After charming the hearts of many and winning an Academy Award, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is poised to get two sequels. The first, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, has been the topic of conversation in recent months, between the film’s teaser trailer and the news that the release date of the film will be delayed by several months. Across the Spider-Verse producer and co-writer Christopher Miller recently took to social media to address one comment that has been circulating about the film — that it seemingly includes 240 characters. According to Miller, while the film does have 240 unique characters, the vast majority of them are background or minor characters. Miller then specified that the story will be decidedly centered around Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld), and “a handful of others.”
To clarify, amidst the universe-hopping there are 240 unique characters that had to be designed and modeled but they’re mostly minor or background characters. The scale is grand, but the story is personal & centers on Miles and his family, along w/ Gwen and a handful of others https://t.co/4SwspYK8s5
