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

Who voices Miles Morales in Into the Spider-Verse?

Shameik Moore voices Miles in the film. Donald Glover, whose fans once campaigned for him to play Spider-Man, had already voiced the character in the Ultimate Spider-Man TV series.

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

Jake Johnson voices Peter B. Parker. The producers pitched the role as The Karate Kid, but with a Mr. Miyagi who doesn't know anything.

Who voices Gwen Stacy?

Hailee Steinfeld voices Gwen Stacy. A planned romance with Miles was dropped so that Gwen would be defined by her own heroism, not as a love interest.

What alias does Gwen use at Miles's school?

Gwanda is what Gwen blurts out when Miles asks her name, catching herself halfway through saying Gwen.

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

Mahershala Ali voices Aaron Davis. As the Prowler he corners the new Spider-Man, but backs away when he sees his nephew's face, and Kingpin shoots him for it.

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

Police officer Jefferson uses his patrol car's loudspeaker outside Miles's school to make his son say 'I love you' back.

Who voices Miles's father, Jefferson Davis?

Brian Tyree Henry voices Jefferson. He doubted he was old enough to play a teenager's father, but signed on once he learned Miles was Marvel's only Black and Latino Spider-Man.

Who voices Spider-Man Noir?

Nicolas Cage voices Spider-Man Noir. He channelled Humphrey Bogart's noir films and James Cagney's way of talking.

Who voices Spider-Ham?

John Mulaney voices Spider-Ham. The character introduces himself as Peter Porker, a spider who was bitten by a radioactive pig.

Who voices Peni Parker?

Kimiko Glenn voices Peni Parker. The filmmakers judged Peni's first design 'iffy', so the production designer restyled her after Sailor Moon.

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

Silk, the Korean-American hero Cindy Moon, lost out because Peni's abilities made a much greater contrast with everyone else in the film.

Who voices Kingpin in Into the Spider-Verse?

Liev Schreiber voices Kingpin. The crime lord kills his universe's Spider-Man while Miles watches, moments after Miles promises the hero he will destroy the collider.

Why does Kingpin build the collider?

To retrieve his late wife and son, Kingpin reaches into other universes for living copies. Vanessa and Richard died in a car crash as they fled the sight of him fighting Spider-Man.

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

Kathryn Hahn voices Olivia Octavius. Early drafts had a male, Big Lebowski-type Doc Ock, until Bob Persichetti, whose children are friends with Hahn's, suggested the switch.

What company does Olivia Octavius run?

Alchemax is the lab Miles and Peter B. break into for its data, where the friendly head scientist reveals herself as this universe's Doctor Octopus.

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

Chris Pine voices the blond Peter Parker. His casting was a surprise, surfacing only when the official credits came out two weeks before release.

Who voices Aunt May?

Lily Tomlin voices Aunt May. Her May keeps a secret: the garden shed behind her house hides a lift down to her late nephew's Spider-Man lair.

Who voices Mary Jane?

Zoë Kravitz voices Mary Jane. In Miles's universe she is Spider-Man's widow, and her eulogy tells the mourning city that anyone could have been behind the mask.

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

Oscar Isaac voices Miguel O'Hara. The credits hid the cameo by billing him only as 'Interesting Person #1'.

What do Miguel O'Hara and the 1967 Spider-Man argue about?

Who pointed first is the whole row. The post-credits scene drops Miguel into the 1967 cartoon moment behind the two-Spider-Men pointing meme, and a watching policeman asks the very same thing.

What does Stan Lee's character sell Miles?

A Spider-Man costume is what Stan Lee's shopkeeper sells him. Asked whether it can come back if it doesn't fit, he promises that it always fits, eventually, and nods at a no-returns sign.

Which TV show, with Donald Glover in Spider-Man pyjamas, plays on screen in Uncle Aaron's apartment?

Community is the nod. After Glover campaigned to play Spider-Man he wore the pyjamas on the show as an in-joke, and that sight helped inspire the look of Miles Morales in the comics.

Miles's roommate Ganke lost most of his Into the Spider-Verse role because of which similar character?

Ned Leeds in Spider-Man: Homecoming had borrowed so much from Ganke that the directors feared looking like copycats. Ganke was cut back to a silent roommate.

Which New York borough is Miles Morales's home in Into the Spider-Verse?

Brooklyn is home, and Miles even gives it as his answer when Aunt May asks which dimension he comes from. Queens belongs to Peter Parker, whose aunt still lives there.

Whose 2014 comic storyline inspired Into the Spider-Verse's team of Spider-People from other dimensions?

Dan Slott wrote the 2014 Spider-Verse comics, which gave the film its crowd of Spider-People. Brian Michael Bendis, the tempting pick, co-created Miles Morales, whose story the producers made their condition for signing on.

Bob Persichetti joined Into the Spider-Verse after a deal collapsed for a film about which German toy line?

Playmobil was the film he had scripted and pitched to the studio before that deal fell apart. Lego, the tempting guess, was the producers' own earlier hit.

In Into the Spider-Verse, which of Miles's powers makes Peter B. Parker say 'Not in my universe'?

