Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse has a mature plot, is just not a ‘kid’s film’, says senior animator

Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse is without doubt one of the most anticipated motion pictures popping out subsequent yr. The sequel to the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, will hit theatres subsequent summer season. Now senior animator Ere Santos has revealed that the sequel is just not a ‘child’s film’. (Also learn: Marvel announces documentary on Stan Lee set to release in 2023, shares teaser on his 100th birthday)

Although Dhanush‘s Pavitr Prabhakar is without doubt one of the new characters within the movie, and among the many group of Spider-People who’re given the cost of defending the world, no additional particulars concerning the plot and its attainable connection to India has been made. Meanwhile, senior character animator Ere Santos has hinted that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is just not a child’s film.

He stated, “It was really challenging project. So it was a lot of frustrating times, something every production has. But what kind of kept us going was we’d be frustrated, or something would change, or a sequence was cut, and then we’d see a new render, and we’d be like, ‘Okay, alright? Let’s go, let’s go,’ And also, some of the choices characters were making in the story were like, ‘What? Okay, all right. This is a kid’s movie? I guess it’s not a kid’s movie. Okay, cool. Yeah, that’s good.’ So it’s very, very, super exciting to me.”

Talking concerning the mature parts of the film, Ere Santos additional added in an interview with The Direct, “I think, to be more specific, it’s just the different art styles that they have, the different effects that they have on the different visuals, and the different worlds you travel to and it’s very exciting. A lot of stuff that’s been said already, but from an insider perspective, I’ve seen stuff in the movie that I’ve never seen in art before. And I’m very, very excited for the world to see.”

Earlier this month, it was confirmed that The Spot, voiced by Jason Schwartzman, would be the villain within the subsequent two sequels. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse hits theaters on June 2, 2023.