After working together to stop the Kingpin in 2018’sSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy will once again team up this summer.ScreenRanthas released a new image from the upcoming sequel,Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The image shows Miles Morales/Spider-Man (Shameik Moore) and Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman (Hailee Steinfeld) web swinging together. In the film, the two will be reunited after Miles helped Gwen and other spider-powered heroes return to their own universes.
Thetrailers have shownthat Gwen is a part of a group of spider heroes from throughout the multiverse, led by Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Issac). The sequel will alsofeature a romancebetween Miles and Gwen.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verseshowed Miles being attracted to Gwen — he even told his Uncle Aaron (Mahershala Ali) about her, who then gave him advice on how to talk to her. Although the two didn’t become close romantically, the first film showed them becoming friends.
In theSpider-Versefilms, Gwen was the one who was bitten by a radioactive spider instead of Peter Parker. She then became the superhero Spider-Woman. However, she was unable to save her universe’s Peter, who was her best friend. Although Miles was able to send everyone back to their own universe inSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the first film ended with Gwen making contact with Miles. In the main Marvel Universe, known to comic book fans as Earth-616, Gwen was Peter’s love interest. However, she was later killed by the Green Goblin. Gwen was previously played byBryce Dallas HowardinSpider-Man 3and byEmma Stonein theThe Amazing Spider-Manfilms.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseWill Have a Large Line-Up of Multiverse Heroes
InSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Miles and Gwen will team up with different spider-powered heroes from throughout the multiverse.Jake Johnsonwill return as Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man. In the first film, Peter was a mentor to Miles who helped train him to take up the mantle of Spider-Man. Since fans last saw him, Peter has gotten back together with Mary Jane, andnow has a daughternamed May “Mayday” Parker. In the MC2 universe, teenage May succeeds her father and becomes Spider-Girl. The film will also starIssa Raeas Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman,Karan Sonias Pavitr Prabhakar/Spider-Man India, andDaniel Kaluuyaas Hobie Brown/Spider-Punk. The villain of the film will be the Spot,voiced byJason Schwartzman.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseis scheduled to be released on June 2. In the meantime, check out this trailer for the film below:
