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Spider-Man into the Spider-Verse Study Guide

Table of Contents

Item: Page(s):

Overview 2

Film Vocabulary 3- 6

Character & Voice Actor Bios 7 - 9

The Making of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 10 - 17

Film Facts 18

Critical Acclaim 19

Discussion Questions 20

Classroom Activities 21 - 26

Research Sources 27

Contributions 28

FILM OVERVIEW

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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

PG | 117 min | Animation, Action, Adventure | December 14, 2018 | Sony Pictures Animation

Miles Morales comes across the long-dead Peter Parker. This Peter Parker is not from his world though; he's from somewhere else in the multiverse. With Parker's guidance, Miles will become Spider-Man and through that he will become part of the ever-expanding 'Spider-Verse'.

Screenplay by:Phil LordRodney Rothman

Story by:Phil Lord

Directors:Bob PersichettiPeter RamseyRodney Rothman

Voice Actors:Shameik Moore – Miles MoralesJake Johnson – Peter B. ParkerHailee Steinfeld – Gwen StacyKimiko Glenn – Peni ParkerNicolas Cage -- Spider-Man NoirJohn Mulaney – Spider-HamLuna Lauren Velez – Rio MoralesBrian Tyree Henry – Jefferson Davis

FILM VOCABULARY Actor/Actress A person who plays the role of a character in a movie. Action A term called out by the director to start filming. (“Action!”) Action Film A fast-paced adventure movie. Agent A person responsible for the business of an actor or artist. Animated Film A movie made by a series of picture drawings or

computer graphics. Behind the Scenes The work done off-camera while making a film. Bird’s Eye View A camera shot from above as a bird would see flying over. Boom Microphone A microphone placed on an extendable rod. Boom Operator A member of the sound crew who works the boom microphone. Best Boy A person responsible for operation and equipment

in the lighting or grip departments. Blockbuster A movie that is a major success. Camera A device for recording images. Camera Crew A group of workers that operate the cameras. Camera Angle The point of view from the camera. Cameo A small part played by a famous person as a guest appearance. Cast All the actors that are in a movie. Casting The process of choosing actors for a movie. Cinematographer The person in charge of the photography and camera work . Clapboard A small board that shows the information of the

movie. It is “clapped” to start the take. Clip A brief segment from a movie. Close-up Shot A zoomed in shot that shows a person or item that fills the screen. Comedy A funny movie. Costume Designer A person who designs the costumes for a movie. Crane A large machine that lifts the camera high off the ground. Credits A list of all the people who helped make the movie. Critic A person who writes reviews of films. Cut A term used by the director to stop filming. (“Cut!”) Digital Camera

Director of Photography (DP)

A collection of digital files used to store and convey digital cinema (DC) audio, image, and data streams.The leading artist on a movie set, in charge of making the film.

Documentary Film A movie that shows real events and follows actual people. Dolly A wheeled support for the camera. Double An actor who stands in for another actor during special scenes. Drama A movie with an exciting, emotional, or unexpected storyline. Editing Choosing, arranging, and fixing clips to create a scene.

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Editor A person in charge of editing. Extra A person who appears in a movie usually as part of a crowd

or in the background of a scene. Fast Motion A shot in a movie that appears to move much

faster than other shots. Film Festival An event where multiple films are viewed and often

premiere for the first time. Some film festivals have a consistent theme throughout each film.

Filmmaking The process of making a movie from an initial idea through scriptwriting, shooting, directing, and editing.

