‘Spider-Verse’ Directors on the 160-Page Version of the Script and Their Sequel Ambitions

Few studio films have pushed the boundaries of animation in recent years the way that Sony Pictures Animation’s Spider-Man-into-the-Spider-verse-2019-movie-posters/”>Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse does.

Produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the creative duo behind surprising, genre-bending, and seemingly ill-advised hits like The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, the animated Spider-Man movie triumphed as the underdog superhero sensation last year and just took home for Best Animated Picture at the 91st Academy Awards.

Which means it’s a pretty good time to be Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsay, and Rodney Rothman — the directorial trio that …

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