.

The CGI animation for the film was combined with "line work and painting and dots and all sorts of comic book techniques," to make it look like it was created by hand, which was described as "a living painting." This was achieved by artists taking rendered frames from the CGI animators and working on top of them in 2D, with the goal of making every frame of the film "look like a comic panel." Lord described this style of animation as "totally revolutionary," and explained that the design combines the in-house style of Sony Pictures Animation with the "flavor" of comic artists such as Sara Pichelli (who co-created Miles Morales) and Robbi Rodriguez. The film's tone and visual style also drew influence from Japanese anime and manga works such as Hayao Miyazaki films and *Akira* (1988).

To make the film feel more like a comic book, it was animated without motion blur, instead using an older technique of 2D animation called motion smearing, as seen in the 1942 *Looney Tunes* short *The Dover Boys*. The frame rate varied between 24 images (animating on ones) and 12 images (animating on twos) per second, the latter case using the same image twice. The producers described the effect as making the animation "crunchy." Sometimes, the two frame rates would be used in the same scene, such as when Miles and Peter Parker swing through the forest; Miles was animated at 12 frames to show his inexperience while Peter was animated at 24 frame to give him smoother movement. To create depth of field, another technique was used: deliberately misaligned colors, as if the colors had been slightly misprinted, as happens with ink printing in real comics. Other methods to make the film look more like a comic were halftones and Ben-Day dots to create colors, tones and gradients, crisscrossed lines to create texture and shadows, Kirby Krackle to create the illusion of energy, motion lines to show movement, and onomatopoeia, words on the image, to represent sounds and motion.

Rather than using animation principles like squash and stretch, the animators came up with substitute versions, "so that in texture and feel it felt different, but it still achieved the same goal—to either feel weight or anticipation or impact or things like that." Different comic styles were emulated throughout the film for the different characters, with Spider-Gwen's animation based on the designs in her comics, Spider-Man Noir having a black-and-white color scheme, Spider-Ham being designed as "cartoony" as possible, and Peni Parker being based on Japanese anime and manga such as *Sailor Moon*. Former Disney concept artist Shiyoon Kim served as overall character designer, while Craig Kellman designed the exaggerated look for Spider-Ham. Justin K. Thompson served as production designer after having done so on the *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* films for Lord, Miller, and Sony Pictures Animation. Danny Dimian, who had worked on both the 2002 *Spider-Man* film and the first *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* film while at Imageworks, served as visual effects supervisor for the film. He compared the approach the company took with *Spider-Verse* to the 2000 film *Hollow Man*. Animation co-director Patrick O'Keefe said that committing fully to each Spider's unique art style was like "making five movies." In-universe comic-books in the film were designed as a combination of the artwork of Steve Ditko and John Romita Jr. Chris Pine's Peter Parker's cover was designed by Keith Pollard while Erik Larsen designed the cover for Jake Johnson's Peter Parker, and Miles Morales's co-creator Sara Pichelli also contributed art for the film.

The directors all felt that the film would be one of the few that audiences actually "need" to watch in 3D, due to the immersive nature of the animated world created, and the way that the hand-drawn animation elements designed specifically for the film create a unique experience; Persichetti described the experience as a combination of the effects of an old-fashioned hand-drawn multiplane camera and a modern virtual reality environment. One scene in Aaron Davis's apartment includes an image of Donald Glover in the background, which references Glover's part in fan campaigns to see a non-white version of Spider-Man, as well as a scene from the *Community* episode "Anthropology 101" where Glover's character of Troy Barnes wakes up in Spider-Man pajamas. Glover also portrayed Aaron Davis in *Spider-Man: Homecoming* and voiced Miles in the *Ultimate Spider-Man* television series.

## Music

* *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Original Score)*
* *Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Soundtrack from & Inspired by the Motion Picture)*
* *A Very Spidey Christmas*
* In the End by Eliphant

## *Alternate Universe Mode*

Released as a bonus for certain digital and home video releases, ***Alternate Universe Mode*** is a different cut of the film, showing several scenes and storylines that were either removed from or replaced in the final version, recognizable by the unfinished state of the scenes though still complete with voice acting.

