Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse released different versions without telling fans

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the new animated film of the Spider-Verse and sequel to the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, has been a success among critics and audiences after its passage through movie theaters. And it has not been until now, in the final stretch of its passage through the box office, that it has been discovered that the film by Sony Pictures Animation and Marvel released, at the very least, in two different versions, giving meaning to its own multiversal idiosyncrasy. The news was confirmed by the film’s editor: “I was wondering when people might start noticing…” wrote Andy Leviton, editor of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.

Different versions of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse

Thus, and following the pattern proposed by the film itself, watching Spider-Man: Crossing the Multiverse in different movie theaters can encourage enjoying various experiences, subtle and not very obvious to the eyes of the viewer, although impactful enough if we start to analyze the footage and how various scenes of the film have been staged.

A Reddit user shared a scene in which Spider-Man 2099 holds a conversation with his holographic colleague Lyla and in which some differences can be identified if we put both sequences next to each other. And although the meaning and the end of both scenes is the same, these small variations play with the multiversal theme of the film in a more than surprising tactic, adding another layer of love for the work, as those responsible have already demonstrated.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse already exceeded 760 million dollars in worldwide revenue, a total success for Sony Pictures and Marvel. The third part, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, is scheduled to be released in theaters in March 2024, thus closing the animated trilogy of the Spiderverse.

Source | Kotaku