Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - 10 Reasons To Be Excited

Miles Morales in a beautifully animated spotlight? Yes!

by Ewan Paterson
Miles Morales Spider-Man Into Spider-Verse
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After being announced in 2015, fans have been kept in the dark regarding what, exactly, Sony's animated Spider-Man film would be like. Miles Morales was said to be the title character, but apart from the involvement of Phil Lord and Chris Miller, there was no way of predicting how Sony's animated effort would pan out.

Thanks to a recent teaser, however, we may have just gotten our answer. Set to be released next year, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will feature Miles (created by Brian Bendis and Sara Pichelli), in an as of yet unknown adventure. The trailer didn't let on much in that way, but - judging from the online reaction - it's managed to generate a whole lot of buzz.

It's not without reason, either. Sony's first animated Spidey film looks electric, and its introduction of Miles to a wider audience is fantastic to see too, particularly so, considering how the mask has been dominated by Peter Parker for what many would consider to be a fairly protracted period of time.

In any case, 2018 is very much Miles' year, and while Sony's animated department remains unproven at this time, there's no denying that this project - above others - looks very, very exciting.

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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.