New Art Book Offers a Behind-The-Scenes Look at the Art Style of 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' AND MORE!!

Sony Pictures Animations has unveiled the official art book of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Authored by Ramin Zahed, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie takes a deep dive into the art and artistry of the sequel and features “exclusive concept art, sketches, character designs, and storyboards,” plus interviews with important figures like writers/producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, “who offer insights into their creative process.”

Across the Spider-Verse sees the return of Miles Morales as he teams up with Gwen Stacy and other Spider-People to take on their most powerful villain yet. The sequel opened with $120.5 million USD domestically and logged 2023’s second-largest opening weekend yet, and earned $88.1 million USD from 59 regions at the international box office, totalling to $208.6 million USD.

Pre-order Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Art of the Movie on Amazon for approximately $35 USD.

In related news, Metro Boomin assembled his musical superheroes in the soundtrack album for Across the Spider-Verse.

Metro Boomin has dropped off the highly-anticipated soundtrack album of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Clocking in at approximately 50 minutes, the 13-track project features a myriad of high-profile guest features from the likes of Nas, A$AP Rocky, Wiz Kid, Offset, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Offset, Ei8ht, Beam, Lil Uzi Vert, Toian, Swae Lee, JID, Coi Leray, Nav, Future, James Blake and Don Toliver. The project’s collaborative energy makes for a stellar sonic backdrop for the high-adrenaline superhero film and channels the same energy of the different Spider-Mans sprawling across the film. Both Metro and his collaborators learn to make space for another across the 13 tracks, creating a fun and cohesive record despite the variety of sounds each artist has to offer.

Stream Metro Boomin’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse soundtrack album on Spotify and Apple Music.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse raked in a massive $120.5 million USD domestic box office debut over the weekend, surpassing expectations and securing the second-largest opening weekend of this year, according to Variety.

The film ranks behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which earned $146 million USD in its first weekend at the domestic box office. Notably, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse earned the third-largest opening weekend in the Spider-Man franchise.

Across the Spider-Verse pulled in an additional $88.1 million USD from 59 regions at the international box office, with China leading the way at $17.3 million USD. Across the world, the film brought in a total of $208.6 million USD.

The movie arrived as the sequel to 2018’s  Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which first introduced the world to Miles Morales. This latest film, directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, follows Morales and Gwen Stacy (Spider-Woman) on a mission to save the Spider People from an evil villain known as the Spot. Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld return as Morales and Stacy respectively, and the remaining voice cast includes Brian Tyree Henry, Issa Rae, Jason Schwartzman, Daniel Kaluuya and Oscar Isaac.

“This is an exceptionally good opening for an animation follow-up sequel,” said David A. Gross, who leads film consulting agency Franchise Entertainment Research, per Variety. “‘Spider-Verse’ took a well-liked superhero, gave the storytelling an original visual style and voice and created a unique experience.”

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is in theaters now.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has released two new promo videos over the weekend introducing Pavitr Prabhakar, the Spider-Man of India (Karan Soni), and pregnant Spider-Woman Jessica Drew (Issa Rae) who will both star in the upcoming movie.

Prabhakar is a resident of Mumbattan in Earth-50101, first appearing in the 2004 Spider-Man: India comic book miniseries which follows a similar origin story as Peter Parker. However, instead of being bitten by a spider, he receives his powers from an ancient yogi who tasks him with the mission of saving Mumbattan. Jessica Drew, on the other hand, is celebrated on Mother’s Day as she’s seen out and about fighting villains while expecting. Drew and Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfield) are eventually set to team up in a spinoff movie alongside Spider-hero Silk.

Take a look at the promo videos below and look for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse to premiere in theaters on June 2.