Flashback A scene that cuts to events that happened previously. Foreign Film A movie produced outside the US. Frame A series of still photographs that create a moving picture

(movie) when viewed one after another in quick succession. Genre A category of films, defined specific elements of style, form, etc. Green Screen A green background that actors are filmed in front of that allows

computer graphics to be added later to change the background. Hair Stylist A person responsible for maintaining actors’ hairstyles

during filming. High-Angle Shot A camera angle that looks down on a character. Independent Film A movie produced by a smaller studio. Horror A scary movie. Lighting Artificial light used for various technical and artistic purposes. Lighting Crew A group of technicians who install and operate lighting. Long-Shot A camera shot from far away, usually showing the character as

very small in comparison to their surroundings. Low-Angle Shot A camera shot that looks up at a character. Make-up Artist A person in charge of actors’ make-up. Movie A series of still or moving images captured by a camera. Music Arranger Someone who adapts a musical composition for

voices and instruments to a movie. Musical A movie where singing and dancing is used as a main

form of communication. Premiere The first official showing of a movie. Prequel A movie that shows the characters and events that

took place before the setting of a previous movie. Prop Anything an actor touches or uses on the set. Pyrotechnician A member of the crew with expertise in fire or explosions. Reel A metal spool that holds film.

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Scene A series of shots used in a movie. Screenplay A script written to be produced as a movie.

Sci-Fi A movie based on an imagined future, usually relating to scientific or technological advances.

Script A written description of the film. Sequel A movie that is a continuation of the story of a previous movie Setting The time and space in which a story takes place. Set Designer The person responsible for turning the idea of the movie’s

environment into a set that can be used for filming. Slow Motion A shot in a movie that appears to move much slower than the

rest of the shots. Sound Effects Audio added by the sound crew after filming. Soundtrack The collection of songs played throughout the movie.

Spaghetti Western A western filmed in Italy, often with American leading actors.

Special Effects An artificial effect used to create an illusion in a movie.

Spoof A comedy movie that humorously mimics another movie/

Star A famous actor or actress. Steadicam A device that keeps a camera steady and makes the

shot look smoother. Storyboard Pictures created to show the ideas of a scene or movie.

Studio A company that produces films. Stunt A dangerous action performed in a movie. Stuntman A performer who fills in for actors during dangerous scenes.

Take One version of a specific shot in a movie. Talkie An early term for a film with sound and recorded voices.

Trailer A short preview for a movie. Trainer A person who works with animals to perform various

behaviors in movie. Voice-Over Artist A person hired to do the voices for animated characters.

Wacom Cintiq A device that allows a user to draw images on a tablet screen that are digitized into a computer, like electronic pen and paper.

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Western A movie about cowboys, usually set in western North America.

Wrap A phrase used by the director when finished shooting. (“That’s a wrap!”)

Writer A term for someone who creates written work for a film.

Zoom Shot A shot that magnifies an object’s size. 3-D Film A movie that uses technology to make it seem as though

you are watching it with three dimensions.

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Miles Morales – A young teenager and a Brooklyn native. He’s a bright kid who’s been thrust into a new school and is having a hard time adjusting to this new environment. But he’s having an even harder time adjusting to his entirely new and unexpected life as a Spider-Man. With the help of some surprising new friends, Miles learns to unlock the hero inside himself.

Gwen Stacy – 15 years old, she is her world’s

Spider-Woman known as Spider-Gwen! Intelligent

and quick-witted, Gwen has a sharp sense of

humor and is a natural leader. After getting pulled

from her world and thrown into Miles’, she teams

up with him to fight New York’s nefarious villains.

Peter Parker – Miles’ reluctant mentor may look

like Peter Parker, but the years of superhero life

have taken a toll on his body, leaving him a little

worse for wear these days. Peter never wanted to

be a mentor, but training Miles Morales, an all-

new Spider-Man, ends up giving Peter a new

positive outlook on life… though he is a bit jealous

of all of Miles’ newfound and unique powers!

CHARACTER PROFILES

Peni Parker – An anime girl from futuristic

Tokyo. She’s an emotional, expressive vigilante

who doesn’t wear the typical Spider-Man suit –

instead, she has a mechanical, robotic Spidey

suit that only responds to her DNA!

Spider-Man Noir – The Spider-Man of 1933, a

Peter Parker from a parallel universe, is a more

serious version of Spider-Man who fought crime

during the Great Depression in 1933. Unlike

most Spider-Men, Spider-Man Noir is only seen

in black and white and has the old-fashioned

perspective to match, which makes it harder for

him to adjust to Miles’ modern world.

