SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE Co-Director Kemp Powers Talks About the Film's Possible MCU Connection
We are less than a month away from the release of the highly-anticipated animated sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, so that means we are getting new trailers, clips, and interviews with the cast and filmmakers, giving us teases about what we are about to see.
One burning question has been addressed by the film’s co-director, Kemp Powers, regarding the film’s possible ties to the greater MCU. In a recent interview with SFX, Powers clarified:
"The world of Miles Morales and Spider-Verse, it's not tied into the Marvel Cinematic Universe or anything like that. But this is a Lord and Miller film. We like to have a little bit of fun, we like to be a little bit meta and to acknowledge the world in which we are creating these stories. That's the best way to explain it."
The acknowledgement he’s referring to occurs in the film’s second trailer, in which Spider-Man 2099 mentioned to Miles that he didn't even want to get started on "Doctor Strange and that little nerd on Earth-199999."
While Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness labelled the MCU as Earth-616, Earth-199999 is the accurate comic label for the live-action franchise. This led to many believing that Spider-Man 2099 was directly referencing the events of 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, which saw Tom Holland's Peter Parker break the Multiverse in an effort to conceal his identity.
This Doctor Strange namedrop is similar to 2004's Spider-Man 2, which featured the Sorcerer Supreme being mentioned in a conversation with J. Jonah Jameson. Spider-Man 2's tease led to nothing, as it was simply a fun nod to Marvel Comics, which is what Across the Spider-Verse's Doctor Strange line might amount to as well.
Powers went on to add:
"This isn't something where we did anything in conjunction with Marvel. Miles's universe, trust me, there's plenty to work with. That gag is one of many, and my favorite gag is one that people don't know about yet. But I think when they see it, they're going to be pretty stunned. It's a serious film, but it's also a film with a lot of fun in it."
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse swings into theaters on June 2nd. Are you getting excited for it?
via: ComicBook