The animated film with the most anticipation this year is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The film aims to surpass the legacy of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, its Oscar-winning predecessor, and it could. With several Spider-People and their various dimensions, the forthcoming film has a wide range of animation and creative styles. Fans got a peek into Spider-Man India’s realm, Mumbattan, in a brand-new teaser that Phil Lord and Christopher Miller shared on the movie’s official Twitter account.
The brief film gives us a nice glimpse of Spider-Man India, alias Pavitra Prabhakar. Miller further explains, “He lives in a realm we call Mumbattan, which is based on these Indian comic novels from the 1970s.” The name has the same pronunciation as Mumbai, the hometown of the comic book character. Lord said, “This realm is supposed to be Manhattan but backward. Consequently, it drops down instead of upward.”
Mumbattan seems like an essential dimension, given that the film has a lot of upside-down advertising material. In the forthcoming film, Miles will be shown attempting to balance being a young adult and Spider-Man. As shown in the teasers, Miles will be launched across the Multiverse after meeting Gwen and will come upon a group of Spider-People tasked with safeguarding its very existence. However, things start to go wrong when Miles is put up against the other Spider-People. For Miles and his followers, the movie will be a rollercoaster of emotions that includes a lot of adventure.
Many new characters will be introduced, as well as some old ones. In addition to many others, the voice cast of Across the Spider-Verse features Shameik Moore as Miles Morales, Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy, Jason Schwartzman as Jonathan Ohnn/Spot, Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker, Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099, Issa Rae as Jessica Drew, Daniel Kaluuya as Hobie Brown/Spider-Punk, Brian Tyree.
Kemp Powers, Joaquim Dos Santos, and Justin K. Thompson, a trio who will also helm Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, are behind the camera for Across the Spider-Verse. Along with Christina Steinberg, Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, and Lord and Miller, who also co-wrote the movie, they are co-producing the animated movie with Alonzo Ruvalcaba.
While Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse will be released on March 29, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will debut on June 2. The remarks from Lord and Miller about Pavitr Prabhakar, ”the Indian spiderman”, are included below:
Pavitr Prabhakar and the world of Earth-50101 are coming to the #SpiderVerse. Who’s ready?
Watch the Official Trailer Afterparty on the @SonyPictures YouTube to get more Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse reveals: https://t.co/JWXi1GawHp pic.twitter.com/jL4VlcTbY9
— Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (@SpiderVerse) January 24, 2023
