Four and a half years have passed since Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse reinvented the comic book movie genre. Its ground-breaking visuals, exploration of a superhero-based multiverse – beating Marvel and DC to that particular punch in the process – and wholly original, multi-award winning take on the webslinger's big-screen adventures distinguished it from its peers in spectacular fashion.
Needless to say, the pressure on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to perform as well as, if not better that, its predecessor is palpable. Sony Pictures' next Spider-Man movie is certainly ambitious, with its 1,000-plus strong cast and crew pushing the boundaries of what's possible for an animated movie, both visually and narratively, even further than before. Such lofty goals, though, are fraught with the potential for failure, including the possibility that Across the Spider-Verse could collapse under its own aspirational weight.