Spider-Ham – It’s Spider-Man… as a cartoon

pig! Spider-Ham, aka Peter Porker, is always the

first one to crack a joke, but despite behaving

like the ultimate ham, he takes his job as Spider-

Man just as seriously and fights alongside the

others with his own special kind of cartoon fury.

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Jefferson – Jefferson is Miles’ slightly

overbearing but loving father. When Jefferson

was growing up, he and his younger brother

Aaron used to work as petty criminals for the

Kingpin. When Jefferson met his wife, Rio, he

left the criminal world behind, becoming a

police officer and adapting a strict moral code.

As a result, he wants to make sure that Miles has

better opportunities than he had.

Rio Morales – Rio is Miles’ mother. She’s a

strong and encouraging presence in Miles’ life

whose support helps Miles keep his head above

water when he feels overwhelmed. Hailing from

Puerto Rico, she fosters a special bond with

Miles by speaking Spanish with him.

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ACTOR BIOS

Shameik Moore – Miles Morales (voice)

Born on May 4, 1995 in Atlanta, Georgia, Shameik Moore is a young singer, actor, and dancer. Moore developed a love for music and dance at an early age and gained popularity by uploading videos of covers and dance routines on YouTube. Moore has appeared on Tyler Perry’s series House of Pain and as a series regular on Nick Cannon’s live action sketch comedy series, Incredible Crew. In 2015, Moore booked his first lead role as Malcom in the coming-of-age story Dope (2015) and recorded several tracks for the film’s soundtrack alongside Pharrell Williams. More recently, Shameik starred in Netflix’s original show The Get Down (2016-2017) as Shaolin Fantastic.

Jake Johnson – Peter B. Parker (voice)

Jake Johnson is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Nick

Miller in the Fox sitcom New Girl (2011-2018). Johnson attended NYU’s Tisch

School of the Arts for the Dramatic Writing Department and went on to star in

Let's Be Cops (2014), while also appearing in Paper Heart (2009), Get Him to the

Greek (2010), Safety Not Guaranteed (2012), 21 Jump Street (2012), Drinking

Buddies (2013), Jurassic World (2015), The Mummy (2017), Tag (2018) and

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).

Hailee Steinfeld – Gwen Stacy (voice)

Hailee Steinfeld is an American actress and singer who has been nominated for

an Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and four Critics Choice Awards. Steinfeld began

acting at the age of 10 and appeared in several short films, television shows

and commercials. She was chosen to play the role of Mattie Ross in True Grit

(2010), for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In

2016, she starred in the teem dramedy The Edge of Seventeen (2016), for which

she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture -

Comedy or Musical.

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Kimiko Glenn – Peni Parker (voice)

Kimiko Elizabeth Glenn began acting at the Valley Youth Theater in Phoenix, Arizona when she was in fifth grade. During her freshman year of college in 2008, Glenn was cast as Thea in the first U.S. National Tour of Spring Awakening and in 2013 she booked her breakthrough role as Brook Soso in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black. Glenn also portrayed the supporting role of Liv Kurosawa in the drama-thriller film Nerve (2016), based on the young adult novel of the same name. In 2018, Glenn began starring as Harlow on Liza On Demand, as part of the main cast along with Travis Coles and creator Liza Koshy.

Nicolas Cage -- Spider-Man Noir (voice)

Nicolas Cage aspired to act at an early age and initially studied theater at Beverly Hills High school before attending UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. His film debut began with a minor role in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), and he has starred in a variety of films ever since. In 1995, Cage received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) before coming to the attention of wider audiences with mainstream films, such as Face/Off (1997), Con Air (1997), and City of Angels (1998). He earned his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation (2002). In 2002, Cage also directed the film Sonny.

