A sweet new Christmas EP, A Very Spidey Christmas was just released to coincide with the new film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Marvel’s new animated film. The funny part about it is there’s even a running joke in the film about Spider-Man releasing his own Christmas album. In fact, the song “Spidey Bells,” by Chris Pine (who voices Peter Parker in the film) plays during the credits. This festive Christmas album is full of good cheer and silly breaks by the actors which offer nice comic relief during the holiday season. The album includes vocals from Into the Spider-Verse actors Chris Pine, Jorma Taccone, Shameik Moore, and Jake Johnson.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is an 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. In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales becomes one of many Spider-Men as they team up to save New York City from Kingpin. It is set in a shared multiverse called the “Spider-Verse”, which features different alternate universes.
The film was directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman from a screenplay by Phil Lord and Rothman, and stars Shameik Moore as Morales, alongside Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, Zoë Kravitz, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Nicolas Cage, Kathryn Hahn, and Liev Schreiber.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse had its world premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles on December 1, 2018 and had a wide release in the United States on December 14, 2018. The film has grossed over $73 million worldwide on a $90 million budget, and was praised for its animation, characters, story, voice acting, humor, and soundtrack. It received Best Animated Feature nominations at the 76th Golden Globe Awards and 24th Critics’ Choice Awards. A sequel and several spin-offs are in development.
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