Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that’s the first of its kind. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales, and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse, where more than one can wear the mask.

The animated film features Shameik Moore of Netflix’s The Get Down as the voice of Miles Morales, the young African-American man who takes up the mantle of Spider-Man in Brian Michael Bendis‘ run of comics.

Phil Lord wrote the screenplay for the film, which finds Morales discovering a multi-verse that features multiple Spider-Men, which is how we get Jake Johnson‘s Peter Parker. Additionally, Mahershala Ali and Brian Tyree Henry voice Aaron and Jefferson Davis, the latter of whom is Miles’ father.

In the director’s chair is a trio of filmmakers: Peter Ramsey (Rise of the Guardians), Bob Perischetti (writer of The Little Prince) and Rodney Rothman (writer of 22 Jump Street). Lord and Miller are producing the film alongside Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, and Christina Steinberg.

The animation style pops with lots of color and stuttered movement that evokes the comics panels off of which it’s based. Given how many variations of Spider-Man exist now, this one certainly stands out as we see Peter Parker taking Miles Morales under his wing and essentially teaching him how to be Spider-Man.

Liev Schreiber is playing the villain Kingpin, Hailee Steinfeld is Spider-Gwen, Luna Lauren-Valez is Miles’ mother Rio, and Lily Tomlin is Aunt May.

The film opens in theaters on December 14th.

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