John Mulaney – Spider-Ham (voice) Inspired by the character Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy, John Mulaney knew he wanted to go into show business at age five. Mulaney studied English Literature and Religion at his parents' alma mater, Georgetown University, where he joined the school's improv group, and met Nick Kroll and Mike Birbiglia, comedians who would become future collaborators. After graduating from Georgetown in 2004, Mulaney moved to New York City with ambitions of a career in comedy, and was hired as an office assistant at Comedy Central.After a year, he pitched the idea for a parody of the I Love the '80s called I Love the '30s, which he developed along with Nick Kroll. Following his tenure at Saturday Night Live, Mulaney contributed writing to other TV projects including Maya & Marty, Documentary Now!, "Oh, Hello On Broadway" and the Comedy Central Roast of James Franco. He also acted in supporting roles on television shows such as Crashing, Portlandia, and Difficult People. Mulaney currently provides the voice of a lead character on the animated Netflix series Big Mouth alongside his writing partner Nick Kroll, who co-created the show.

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Luna Lauren Velez – Rio Morales (voice)

Luna Lauren Velez is most notably known for her roles as María LaGuerta on Dexter, Detective Nina Moreno on New York Undercover (1994), Dr. Gloria Nathan on Oz, and Elena on Ugly Betty. After graduating from high school, Velez received a scholarship from the Alvin Ailey Dance School and went on to perform in the national touring company of the musical Dreamgirls. With her varied performances and Afro-Latin background and appearance, Velez's success is considered a breakthrough for Latina actresses who do not fit the stereotypical "Europeanized Hollywood" version of Latin females. In 1995, she made her film debut as Lisette Linares in the movie I Like It Like That and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award and The Desi Award for Best Lead Actress. In 2006, she won the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2006 Long Island International Film Expo, and in 2010 she received the Rita Moreno HOLA Award for Excellence from the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA).

Brian Tyree Henry – Jefferson Davis (voice) Brian Tyree Henry is known for his performance in Atlanta, Widows (2018), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). Henry attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia as a business major-turned-actor in the early 2000s, and received his master's degree from Yale School of Drama. Henry was part of the original cast of The Book of Mormon and his work in Lobby Hero on Broadway earned him a nomination for the 2018 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. His television roles include Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles in Atlanta, for which he received a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, and Tavis Brown in Vice Principals. In 2017, Henry guest starred in the NBC TV series This is Us in the episode "Memphis" as Ricky, receiving a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award.

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THE MAKING OF SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

Meet the Heads of Production

Bob Persichetti

Bob Persichetti began his career in the film

industry at Walt Disney Animation Studios. In 1997,

he was an in-between artist on Hercules (1997) and

Mulan (1998), and a rough in-betweener on films

such as Fantasia 2000 (1999), Emporor’s New Groove

(2000) and Treasure Planet (2002). More recently, he

is known for his work co-writing the 2016 critically acclaimed animated feature The Little

Prince (2016), currently available on Netflix. His previous credits include serving as head of

story on DreamWorks Animation Studios’ Puss in Boots (2011) for which he also voiced the

Ohh Cat, as well as story artist for Monsters vs. Aliens (2009) and Shrek 2 (2004).

Peter Ramsey

A lifelong resident of Los Angeles, California, Peter Ramsey grew up in the

Crenshaw area, and graduated from Palisades High School before

attending UCLA. Ramsey is best known as the director of Dreamworks

Animation's 2012 feature film Rise Of The Guardians

(2012). He also directed the Halloween TV special Monsters vs. Aliens:

Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space (2009) as well as serving as a story

artist on several of Dreamworks Animation's feature films. Prior to joining

Dreamworks, he worked as a storyboard artist on a notable number of

live action feature films, including Backdraft (1991), Boyz n the Hood

(1991), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Minority Report (2002),

Cast Away (2000), Independence Day (1996), Being John Malkovich (1999), Fight Club (1999), and Hulk

(2003), among many others. Ramsey's directing skills were honed early, as Second Unit Director on live

action feature films including Godzilla (1998), Tank Girl (1995), Higher Learning (1995), and Poetic Justice

(1993).

