<P> Spider - Man: Into the Spider - Verse is an upcoming American computer - animated superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales / Spider - Man, produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing . It is set in an alternate universe from Sony's other Spider - Man properties, but introduces a shared multiverse . The film is directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman, from a screenplay by Phil Lord, and stars Shameik Moore as Morales alongside Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Jake Johnson, Liev Schreiber, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, and Lily Tomlin . In the film, Morales becomes one of many Spider - Men . </P> <P> Plans for an animated Spider - Man film, to be developed by Lord and Christopher Miller, were first revealed in 2014, and officially announced in April 2015 . Persichetti, Ramsey, and Rothman joined over the next two years, with Moore and Schreiber cast in April 2017 . Lord and Miller wanted the film to have its own unique style, combining the in - house computer animation of Sony Pictures Animation with traditional hand - drawn comic book techniques inspired by the work of Miles Morales's co-creator Sara Pichelli . Completing the animation for the film required up to 140 animators, the largest crew ever used by Sony Pictures Animation for a film . </P> <P> Spider - Man: Into the Spider - Verse is scheduled for release on December 14, 2018 . </P> <P> In the "classic Spider - Man mold", Miles Morales must juggle his high school life with his status as a superhero, as he is introduced to the "Spider - Verse" where there can be more than just one Spider - Man . </P>

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