A new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse toy reveals new plot details for the movie’s villain, The Spot, including where he is in his career.
A new toy may have revealed a clue about the upcoming Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse movie. The computer-animated film will be the second installment in a three-part film series following the huge commercial and critical success of its first film. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in 2018. The original film told the story of Miles Morales, a teenager who becomes a new Spider-man and joins forces with Spider-humans from other universes to protect his own universe from villain Kingpin. The film won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film and was praised for its plot, humor and animation style.
The upcoming sequel was originally set to be released in April 2022, but due to the complications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the film’s release date was pushed back to June 2023, with the third installment slated to release in May 2024. So far, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseThe cast has been set, with actors Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld reprising their roles as Morales, and Gwen Stacy alongside Oscar Isaac and Issa Rae as new Spider-Man/Woman variants. Details about the plot have yet to be announced, except for Miles who enters the multiverse with other Spider-People and his central villain The Spot, whom the public is now learning more about.
New merchandise for the movie may have given fans an idea of ​​what About the Spider verse will be approximately. The Hasbro toy, an action figure of the Marvel character The Spot, traditionally a villain for both Spider-Man and Daredevil, was spotted at a Canadian Walmart and shared by Instagram user TOYSHIZ. On the back of the packaging, the toy description describes the villain in the early stages of his journey. A small line on the box explains: “If The Spot can realize the true power of his abilities, he could become a threat to the entire universe.” According to the comics, the Spot has the ability to open interdimensional portals even over his own body, allowing him to commit crimes across multiple universes.
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While it’s been confirmed that Jason Schwartzman will voice The Spot in the upcoming film, little else has been revealed about the Spider-Man villain’s involvement in the story. However, the description on the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The toy packaging implies that the movie could introduce The Spot around the time he discovers his own superpower. If so, it indicates a more nuanced portrayal of the character possibly struggling to perfect his abilities while showing the scale of what he could become, unlike other villains, including the Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus and Tombstone who all had fully developed powers in the previous animation Spider Man movie.
Almost five years after the incredibly popular Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, fans are getting eager and excited about the highly anticipated sequel. if Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse want to keep the element of surprise, they have to be careful of every little breadcrumb that falls, namely regarding The Spot, a villain yet to be adapted for a webslinging movie. Of course, by keeping fans engaged and speculating, Sony is certainly building the anticipation leading up to the film’s release on June 2, 2023.
Source: TOYSHIZ/Instagram
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