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Rodney Rothman

Rothman previously served as a producer or writer on the films 22

Jump Street (2014), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Popstar (2016)

and Get Him to the Greek (2010). In television, Rothman was hired as

a staff writer at The Late Show with David Letterman when he was 21

years old. At 24, he was promoted to head writer, making him the

youngest head writer in the program’s history. While serving as head

writer, he was nominated for five Emmy Awards for Outstanding

Writing for a Variety or Music Program and helped the show win three

Emmy Awards for Outstanding Variety, Comedy or Musical Program. In addition, Rothman served as a

writer and a supervising producer on the series Undeclared, and created the HBO comedy pilot

$5.15/Hr. along with director Richard Linklater. Rothman is the author of the best-selling nonfiction

comedy novel Early Bird. His writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, GQ, The New York Times, The

New York Times Magazine, and McSweeney’s Quarterly. His piece “My Fake Job” was included in The

Best American Nonrequired Reading, edited by Dave Eggers.

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News that Sony was planning on rejuvenating the Spider-Man franchise by developing an animated comedy followed the November 2014 hacking of Sony’s computers, and at the 2015 CinemaCon, Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman made an official announcement. Inspired by Miles Morales’ comic and the relationship with his family, Phil Lord had written a script for the film by June 2016 and the studio chose Bob Persichetti to direct. Persichetti noted that there had been several Spider-Man films made already, so the first step was to decide why this film needed to be made, and the answer for the creative team was to tell the new and unique story of Miles Morales, who had yet to appear in any film. In an interview with Den of Geek, Phil Lord stated, “We thought that was such a refreshing way to look at the character. So, we went to that, and from there, we wondered, gosh, to make it like a movie event, there's something neat about him crashing, or rather, Peter crashing into Miles' world for a little bit. Let's see where he's at a little bit later in his career”.

ON THE RESEARCHThere have been many, many versions of Spider-Man over the past five decades. IGN explained, "In many cases, these alternate Spider-Men aren't so terribly different from the original. On some worlds, Peter Parker stayed married and had a child. In others he might be a gun-toting vigilante or still a teenager learning the ropes of the superhero game. And on still others, it wasn't Peter Parker who was bit by the radioactive spider at all, but someone else." Directors Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman had their work cut out for them when trying to figure out how to marry these Spider-People in a way that would allow them to all come together to work together to defeat a common villain.

ON THE PREMISE

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ON THE ANIMATION TECHNOLOGY

Lord and Miller wanted the film to feel like “you walked inside of a comic book,” and were

excited to tell the story in a way that live-action films could not. Persichetti concurred, feeling

that animation was the best medium with which to honor the style of the comics, allowing the

production team to adapt 70-year-old techniques seen in comic artwork into the film’s visual

language. It took almost a year for the production team to create 10 seconds of footage that

they were happy with, and then the animation work on the film developed from there. The

directors initially worked with a single animator and eventually collaborated with 142 animators

by August 2018, making this the largest animation crew that Sony Pictures Imageworks had

ever used for a film.

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". To make it feel more like a comic book, it was animated without motion blur, and

rather than using animation principles like squash and stretch they came up with substitute

versions of them; "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, and Spider-Ham being designed as "cartoony" as possible. Craig

Kellman designed the exaggerated look for Spider-Ham, while Justin K. Thompson served as

overall production designer.

Animation co-director Patrick O'Keefe said that committing fully to each Spider's unique art

style was like "making five movies". Persichetti described this experience as a combination of

the effects of an old-fashioned hand-drawn multiplane camera and a modern virtual reality

environment.

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ON THE MUSIC Daniel Pemberton is a multi-Golden Globe, Emmy, and BAFTA Award-nominated English

composer. Pemberton completed his breakthrough score to director Ridley Scott’s film The

Counselor in 2013 and has also scored films for some of the world’s acclaimed directors

including Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs (2015) and Guy Ritchie’s The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

(2015).

Republic Records released a full soundtrack album featuring artists like Juice WRLD, Post

Malone, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne to represent what a teen like Morales would listen. Sony

Classical Records released a separate album containing Pemberton’s score.

Daniel Pemberton says about the soundtrack: "It has been such a pleasure to enter the Spider-

Verse with such an amazing array of collaborators and truly groundbreaking directors. I

absolutely love this film, I love the risks taken, the story, the astonishing art style, everything. I

feel so lucky to have been a part of it and to have the opportunity to create a whole new musical

universe for one of the world's most beloved superheroes - Spider-Man."

