100 Fun Facts About Across the Spider-Verse

Who voices Miles Morales in Across the Spider-Verse?

He returned from the first film, and his Miles has visibly gone through a growth spurt in the redesign.

Who voices Gwen Stacy?

The sequel was always meant to centre on Miles and Gwen, a romance that had been cut from the first film.

Who is the film's main villain?

He was one of the deepest cuts in Spider-Man's rogues gallery, suggested by producer Avi Arad and initially dismissed by Lord and Miller.

Which actor voices the Spot?

His design was influenced by the Austrian artist Egon Schiele and evolves from a rough sketch as he grows more powerful.

Who voices Miguel O'Hara, the leader of the Spider-Society?

He had first appeared in the post-credits scene of Into the Spider-Verse and described his character as the one Spider-Man with no sense of humour.

Which British actor voices Hobie Brown, aka Spider-Punk?

He built the voice by listening to fan-made Spider-Punk playlists on Spotify and rapping in a punk style.

What does Spider-Punk use as his main weapon?

His guitar is animated on 4s while his body moves on 3s or 2s, so the character deliberately never quite syncs with himself.

Which numbered universe is Miles Morales from?

Miguel eventually reveals that Miles was never supposed to be that world's Spider-Man at all.

Which numbered universe did the spider that bit Miles actually come from?

That world was left without a Spider-Man, which is why its New York is crime-ridden and its Miles became the Prowler.

What promotion is Miles's father Jeff celebrating at the start of the film?

That promotion is the problem: the death of a police captain close to Spider-Man is a canon event.

What are the fixed moments in every Spider-Person's story called?

The idea escaped the film and became a TikTok meme; Collins Dictionary shortlisted the phrase for word of the year 2023.

What is the name of the Spider-Society's futuristic home city?

Its brutalist look was influenced by Syd Mead's illustrations and the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer.

What is the nickname of Pavitr Prabhakar's home city, a blend of two real ones?

It fuses Mumbai and Manhattan, and is based on the Spider-Man: India comics.

Who voices Pavitr Prabhakar, Spider-Man India?

His casting was revealed in February 2023, just months before release.

What is the name of Peter B. Parker's baby daughter?

Peter B. is now married to his MJ, and Mayday joins the final rescue team in a tiny costume.

Who voices Jess Drew, the motorcycle-riding Spider-Woman?

She was cast in June 2021, and her character is notable for being pregnant and having no secret identity.

What is the name of the Spider-Society's AI assistant?

Greta Lee voices her, and two theatrical cuts differ on whether she ends a scene with a fist bump or a selfie.

On Earth-42, who does Miles find alive that is dead in his own universe?

On that Earth it is Jeff who has died, and Miles's counterpart has become the Prowler.

Which actor voices the Earth-42 Miles, the Prowler?

The Earth-42 Miles never got a spider bite and was drawn into crime by his uncle instead.

Which actor makes a live-action cameo as an alternate Aaron Davis / Prowler?

He first played the character in Spider-Man: Homecoming; Tom Holland was reportedly set for a live-action scene but never appeared.

What did Gwen's Peter Parker turn into before she accidentally killed him?

Jack Quaid voices that Earth-65 Peter, and Gwen's father hunts her for the death without knowing the truth.

How does Gwen's father avoid his own canon event?

Instead of arresting his daughter, George quits, and hands her a portal device Hobie left behind.

Which style was Gwen's Earth-65 designed to look like?

Its palette shifts with Gwen's emotions like a three-dimensional mood ring, inspired by the torn-dress scene in Cinderella.

How many different universes does the film visit, each with its own animation style?

Lord and Miller learned new tools on The Mitchells vs. the Machines and used them to build a distinct look for every world.

Who animated the film's Lego sequence?

Preston Mutanga's fan-made Lego recreation of the teaser so impressed the filmmakers that they tracked him down and hired him.

Roughly how many people worked on Across the Spider-Verse, reportedly a record animation crew?

Lord and Miller had told Sony it would be the same size as the first film; it was not.

Which company animated the film?

The Vancouver studio was overseen by visual effects supervisor Michael Lasker.

Who composed the score for Across the Spider-Verse?

He returned from the first film, while a hip-hop super-producer handled the soundtrack album with 21 Savage, Future, Nas and more.

Which producer created the soundtrack album, and appears in the film as a Spider-Man?

He also has a speaking cameo as Metro Spider-Man among the Spider-Society.

How long is Across the Spider-Verse, a record for an American animated film at release?

It overtook Consuming Spirits as the longest animated feature from an American studio.

On what date was Across the Spider-Verse released in US theaters?

It had originally been dated April 2022, then October 2022, before the pandemic-era delays pushed it to summer 2023.

What was the film's original title before it was split into two parts?

Lord and Miller realised the story they wanted to tell was too big for one film; the halves were renamed in April 2022.

Which classic sequel did co-director Joaquim Dos Santos compare the film's cliffhanger ending to?

Kemp Powers said knowing a third film was guaranteed let them tackle the ending differently.

Roughly how much did Across the Spider-Verse gross worldwide?

It passed the first film's total after just 12 days and became Sony Pictures Animation's highest-grossing film ever.

