Why Spider-Verse 2's New Villain Could Only Work In Animation
One of the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse directors reveals why the film's new villain could only work in an animated movie. The first film in the series, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, was released in 2018 as the first-ever animated film in the Spider-Man franchise. Into the Spider-Verse proved a huge success both critically and at the box office, grossing $375.5 million worldwide and receiving the award for Best Animated Feature Film at the Golden Globes and the Oscars in 2019.
The month before Into the Spider-Verse's theatrical release, a sequel film was green-lit, with Sony confident in the movie's success due to the overwhelming buzz surrounding it. Across the Spider-Verse will continue to follow Miles Morales' journey as Spider-Man, as he once again teams up with Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman and other versions of Spider-Man from across the multiverse to defeat a sinister villain. While Morales battled Kingpin in the first Spider-Verse film, the sequel's villain will be The Spot, voiced by Jason Schwartzman.
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In an interview with CartoonBrew (via The Direct), director Joaquim Dos Santos discussed why The Spot could only work in animation. Described by Dos Santos as "art come to life," The Spot is capable of opening portals to other dimensions, including ones all throughout his own body. The director explained that trying to find a way to convey The Spot in a live-action film would be difficult, and that the only way to faithfully portray the character was through animation. The director also likened Schwartzman's The Spot to ink spilled on a blank page, saying:
«And his living ink really is just, I think we’ve all been saying,
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