‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2’ Has a Familiar Story Artist Joining the Project
By George Robbins
Sony is a very well known company with many different facets to its structure as a company in general. For instance, they are not just in the technology business, but also, they are in the movie making business. This is how they have managed to become so prolific within the past decade or so. While half of their movies or so are mostly hit-or-miss, a good number of their films actually have monetary success tied to them. They have done their best over the years to try and expand their library and this has become more noticeable over the past couple of years as time has gone on. They have put a lot more effort into what gets made and it seems like it may end up working out for them moving forward.
The unfortunate thing about Sony is the fact that they usually take something that has had mild to extreme success and they try too hard to make a franchise out of it. This only affects the story quality of their movies though, as a majority of sequels that they make end up being box office successes. One of the parts of their video media division that has had the most success, however, over the past few years has been the animation department. The movies that have been churned out by the animation teams have all looked great on screen and the animations are almost completely seamless. None of their movies proved this more than one of their most recent films, ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.’
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ is a film that has been placed on a pedestal for how well done the film is overall, and rightfully so. An extreme amount of effort went into the stylistic choices made for the film which makes it feel unique from every other comic book film. From the individual art styles for all of the different characters to the sound design and music choices for the film, it all looks and sounds like it belongs. It isn’t just any animated movie, it is a “comic book” movie. This means that it was made in a way where every single frame was made in a way that if you paused the film, it would look like a page from a comic book. It has been rightfully labeled a masterpiece and we now know that a sequel is on the way.
The end of the first film left it open for having a sequel, although it isn’t really all that necessary as it didn’t feel like a cliffhanger either. No one is going to complain though because if they do as well with the second one as they did with the first, then it will be great. One of the most important parts of the film, though, is the story which had a lot of effort put into it and it told a very well-crafted story. It should ease people a little bit to know that Octavio E. Rodriguez, story artist for Incredibles 2 and Coco, is now going to be a part of the ‘Spider-Verse 2’ team. This makes it even more exciting to know where this upcoming sequel will be going as the art style and story are what made the film what it is. This just makes it sound like it could end up being better than the first movie, but that is a tough wall to climb, so we will just have to see.