Which film had been Sony Pictures Animation's highest-grossing release before this one overtook it?

It also beat Hotel Transylvania 2 for the studio's biggest opening weekend.

What was the film's US opening weekend, the second-biggest of 2023?

Only The Super Mario Bros. Movie opened bigger that year.

How many Annie Awards did the film win?

It also took the top animation prize at the Critics' Choice and Producers Guild awards.

For which Academy Award was Across the Spider-Verse nominated?

It lost to The Boy and the Heron, but the AFI still named it one of the ten best films of 2023.

On which streaming service did the film debut in the US in October 2023?

Sony's pay-one deal sent it to Netflix first; it reached Disney+ in May 2025.

Which comedian voices Ben Reilly, the Scarlet Spider?

His casting was reported in April 2023 and confirmed a month later alongside Amandla Stenberg as Spider-Byte.

Yuri Lowenthal reprises which Peter Parker among the Spider-Society?

Lowenthal reprised his role from Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man games.

Which actor did NOT return to voice Spider-Man Noir?

He confirmed in January 2023 that he would not be back; Kimiko Glenn did return as Peni Parker.

Which MCU film does Miguel mean by 'that little nerd back on Earth-199999'?

Lord and Miller wrote it as a throwaway line blaming the No Way Home mess on the collider from the first film.

Which 1983 fantasy film inspired the design of the spider in the 'Go Home Machine'?

The spider is even named Ynyr, after a character from that film.

Whose pink hair highlights ended up on Gwen Stacy's redesign because of a reference mix-up?

Production designer Patrick O'Keefe later credited the slip to artwork from The Unbelievable Gwenpool.

Which Renaissance artist's notebooks inspired the film's Vulture design?

That Vulture, voiced by Jorma Taccone, comes from an Italian Renaissance-inspired universe.

How long before the US release was production on the film completed?

Finished on May 20, 2023, it was later followed by reports of gruelling revisions that drove more than 100 artists off the project.

Which co-creator of Spider-Man 2099 was hired to adapt his own designs for the film?

Brian Stelfreeze meanwhile shaped Jess Drew, drawing on three different comic and TV Spider-Women.

Which three directors share credit on Across the Spider-Verse?

Justin K. Thompson had been production designer on the first film; Lord, Miller and Callaham wrote the screenplay.

Who voices Miles's father, Jefferson Morales?

Luna Lauren Vélez returned as Miles's mother Rio, both reprising their roles from the first film.

How many months after the Alchemax collider's destruction does the film's Earth-1610 story open?

Miles is grounded for turning up late to the party for his father's promotion.

Which producer first suggested the Spot as villain, an idea Lord and Miller initially dismissed?

They changed their minds once the potential of his portal powers was discussed.

Who voices Adriano Tumino, the Renaissance-styled Vulture?

His universe is Italian Renaissance-inspired, matching a design drawn from Leonardo's workbooks.

Which Society member, alias Spider-Byte, operates a virtual avatar remotely from her home reality?

Amandla Stenberg voices her; Sofia Barclay's hijab-wearing Spider-UK and Danielle Perez's wheelchair-using Sun-Spider also appear.

Who voices Gwen's Earth-65 Peter Parker, the boy who died after becoming the Lizard?

Elizabeth Perkins voices that world's Aunt May, and Ayo Edebiri is among Gwen's bandmates.

How does Spider-Ham appear in the film?

John Mulaney's lines from the first film are reused before Peter Porker's non-speaking cameo at the end.

Which classic Disney scene inspired the way Gwen's world reacts to her emotions with colour?

Co-director Justin K. Thompson cited the 1950 film, where the environment reacts to her trauma.

How did co-director Joaquim Dos Santos describe Spider-Punk's universe to Empire?

A final dimension kept 'under wraps' turned out to be Earth-42, home of the spider that bit Miles.

A June 2023 Vulture report alleged that over how many artists left the film during production?

Four crew members blamed constant revision requests from Phil Lord; Sony denied the allegations.

After the 2023 writers' strike, to which month was Beyond the Spider-Verse rescheduled?

Having been pulled from March 2024, the sequel was set for June 2027 (as of 2025); spin-offs Spider-Women and Spider-Punk were also announced as in development.

Who voices Miles's mother, Rio Morales?

Vélez does double duty, also voicing the alternate Rio that Miles meets in the crime-ridden world without a Spider-Man.

Who voices Peter B. Parker, the older Spider-Man who mentored Miles?

His Peter is now married to MJ and turns up at Spider-Society headquarters with a baby strapped to his chest.

Which numbered universe is Peter B. Parker's home?

The 'B' marks him as a variant of the classic Earth-616 Peter, down to a married life with Mary Jane.

Who voices Gwen's father, police captain George Stacy?

Denis Leary's live-action Captain Stacy from The Amazing Spider-Man also flashes by in archival footage.

Which Pixar filmmaker voices Miles's roommate, Ganke Lee?

Sohn recorded Ganke lines for the first film too, but every one of them was cut.

Which reggae musician voices Lenny, the Jamaican shop owner?

He shares the supporting cast list with Rachel Dratch, who voices a counselor at Miles's school.

