Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - 10 Reasons To Be Excited
3. Lord And Miller Are Writing The Script
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Although the pair's reputation has been somewhat sullied by the directorial drama surrounding Disney's long-gestating Han Solo flick, there's no denying they're in their own element for the Spider-Verse.
Having already written and directed one seminal animated feature in The Lego Movie, there's precedent for Lord and Miller to do fantastic things with Miles. That film, bizarrely rubbished upon its announcement as a shameless piece of product placement, turned out to be a critical smash, and visually impressive in a whole host of respects. It's a theme that appears to be carrying through to their first comic book feature, so if the directors can make it even half as fun as The Lego Movie was, we could be in for a real treat indeed.
There's also the fact that the original Lego film featured a raft of comic book characters throughout, so there's clearly a love for the medium woven into their work, one that appears to be shining through already in this next Spidey film.
Add Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and 21 Jump Street into the mix, and you have a resume that boasts their comedic talents in full force. Here's hoping they'll have the pathos to back it up.
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.
