50 Fun Facts About Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Who voices Miles Morales?

He was cast in April 2017 alongside Liev Schreiber as the then-unspecified villain.

Who voices Peter B. Parker, Miles's jaded mentor?

Lord and Miller pitched him as Mr. Miyagi, if Mr. Miyagi did not know anything.

Who voices Gwen Stacy?

At Miles's school she goes by the alias 'Gwanda'.

What alias does Gwen use at Miles's school?

A planned romance between the two was scrapped so Gwen would be defined by her heroism, not as a love interest.

Who voices Miles's uncle Aaron, secretly the Prowler?

Donald Glover had played Aaron Davis in live action in Spider-Man: Homecoming.

What is the job of Miles's father, Jefferson Davis?

He sees Spider-Man as a menace, until he watches his son fight Kingpin.

Who voices Jefferson Davis?

At 35 he thought he was too young to play a teenager's father, but took the part once he learned Miles was the only Black and Latino Spider-Man.

Who voices Spider-Man Noir?

He based the voice on Humphrey Bogart films and actors like James Cagney and Edward G. Robinson.

Who voices Spider-Ham?

Peter Porker was a spider bitten by a radioactive pig; Mulaney wants a Watergate-style spin-off.

Who voices Peni Parker?

Her anime look was modelled on Sailor Moon after a first design that was deemed 'iffy'.

Which Asian-American Spider character was considered before settling on Peni Parker?

Peni won out because her power set was more distinctive.

Who voices Kingpin?

He was cast in April 2017 as an unspecified villain, with the role confirmed in June 2018.

Why does Kingpin build the collider?

He blames Peter Parker for the deaths of Vanessa and Richard.

Who voices Olivia Octavius, this universe's Doctor Octopus?

Persichetti made the character female because his kids were friends with Hahn's.

What company does Olivia Octavius run?

Miles and Peter break in to steal data for a new flash drive.

Who voices the blond Peter Parker of Miles's universe, killed by Kingpin?

He had worked with co-director Peter Ramsey on Rise of the Guardians.

Who voices Aunt May?

In Peter B.'s universe she has died; in Miles's she shelters the Spider-People.

Who voices Mary Jane?

She is Peter Parker's widow in Miles's universe and Peter B.'s ex-wife in his.

Who voices Miguel O'Hara in the post-credits scene?

He and Greta Lee are credited as 'Interesting Person #1' and '#2'.

Which dimension does Miguel O'Hara visit after the credits, to bicker with its Spider-Man?

It is the world of the 1967 cartoon, complete with the pointing meme.

What does Stan Lee's character sell Miles?

Lee died in November 2018, a month before release, and the film is dedicated to him and Steve Ditko.

Which TV show is playing, with Donald Glover in Spider-Man pyjamas, in Aaron's apartment?

The scene nods to the fan campaign to cast Glover, which helped inspire Miles's creation.

Miles's roommate Ganke lost most of his role because of which similar character?

Pixar's Peter Sohn was cast, had his lines cut, then voiced Ganke properly in the sequel.

Which producers' plan for the film was exposed by the 2014 Sony hack?

They agreed on condition they could adapt the Spider-Verse comic and star Miles Morales.

Whose 2014 comic storyline did Lord and Miller insist on adapting?

Bendis, who co-created Miles, consulted on the adaptation.

Bob Persichetti came to the film after talks on a failed film about which toys?

He was chosen to direct in December 2015; Ramsey and Rothman joined over the next two years.

Co-director Rodney Rothman had co-written which earlier Lord and Miller film?

He was the only co-writer Lord would fully endorse while Lord was busy on Solo.

Which three live-action Spider-Men were meant to cameo after the credits?

Holland would have been a passer-by at a train station saying 'Hey, kid!' to Miles.

Which two men were to teach Miles to be Spider-Man via a DVD audio commentary?

The cameo survived as a deleted scene on the home-video Alt-Universe Cut.

Which Raimi-era actor was first considered to voice the mentor Spider-Man?

The idea was dropped so the audience would not be confused by the Spider-Verse concept.

Who composed the score?

His score came out three days after the Republic Records soundtrack.

Which artist's song plays as Spider-Gwen's introduction music?

'To the End' was released as a single a month after the film.

What was the holiday EP spun off from a throwaway joke in the film called?

Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson and Chris Pine perform its five songs.

Which studio handled the film's animation?

Its Vancouver crew grew to 177 animators, the most it had ever used on one film.

How many animators worked on the film at its peak?

It began with a single animator, Alberto Mielgo, establishing the look.

How long did two animators take to make the first 10 seconds that matched the vision?

Every frame was meant to look like a comic panel.

Which 1942 Looney Tunes short inspired the film's motion-smearing technique?

The film was animated without motion blur to feel more like a comic.

Why was Miles animated at 12 frames per second when swinging beside Peter?

Peter moved at 24 frames a second for smoother swinging.

Which printing flaw was deliberately copied to create depth of field?

Halftones, Ben-Day dots and Kirby Krackle were borrowed from the comics too.

Which Miles Morales co-creator's art style influenced the film's look?

Lord described blending her flavour with Sony Pictures Animation's house style as revolutionary.

Which Sony film carried an extended Spider-Verse clip as its post-credits scene?

It confirmed Venom's universe is one of the Spider-Verse's connected worlds.

Which shoes does Miles wear in the film, sold by Nike as a tie-in?

The promotional campaign was worth about $115 million, one of Sony's largest.

Where did the film premiere on December 1, 2018?

The premiere included tributes to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, who had both died that year.

What was the film's production budget?

It grossed $395 million worldwide.

How much did it make in its opening weekend, a December record for animation?

It surpassed Hotel Transylvania 2 to become Sony Pictures Animation's top domestic earner.

What rare CinemaScore grade did audiences give it?

Critics matched them: it is the best-reviewed superhero film on Rotten Tomatoes at 97%.

It was the first non-Disney/Pixar Best Animated Feature Oscar winner since which film?

It became only the sixth non-Disney or Pixar film to win the award.

Which later Sony Pictures Animation film reused the Spider-Verse animation techniques?

DreamWorks' The Bad Guys and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish were influenced by it too.

Which director called the film 'the Velvet Underground of superhero movies'?

Barry Jenkins called it the best tentpole since Edge of Tomorrow.

What is the Spider-Ham short included on the home release called?

The release also had an Alt-Universe Cut with 30 minutes of unused footage.