Who voices the Aunt May of Gwen's Earth-65?

Her May is grieving a nephew rather than a husband, on a world where Peter died as a teenager.

Who voices J. Jonah Jameson across several Earths in the film?

Archive audio of his Jameson even covers the Lego universe, labelled Earth-13122.

Whose archival audio voices the comic-accurate Doctor Octopus hologram?

The lines are lifted from his 2021 live-action return, but the hologram wears the character's comic-book look.

Which Venom-films character does Peggy Lu reprise in a live-action cameo?

Her universe gets its own label on screen, Earth-688, folding Sony's Venom films into the numbering scheme.

Which character, cut from the film, later turned up in the 2023 Spider-Man 2 video game?

She tends bar at the Bar with No Name, the villains' watering hole, in an alternate universe.

Which 1978 TV Spider-Man was designed for the film but never appeared?

Lord and Miller said they wanted both him and Italian Spiderman in the follow-up films.

Which Austrian artist influenced the design of the portal-covered villain?

He starts as an unfinished sketch with blue construction lines and gains detail as he gains control of his powers.

Which neo-futurist illustrator's work shaped the look of the Spider-Society's 2099 city?

The city was styled brutalist and authoritarian to mirror Miguel's personality, with Oscar Niemeyer's architecture as another touchstone.

Which comic artist led the visual development of Jess Drew?

Her look blends the comics' Jessica Drew with Valerie the Librarian, a 1970s TV Spider-Woman played by Hattie Winston.

What is the spider inside the Go Home Machine named?

The name is borrowed from a character in the same 1983 fantasy film that inspired the creature's design.

Animators studied hologram technology from which era to design Spider-Byte?

She took longer to design and animate than any other character in the film.

Which service did Hobie's voice actor search for fan playlists to shape the character?

He wanted the voice to feel like a song and settled on a take that was 'rapping, but in a punk style'.

Which London district is Hobie Brown from, the same as his voice actor?

He was written as British partly to set him apart from Miles.

Which Indian martial art inspires Pavitr Prabhakar's fighting style?

His wrist bands double as his web-shooters, another departure from Peter Parker's kit.

Who is Pavitr's girlfriend, the daughter of a police inspector?

Miles saves her father from the collapsing collider, which is exactly what the Spider-Society says he must never do.

Which numbered universe is Spider-Man India's home?

His world is based on the Spider-Man: India comics published by Gotham Entertainment Group.

What is the civilian name of the Alchemax scientist whose body is covered in portals?

Kemp Powers called him one of the deepest cuts in Spider-Man's rogues' gallery.

Which carmaker partnered with Sony to showcase its vehicles in the film?

A Hyundai ad made with Sony previewed the soundtrack song 'Link Up' before the album came out.

What colour was the bun on Burger King's Spider-Verse Whopper?

The tie-in menu also included a Spider-Verse Sundae.

Which Nike sneaker got a film-inspired release in May 2023?

The shoe dropped on May 20, 2023, the same day production on the film itself was completed.

Which film's opening weekend was the only bigger one of 2023 when this one debuted?

It also posted the best Friday of the year to that point, $51.7 million including previews.

Which producer called the film's heavy revisions normal after a critical 2023 report?

The report blamed constant change requests from Phil Lord for weeks of animator overtime.

Which was the film's highest-grossing market outside the US and Canada?

The film premiered in Beijing on May 31 and opened in China the same day as in the US.

What CinemaScore grade did opening-weekend audiences give the film?

PostTrak polling found 82% of viewers saying they would definitely recommend it.

Which dictionary shortlisted a phrase the film popularised for 2023 Word of the Year?

The phrase took off on TikTok as shorthand for the painful experiences that shape who you become.

Which former Spider-Man actor called the film 'a masterpiece of pure cinema'?

Garfield himself appears in the film through archival footage from The Amazing Spider-Man.

Which 2012 film did it surpass as the longest animated feature from an American studio?

Lord and Miller had promised Sony a film the same size as the first; it ended up with 240 characters.

Unlike its predecessor, the film was not released in which format?

It did play in IMAX and premium large formats, and returned to IMAX for a limited re-release in January 2024.

Which slogan on a banner in Gwen's bedroom got the film pulled across the MENA region?

The flag's pink, blue and white also recur in Gwen's colour palette, fuelling readings of her arc as a coming-out story.

Which Sony film took the March 2024 release date vacated by Beyond the Spider-Verse?

The sequel lost the slot when the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike stopped its voice cast from recording.

What was the lead single from the film's soundtrack album?

Swae Lee, Nav and A Boogie wit da Hoodie share the track, which arrived two days ahead of the album.

Which Dominic Fike single came out on the film's US release day?

It was pulled from the deluxe soundtrack days later and folded into his album Sunburn instead.

Which 1950s duo's 'Tonight You Belong to Me' is sampled on the soundtrack's 'Hummingbird'?

The same album's 'Nas Morales' samples French singer Eddy Mitchell and the funk band New Birth.

Who joins Justin K. Thompson as director of Beyond the Spider-Verse?

Persichetti co-directed the first film and was an executive producer on the second.