"After making her first friend in a long time in Miles, she’s back in her reality, which she managed to escape, because she’s a fugitive of the law. "Where we find Gwen at the film’s beginning, it’s mere moments after the first one ended," director Kemp Powers explains. In fact, Spider-Gwen’s role is so important that Across the Spider-Verse actually sounds like it’ll open with a scene starring Earth-65’s predominant protector. But it’s Spider-Gwen who’s as integral to the story as Miles – a co-star, if you will – and whose loyalties are torn between being Miles’ friend and her lofty position in the Spider-Society. Spider-Man 2099, Peter B Parker (Jake Johnson), Spider-Woman/Jessica Drew (Issa Rae), Spider-Man India/Pavitr Prabhakar (Karan Soni), and Spider-Punk/Hobie Brown (Daniel Kaluuya) are also key to its plot. Miles isn’t the sole protagonist of this movie, however. Miguel O'Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099, is positioned as an anti-hero in Across the Spider-Verse. And, as the individual that this Sony Pictures film series is based around, it’s clear he’ll have a huge say in how Across the Spider-Verse’s story, and that of its sequel Beyond the Spider-Verse, which is slated to arrive in March 2024, plays out. And, with multiverse-traversing villain The Spot (Jason Schwartzman) threatening the safety of every reality, Miles and company can ill-afford to be divided at such a crucial time.Īs big a spectacle and bombastic as this movie gets, we never lost sight of Miles’ perspective Joaquim Dos Santos, directorĪs Across the Spider-Verse’s trailers have shown – read our breakdown of its second trailer for the secrets housed within – the second Miles-led film will see him interact with an amazing who’s who of Spider-People. However, when Miles finds himself at odds with Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac), the leader of the Spider-Society tasked with protecting every universe, a Spidey civil war brews. When Miles’ friend-cum-love interest Gwen Stacey (Hailee Steinfeld), aka Spider-Gwen, unexpectedly reappears – traveling from her realm of Earth-65 via an interdimensional portal – Miles is roped into another mission to save the multiverse.
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