'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' trivia and fun facts
New record
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller revealed that they told Sony the sequel would be the same size as 'Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse', but it ended up having the largest crew of any animated movie ever with around 1,000 people working on it.
Two delays
'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' was originally scheduled to be released on April 8, 2022, but was delayed to October 7 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; it was later changed to June 2, 2023.
At the buzzer!
Production on the film was completed on May 20, 2023, 13 days before the U.S. release date.
Oscar Isaac's fourth time in a Marvel project
This is Oscar Isaac's fourth Marvel project after playing Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099 in Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018) and Marc Spector/Steven Grant in the TV series 'Moon Knight' (2022).
'Marvel's Spider-Man'
During Miles's brief conversation with Ganke in their dorm room, Ganke can be seen playing Insomniac's Marvel's Spider-Man (2018).
Amount of characters and dimensions
'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' takes place over six different dimensions, in which we will see 240 different characters. More than a thousand people worked on the animation of the film.
Runtime record
At a runtime of 2 hours and 20 minutes (140 min), 'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' is the longest American animated film to date, surpassing the previous record holder, Consuming Spirits (2012) by 4 minutes.