Turning invisible first happens by accident, when a panicking Miles vanishes mid-heist and has to ask whether Spider-Man can do that. Peter puts it down to some kind of fight-or-flight reflex.

A cut Into the Spider-Verse subplot had Miles learn from a commentary by which director, who planned a 1990s Spider-Man film?

James Cameron shared the commentary with Tom Cruise in the dropped storyline. Cameron had been hired in the 1990s to write and direct a Spider-Man film that was never made.

Which earlier screen Spider-Man did the directors consider to voice the older Peter B. Parker?

Tobey Maguire was discussed for the part, but the team feared it would confuse audiences who had not yet been introduced to the idea of a Spider-Verse.

Which classic cartoon sign-off does Spider-Ham use in Into the Spider-Verse, making Peter B. Parker ask whether it's legal?

That's all, folks is Porky Pig's famous farewell, so it suits a cartoon pig heading home through the portal. Peter B. Parker wonders aloud whether he is allowed to say that, legally.

Which Post Malone and Swae Lee hit does Miles sing along to in Into the Spider-Verse?

Sunflower plays in his headphones as he draws at his bedroom desk, and he sings along. Released on the film's soundtrack, the song went on to top the Billboard Hot 100.

What is the real holiday EP that grew out of a throwaway joke in Into the Spider-Verse called?

A Very Spidey Christmas first appears as a gag album put out by the film's famous Spider-Man. A week after the film opened it became a real EP of Christmas songs sung by members of the cast.

Which studio animated Into the Spider-Verse?

Sony Pictures Imageworks animated it in Vancouver. The new look was so slow to animate that the crew kept growing, and at its peak the film had 177 animators at work.

What souvenir does the black-and-white Spider-Man Noir take home to his own universe in Into the Spider-Verse?

A Rubik's Cube is a cruel puzzle for a hero who lives in black and white. As he leaves he admits he doesn't understand the cube thing, but promises that he will.

How long did it take to get the first 10 seconds of Into the Spider-Verse looking right?

About a year went into those 10 seconds, as two animators hunted for a look that matched the producers' vision. The rest of the film's animation was built out from that test.

In Into the Spider-Verse, why was Miles animated at 12 frames per second when swinging beside Peter?

To show his inexperience, Miles holds each pose for two frames while the more skilled Peter B. Parker moves on every frame. The gap closes as Miles grows comfortable with his powers.

Which comic-book printing flaw did Into the Spider-Verse copy on purpose to create depth of field?

Misaligned colours, a common slip in comic printing, stand in for a blurred background. Whatever is in focus has its colours lined up crisply.

Which Miles Morales co-creator's comic art shaped the look of Into the Spider-Verse?

Sara Pichelli drew the first Miles Morales series in 2011, and the producers wanted her flavour on screen. Steve Ditko, the tempting pick, co-created the original Spider-Man with Stan Lee.

Which 2018 film carried an extended Into the Spider-Verse scene after its credits?

Venom closed on a caption reading 'Meanwhile, in another universe', then ran a whole action sequence in which Miles meets Peter B. Parker. That was more than two months before the animated film opened.

Which Nike shoes does Miles wear in Into the Spider-Verse, sold as a tie-in with the film?

Air Jordans like his went on sale as part of a promotional push worth about $115 million, which also put the film on millions of cereal boxes.

What does Peter B. Parker say it takes when Miles asks how he'll know he's ready?

A leap of faith is all it is, Peter says, because Miles will never feel ready. Later Miles answers Peter's own fear with 'You won't', and Peter finishes the line before Miles drops him into the portal home.

Which of Kingpin's villains shoves Spider-Man into the collider's beam early in Into the Spider-Verse?

Green Goblin, one of Kingpin's enforcers, shoves the hero into the beam, and the blast that follows leaves Spider-Man badly wounded. Kingpin then finishes him off while a hidden Miles watches.

What does Peter B. Parker call every override key in Into the Spider-Verse because he can never remember the name?

A goober is his catch-all, because there is always a bypass key, a virus key or a who-cares key. He webs this one straight out of the mouth of Miles, who was threatening to swallow it.

Which famous Spider-Man line does Peter B. Parker refuse to let Miles finish in Into the Spider-Verse?

With great power comes great responsibility is cut off after five words, because the older hero is sick of hearing it. His advice instead is to go back to being a regular kid.

Into the Spider-Verse was the first animated feature Oscar winner from outside Disney and Pixar since which film?

Rango had been the last, seven years earlier. The superhero film ended the run by beating two Disney releases at once, Incredibles 2 and Ralph Breaks the Internet.

Which 2021 animated film, from the same producers, reused tools built for Into the Spider-Verse?

The Mitchells vs. the Machines reused those tools, and built new ones, to make a computer-animated film look hand-painted in watercolour.

In Into the Spider-Verse, what does Peter B. Parker plan to grab from the cafeteria as step six of his lab break-in?

A bagel is step six, right after downloading the important stuff, and he really does stop to select one mid-escape. A scientist is left shouting that he took a bagel.

What is the Spider-Ham cartoon short on the Into the Spider-Verse home release called?

Caught in a Ham pits the cartoon pig against a villain called Doctor Crawdaddy, whose name he mocks, when all he wanted was to eat his hot dog.