Could you be the biggest Marvel fan? Discover 30 fun facts about Spiderman Across the Spiderverse. These fascinating ‘did you know’ facts are perfect for your next movie night.
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller revealed that they told Sony the sequel would be the same size as Into the Spider-Verse, but it ended up having the largest crew of any animated movie ever with around 1,000 people working on it. They added that it has 240 characters and takes place in six universes.
Production on the film was completed on May 20, 2023, 13 days before the U.S. release date.
At a runtime of 2 hours and 20 minutes (140 min), this is the longest American animated film to date, surpassing the previous record holder, Consuming Spirits (2012) by 4 minutes.
Fun Facts about Spiderman Across the Spiderverse
Animation department teams were named after New York City neighborhoods and streets; Chelsea, Bedford, Stonewall, Weaver, Mulberry, Flatbush and Elm.
Was originally scheduled to be released on April 8, 2022, but was delayed to October 7 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; it was later changed to June 2, 2023.
When Miles takes a tour with all the spider-people, Insomniac’s Spider-Man is shown and mentioned by text on the screen
This film marks Josh Keaton’s return voicing Spider-Man in 12 years. The last time he voiced him was in the video game Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 back in 2011.
Fun Facts about Spiderman Across the Spiderverse
When Miles is rushing to the roof party his parents are throwing, he passes by his friend Ganke who can be seen hanging out in Miles’ room playing Spider-Man 2 on his Playstation 5. The game’s version of Spider-Man, played by Yuri Lowenthal, also appears as one of the 240 Spider-Man variants seen throughout the film.
The inclusion of J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson (the character he plays in the live action films) in the voice cast gives this movie a direct link to not just the MCU but the pre-MCU Tobey Maguire Spider-Man era that started with Spider-Man (2002), 21 years earlier.
Miguel O’Hara’s theme music resembles the opening theme from Spider-Man Unlimited (1999), which was originally supposed to be a Spider-Man 2099 series, but was reworked after the release of Batman del futuro (1999).
The film is the 10th Spider-Man related film to be released in theatres.
Fun Facts about Spiderman Across the Spiderverse
This is Oscar Isaac’s fourth Marvel project after playing Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalipsis (2016), Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099 in Spider-Man: Un nuevo universo (2018), and Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Moon Knight in the TV series Caballero Luna (2022).
David Wayne Callahan was also writing on the MCU movie Shang-Chi y la leyenda de los diez anillos (2021) and Jackpot.
This is Joaquim Dos Santos’ first Marvel movie since Iron Man: El invencible (2007).
This is Joaquim Dos Santos’ first animated movie to get a theatrical release.
Fun Facts about Spiderman Across the Spiderverse
Some of the cast members have appeared in other Marvel movies and TV shows. Oscar Isaac (Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099) played Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) and Marc Spector/Steven Grant/Moon Knight in Moon Knight (TV Mini Series 2022) Hailee Steinfeld (Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman) played Kate Bishop in Hawkeye (TV Mini Series 2021) Mahershala Ali (Uncle Aaron) played Cornell “Cottonmouth” Stokes in Luke Cage (TV Series 2016-2018) and Blade in Eternals (2021) and Blade (2024),
Donald Glover (MCU Aaron Davis) played Miles Morales/Spider-Man in Ultimate Spider-Man (TV Series 2012-2017) Brian Tyree Henry (Jefferson Davis) played Phastos in Eternals (2021) Daniel Kaluuya (Hobart “Hobie” Brown/Spider-Punk) played W’Kabi in Black Panther (2018) Karan Soni (Pavitr Prabhakar/Spider-Man India) played Dolpinder in Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018) Shea Wingham (George Stacy) played Roger Dooley in Agent Carter (TV Series 2015-2016) Kathryn Hahn (Doc Ock) played Agatha Harkness in WandaVision (TV Mini Series 2021) and Agatha: Coven of Chaos (TV Series 2023-).
The first Sony Pictures Animation film to be released exclusively in theaters since The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019).
With a runtime of 140 minutes, it makes it the longest animated film ever produced by an American studio.
