New SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Clip Features The Villain Spot Robbing a Convenience Store
Sony Pictures Animation has released a great new clip from Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse. The scene focuses on the villain Spot (Jason Schwarzman) robbing a convenience store, and he finds himself in a scuffle with the manager. Miles Morales aka Spider-Man shows up as things continue to escalate.
Spot looks like he’ll be a fun villain! Director Joaquim Dos Santos talked about bringing spot into the story, saying:
"Pretty early on we knew the Spot was going to be our main villain," Dos Santos explained. "Without an awesome villain, who you sort of can understand with their through-line, you don't really have a strong story for your main character. So he's an awesome sort of opposite to Miles. And his living ink really is just, I think we've all been saying, it's not just an effect. It's artistry come to life. It's something that can only really happen in animation. You can imagine Spot as a dude in a sock suit in a live-action Spider-Man film. It's not going to work. It's just not going to work. So he's art come to life. He's the inkwell spilled on the page. It all goes back to sort of comic books and comic book art."
Director Kemp Powers, went on to say that a villain like Spot gave Spider-Verse a ton of potential when it comes to story and style, saying:
"From the very beginning he just seemed like endless potential, both visually and arc of the character. Because you know by the way that's not a costume, that's his skin. By the way that he's wearing it you know it's not a guy in a polka dot suit. That's actually his skin. So you know, the arc of Dr. Ohnn Spot is one that does really complement, without giving away the story, it really does complement the the journey of Miles in this film really well."
Watch the clip below:
The film follows Miles Morales as Brooklyn’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, “plunged into the multiverse where he joins forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-folks to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered.”
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, “Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.”
The cast includes Shameik Moore as Miles; Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099; Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen, Brian Tyree Henry as Miles’ dad Jefferson Davis; Luna Lauren Velez as Miles’ mom Rio Morales; Issa Rae as Jessica Drew, aka Spider-Woman; Jorma Taccone as Vulture; Rachel Dratch; Shea Whigham; Greta Lee;Jason Schwartzman as Spot; and Daniel Kaluuya as Hobart “Hobie” Brown, a.k.a. Spider-Punk.
The movie is being directed and produced by Justin K. Thompson, Joaquim Dos Santos, and Kemp Powers. Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Christina Steinberg are also producing. Lord and Miller will also be credited as writers on the film, along with David Callaham.
The movie is set to be released on June 2nd, 2023! There’s also a third installment, Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse, already slated for March 29th, 2024.