"Daniel's innovative score combines a multi-verse of techniques, including intricate DJ

scratching, powerful electronic synths and soaring orchestral arrangements," said Spring

Aspers, Head of Music, Creative Affairs Worldwide for Sony Pictures Entertainment's Motion

Picture Group. "It's a perfect blend of influences that captures Miles Morales's Brooklyn world

and the film's inclusive, optimistic message of heroism: that when it's time to step up, anyone

can wear the mask."

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FILM FACTS

- Completing the animation for the film required up to 180 animators, the largest crew

ever used by Sony Pictures Animation for a film.

- Cliff Robertson reprised his role as Uncle Ben via archive audio

- Pay close attention and you will see Miles perform the “long handshake” Peter Parker

and Ned Leeds shared in Spider-Man: Homecoming when he walks to school.

- The trainers miles wears are Nike Air Jordan 1 retro high tops.

- During the biting and early scenes of Miles as Spider-Man, there are references to the

specimen number 42 on screen. 42 is the specimen number of the spider that bites

Miles in the comics.

- This is Donald Glover’s second appearance as Aaron Davis. Glover’s first version was

in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

- One of the many ways the Imageworks team paid tribute to old comic books through the

visual style was to imitate the imperfections of offset printing.

- There are several visual recreations of scenes from the various live action adaptations

of Spider-Man. These include the famous upside down kiss from Spider-Man (2002), the

train stopping sequence from Spider-Man 2 (2004), Peter Parker's infamous finger guns

strut scene from Spider-Man 3 (2007) and an altered version of the ferry splitting

sequence from Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017).

- It was announced shortly after Stan Lee's death, at age 95, that he had recorded a

cameo for the film and that it would be his final voice-acting role. Lord and Miller felt it

was important that Lee was given a bigger moment compared to previous Marvel films

because he was "so integral to the spirit of this movie," and considered his role "extra

meaningful" following his death.

- With his role as the voice of Peter Parker, Chris Pine becomes the fourth "Chris" to play

a Marvel hero on the big screen after Chris Evans (The Human Torch and Captain

America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor) and Chris Pratt (Star-Lord).

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CRITICAL ACCLAIM

- “'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse' Is Amazing Animated Masterpiece” — Forbes

- Ryan B. Patrick of Exclaim! gave the film 9/10, writing, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-

Verse sticks the landing; it is probably the best, most faithful representation of a comic

book on film to date."

- Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that "...the freshest and most

stimulating aspect of the film is the visual style, which unites the expected Marvel mix of

'universes' (it used to be assumed there was only one universe in creation) with

animation that looks both computer-driven and hand-drawn, boasts futuristic as well as

funky urban elements, moves the 'camera' a lot and brings together a melting pot of

mostly amusing new characters."

- William Bibbiani of The Wrap felt the film "represents some of the best superhero

storytelling on the market", and that it "captures the sprawling interconnectivity of comic-

book universes in a way that no other feature film has", calling it the best Spider-Man film

since Spider-Man 2.

- Golden Globe Winner for Best Motion Picture - Animated

- BAFTA Nomination for Best Animated Featured Film

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DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

Families can talk about the violence in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Do you think

comic book-style violence impacts viewers differently than live-action violence? Why?

Do you consider the Spider-people role models? How do they exhibit teamwork and courage?

Why are those important character strengths?

Why does representation matter? How is Miles' cultural background explored in the movie? In

what other ways does the movie support the idea of diversity?

Discuss the movie's messages about mentorship and the loneliness of superhero life. How does

meeting the other Spider-people impact each of the superheroes? What do they learn from one

another?

How does this compare to other Spider-Man stories you're familiar with? How is it

similar/different? Which Spidey is your favorite?

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CONTRIBUTIONS

Created By: Shirin Enayati

Project Research: Shirin Enayati

Film Vocabulary: Presly Plowman

Benjamin Goedert

Rebecca Chen