So Many Spiders, So Little Time
While it has yet to be released, Sony’s animated Spider-Man crossover flick appears to be generating quite a large amount of positive buzz due to the diverse cast of wall-crawlers and it’s tongue-in-cheek narrative. Apparently, that’s enough for the studio to push forward not only with a sequel, but also an upcoming spin-off series set to focus on fan-favorite character Spider-Gwen. Seems like the spider-fever isn’t going away anytime soon!
According to an article on Empire –
There has been plenty of positive buzz about Sony’s new animated, Marvel-adjacent adventure Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. And the studio is clearly enthusiastic too, as it has already started finding people to work on both a sequel and a spin-off.
With just a couple of weeks left until Spider-Verse is loosed upon the wider world, with its story of Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), a Spidey living and hero-ing in an alternate universe meeting some of his fellow web-slinging types and teaming up to save all their realities from a nefarious, cross-dimensional scheme.
Sony has hired Avatar: The Last Airbender TV/DC video ‘toon veteran Joaquim Dos Santos to direct the follow-up, which has its plot details naturally shrouded in mystery for now but will be hinted at in the first film.
Then there’s the even more nebulous spin-off, with The Hollywood Reporter hearing that Lauren Montgomery, who has worked on Voltronand, like De Santos, with the DC animation team, is making a deal to tackle the spin-off, a female character-focused story likely anchored by Hailee Steinfeld’s Spider-Gwen. Bek Smith, a writer on US TV series Zoo, is on script duty for that one.
Let’s hope all this confidence is warranted in regards to Into The Spider-Verse. That being said, given how the elsewhere Spider-Men have always been one of the most interesting aspects of the Spidey-lore, we’d still be up to see a Spider-Gwen series hit the small screen even if the first film flops, especially if it features that epic animation!
Be sure to check the video below to see our picks for the Top 10 Spider-Men Who Aren’t Peter Parker.
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