Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse finally hit the theatres last week and the fandom has been absolutely mesmerized after witnessing this masterpiece of a movie. The movie is the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse which was released back in 2018. The Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse movie explored even more depths of the multiverse and gave more details about events known as ‘canon events.’
The movie also contained a chase sequence where the protagonist of the movie, Miles Morales is being chased by hundreds of other Spider-People (or to say creatures as there were dinosaurs too) which captured the hearts of fans and left them awestruck. The scene allegedly took almost 4 years to complete and it was absolutely worth it.
The chase scene containing Miles Morales and Spider-People took almost 4 years to complete
In a recent interview with Collider, the co-director of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Joaquim Dos Santos opened up and gave details about making the masterpiece of a chase sequence where Miles Morales aka Spider-Man is being chased by hundreds of other Spider-People. According to Dos Santos, the scene allegedly took almost 4 years to be completed. He said,
“If you think about the Guggenheim sequence, that was the first thing that we storyboarded, that was the last thing that locked animation in the film. So that was the entire four years that sequence was worked on. I think Justin [K. Thompson, co-director] has the actual figure, but if you were to line up the hours worked on this film in a straight line, it’s like 792 hours straight, if it was one person who was doing it straight ahead. So the fact that all these things are happening in tandem, like side by side, that’s how these films get made. And it is, I’m telling you, thousands of people, it’s insane.”
4 years might seem like a very long for just one chase sequence but that one sequence really exceeded everyone’s expectations and was arguably the best 8-10 minutes of the movie.
The fans said that taking 4 years for just one chase sequence was absolutely worth it
When fans found out that the famous chase sequence from the movie had taken 4 years to complete, one Twitter user wrote, “Totally worth it“.
Totally worth it. Beyond the Spider-verse should get delayed at this point. And for good reason.
— Mo Lucas 🇲🇦🇬🇧 (@Mighty1Lucas) June 7, 2023
Fans were really captivated by that chase sequence in the movie, one user wrote that scene was ‘intense.’
That scene definitely was intense.
— Richard A. Heaton (@zanderlex) June 7, 2023
That scene went crazy 🔥
— Jorge Sanchez (@JASdynamics) June 7, 2023
I just knew that sequence was special 🔥 pic.twitter.com/fOxTyhUbQx
— brew darrymore (@evvss_) June 7, 2023
Everyone in the fandom is appreciating the animator’s efforts in bringing that scene to life. One user wrote, “You can see the effort in every scene.”
And it shows. You can see the effort in every frame.
— ERod 🔨 (@ERodBuster1) June 7, 2023
— st (@startefacts_) June 7, 2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has already grossed $221 million worldwide and it hasn’t been a week since the release of the movie. It seems like the vivid animation style and the plot of the movie have captivated the fans a little too much.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ended with a cliffhanger and the story will now be continued in the movie’s sequel, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse which will be released in March 2024.
