<P> Lord and Miller wanted the film to feel like "you walked inside a comic book", and were excited to "tell the story using camera moves and pushing the style in ways a live - action movie can't". Persichetti concurred, feeling that animation was the best medium with which to honor the style of the comics, allowing the production team to adapt 70 - year - old techniques designed for comic book artwork into the film's visual language . It took about a year for the production team to create 10 seconds of footage that they were happy with the look of, and then animation work on the film developed from there . During the initial development phase, the directors worked with a single animator to establish the look of the film . This number eventually grew to 60 animators during production, but it became clear that this would not be enough to complete the film on time and so the crew was expanded further . The number had reached 142 animators by August 2018, the largest animation crew that Sony Pictures Animation had ever used for a film . The film is scheduled to be completed in October 2018 . </P> <P> The CGI animation for the film was combined with "line work and painting and dots and all sorts of comic book techniques" to make it look like it was created by hand, which was described as "a living painting". Lord said the film uses "a totally revolutionary style of animation", which combines the in - house style of Sony Pictures Animation with the "flavor" of comic artist Sara Pichelli (who co-created Miles Morales), and is presented in the anamorphic format . The film's directors all felt that the film would be one of the few that audiences actually "need" to watch in 3D due to the imersive nature of the animated world created, and the way that the 2D elements created specifically for the film create a unique experience; Persichetti described this experience as a combination of the effects of an old - fashioned 2D multiplane camera and a modern virtual reality environment . </P> <P> Daniel Pemberton was announced to be working on the score for the film in July 2018 . </P> <P> Spider - Man: Into the Spider - Verse is set to be released on December 14, 2018 . It was previously scheduled to be released on July 20 of that year, and then December 21 . </P>

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