Sony has revealed the directors for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2.
A sequel for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has been in the works for sometime. In fact, development of said sequel began in November 2018 before the release and the subsequent buzz of the original animated film. However, it was not confirmed until the fall of 2019.
Now things are finally moving along as Sony has recently revealed the directors for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2. The original movie was directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman but it appears that they will not be involved in the as of yet untitled sequel.
Who is directing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2?
The Sony Pictures Animation Twitter account (H/T: Bleeding Cool) revealed that the directing team behind Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 are Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson.
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The trio of talent have incredible résumés individually. Dos Santos has titles such as Justice League: Unlimited, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Voltron: Legendary Defender and The Legend of Korra to his name – the latter projects of which he was the producer on. Powers’ acclaimed play One Night in Miami was recently adapted into a critically acclaimed film and he was also one of the co-directors of Pixar’s recent hit Soul.
Thompson is a veteran of his craft with a dazzling amount of credits, ranging from Hercules to Buzz Lightyear of Star Command to Dexter’s Laboratory and Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Into the Spider-Verse 2 will mark his directorial debut.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 stars Shameik Moore as Miles Morales/Spider-Man and Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman with more names to be announced in the coming months. Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson are co-directing from a screenplay by David Callaham, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
Avi Arad, Christina Steinberg, Amy Pascal, Lord and Miller are producing the film for Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel. Peter Ramsey and Aditya Sood serve as executive producers. Sony Pictures Releasing is set to distribute.
Into the Spider-Verse 2 will swing into theaters on Oct. 7, 2022.
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