Noted differences include:

* The existence of other superheroes are referenced, specifically through the mention of Iron Man and the Bureau of Superhero Affairs.
* Miles went home to outright tell his parents that he was going to quit and "give up trying" at Brooklyn Visions Academy (before going to his Uncle Aaron's place) and went into more detail about why he wanted to; when chastised by his father, he said he would quit school and move in with his uncle.
* Ganke Lee had a much bigger role in the film:
	+ he was already friends with Miles in the beginning of the film;
	+ Ganke and Miles bonded over Ganke's music production/beat making hobby;
	+ when Miles got his powers, Ganke found Miles stuck to the ceiling in their dorm room, helped him figure out that his powers had come from the spider bite, like Spider-Man's had, and later tried to help accept and hone his new abilities;
	+ Ganke and Miles' moments in the film ended up being too long and needed to get cut;
* The radioactive spider did not bite Miles at the abandoned subway station; it was with him upon his return to school and even crawled over Ganke before the pair spotted and tried to kill the spider; the spider then bit Miles during this deleted scene.
	+ Miles also had a psychedelic dream the night of the bite that hinted at his new spider powers;
	+ aMiles' voice actor said "Roxxon" instead of Alchemax when Miles and Ganke checked the spider the next day and saw the brand on its body (despite the brand shown onscreen being 'Alchemax'), indicating that Roxxon may have originally been planned to be included in the film;
	+ Miles returned to the subway tunnel after remembering the Roxxon markings all over the tunnel walls, planning on appealing to the spider's creators to undo what was done to him (as opposed to investigating the spider like in the final product).
* Miles tried to learn about becoming Spider-Man through the "Spider-Man: The Motion Picture" movie (instead of through the Spider-Man comic books) shown to him by Ganke:
	+ the in-universe film was produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Alchemax and Will Gluck, the latter inclusion being part of an ongoing prank war between Will Gluck and the creators;
	+ the in-universe film was directed by James Cameron and featured the fictional actor Todd Crews as Spider-Man (featuring voice cameos by both James Cameron and Tom Cruise);
	+ the real in-universe Spider-Man (who was a consultant for the film and allowed the director to film his fingers to demonstrate his power) joined the commentary and explained his powers;
	+ the movie made up most of his background to not give away anything about his identity (making the movie's Spider-Man a scientist, entrepreneur, billionaire, playboy, and a public figure, though with his Spider-Man alter ego still a secret, named Durman) but kept the death of his Uncle Ben in the story.
* Kingpin gave a speech at Peter's funeral after MJ, prompting Miles to run off in horror and start going through the Spider-Man movie to learn about his new powers.
* When Miles began training with Ganke's assistance;
	+ unable to replicate Spider-Man's web-shooters, Miles and Ganke considered other alternatives such as using a fishing rod and a bullwhip with a grappling hook at the end, both of which failed;
	+ Ganke and Miles designed customized an initial suit for him that consisted of his Spider-Man costume bought from Stan, worn beneath goggles, a hoodie, a long pair of shorts, and with his footwear taped and painted over (somewhat similar to his final look but less polished);
	+ Miles' training sessions (or at least one of them) were caught on video and went somewhat viral for the failed attempts.
* Miss Calleros followed-up the personal essay she'd assigned to Miles and congratulated him on improving his grades.
* Peter B. Parker did not land in Times Square and instead awkwardly landed
* Doc Ock's survival from being hit by the truck was shown. She jumped into the Super-Collider's portal just before it imploded, with a line ("The power of the Multiverse in the palm of my hand") that was a direct reference a Doc Ock line in *Spider-Man 2*.

