Miles Morales Officially Confirmed as Sony's Spider-Man for its Untitled Animated Film
During a Sony presentation for its upcoming animated film slate, new details emerged regarding its as-yet untitled Spider-Man project, and it has finally confirmed the much-rumoured news that Miles Morales will play the character for the first time on the big screen.
Written by Phil Lord, and being executive produced by Lord and Chris Miller, the animated film is being directed by Bob Persichetti (The Little Prince) and Peter Ramsey (Rise of the Guardians). It's slated for December 21, 2018.
Sony Pictures tweeted out news from the presentation, as read below:
#SonyAnimationDay presents video of executive producers of the stand-alone SPIDER-MAN animated feature, writer@PhilipLord and@ChrizMillr.
— Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) January 18, 2017
From the video: Phil and Chris state the film “has a lot of heart, a lot of action, and a lot of laughs.” #SonyAnimationDay
— Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) January 18, 2017
.@PhilipLord and@ChrizMillr are bringing the Miles Morales story to the big screen in all-new animated stand-alone SPIDER-MAN feature. — Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) January 18, 2017
Experience the upcoming stand-alone animated SPIDER-MAN feature, directed by Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey, in theaters 12/21/18. ️ — Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) January 18, 2017
Source: Collider