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### Behind the Scenes

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## Trivia

* The film's concept is loosely based on the *Spider-Man Vol 2* run of the Marvel comics, as well as the *Ultimate Spider-Man* comics, the *Spider-Men* event, and the *Spider-Verse* event.
* In 2019, it was stated that Sony was "considering making animated television shows based on characters introduced" in the film.
* To focus more on Miles and Gwen's respective introductions as separate characters, their romance subplot was scrapped from the film and will instead be explored in the sequel.
* As with most modern Marvel films prior to Lee's passing, the film featured Stan Lee cameos; he had one speaking role (as Stan) and more somewhat hidden appearances.
* A scene in *Community'*s *Anthropology 101* featuring Donald Glover wearing Spider-Man pajamas was included in the film.
	+ This was included as a nod to Miles' "origin story", where Miles' debut came around the time of the online campaign for Donald Grover to play Spider-Man in the (*The Amazing Spider-Man*) reboot (this *Community* scene itself was a reference to that movement) and Glover's Spider-Man look in the scene heavily influenced the way Miles looked in his first comic book appearance.
	+ This scene was shown playing on the TV in Aaron Davis' apartment, a character which Glover himself played in *Spider-Man: Homecoming*.
	+ Glover also voiced Miles Morales on the *Ultimate Spider-Man* animated series.
* The creative team pitched to include a scene featuring cameos by all three live-action Spider-Man actors (Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland), but this was shot down by Sony who deemed it "too soon" and to avoid any confusion.
	+ According to Tom Holland, his cameo would have been as a passerby (possibly another Peter Parker as an easter egg, though Holland hadn't been sure about the details) who would call out to Miles before it was cut.
	+ Tobey Maguire was also considered for the Peter B. Parker role.
* In the page Behind The Voice Actors of the film, Gwen Stacy was listed ***twice*** (one as Spider-Man and the other as the scene where Miles meets Gwen) despite the fact that it's the ***SAME*** character.
* The Spider-Man Popsicle image shown in the movie's opening scene was taken by @DinosaurDracula on Twitter. The Popsicle was so depressing the producers asked for his permission to feature the photo in the film.
* During pre-production the movie many prototype titles were made as it was initially going to be named as **Spider-Man: The Animated Film**, until it was later changed to **Ultimate Spider-Man: The Animated Film**, until they decided to simplified as just **The Ultimate Spider-Man**.
* The initial plot of the film seems to be completely different to what we got being more a Miles Morales standalone film than an Spider-Verse Film where many changes were made from the final product.
	+ The blond Peter died at seventeen years old and had just been Spider-Man for one year instead of ten.
	+ There is a lot of ways of how they planned to kill Blond Peter in this film.
		- The first one have Spider-Man jump to the collider where he was brutally evaporated to the point we can see how his skin leave his body ending as a corpes makes of bone. This scene would have a cameo in the final film but with the explicit scene getting cut and instead having Spider-Man falling to the ground after jumping to the collider, just to get back up.
		- Another version less explicit have Spider-Man facing Green Goblin until the latter smashed him with his fist. Spider-Man tried to get back up but he was smash to death by the Green Goblin.

## References

1. ↑ Director Rodney Rothman shares the screenplay for Into the Spider-Verse on Twitter [December 29, 2018].
2. ↑ Pixar Director Originally Voiced Ganke in Spider-Verse – /Film
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Directors Talk Deleted Scenes – /Film
4. ↑ "We have a back-and-forth prank war with our friend director @willgluckwhat who embarrassed us putting our names in Easy A among other movies." Christopher Miller on Twitter
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sony Finally Untangles Its Spider Web | Vanity Fair
6. ↑ Sony’s Chief Plans to Make Entertainment Assets a Priority - The New York Times
7. ↑ Phil Lord, Chris Miller Eye Marvel TV Series With Nine-Figure Sony Deal – The Hollywood Reporter
8. ↑ Interview: 'Into the Spider-Verse' Producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller Talk Spider-Man, Stan Lee and Reinventing the Comic Book Movie | Fandango
9. ↑ A TV comedy assured new Spidey's creator - USATODAY.com
10. ↑ New Ultimate Spider-Man Is Half-Black, Half-Latino | HuffPost
11. ↑ "We pitched the Sony brass an ambitious tag involving Spider-Ham, Tobey, Andrew, and Tom. They felt it was “too soon” #SpiderVerse #QuarantineWatchParty" / Christopher Miller on Twitter
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Tom Holland Met Miles Morales in Cut Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Cameo | Vanity Fair
13. ↑ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Q&A - Rodney Rothman - The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith)
14. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE: Tom Holland was meant to cameo in the excellent Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - here's what would have been in his cut scene..." / JOE on Twitter
15. ↑ Tobey Maguire Was Considered for ‘Spider-Verse’s Peter Parker - ScreenCrush
16. ↑ Dinosaur Dracula (@DinosaurDracula) on Twitter: Origin of sad Spider-Man Popsicle
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE ANIMATION TEST By ALBERTO MIELGO