History Trivia / SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse

*** Gwen and Miles' romance drew inspiration from the 1989 movie ''Film/SayAnything'', where Gwen is told by her mentor figures to stay away from Miles similarly to how the main female character in said movie is told by a disapproving father to stay away from her LoveInterest.

* InspirationForTheWork: According to one of the production designers for the film, Patrick O'Keefe, the scene where Gwen and Miles hang out and swing around the city drew inspiration from his first date with his wife and the feeling of "falling in love" during it.

* UncreditedRole: Creator/MichelleRuff confirmed on Facebook months after the fact that she was the voice of Mayday Parker.

** While it might have been a deliberate "cheat" in the composition of the scene, when Gwen is leaning her shoulder on Miles, she's clearly sitting much closer than she did a moment before without the animation to suggest she scooted closer.
** When Miles is being approached by [[spoiler:Prowler Miles at the ending of the film, the collar of Prowler Miles' suit changes from having three spikes to two spikes between shots.]]

* InspirationForTheWork: According to one of the production designers for the film, Patrick O'Keefe, the scene where Gwen and Miles hang out and swing around the city drew inspiration from his first date with his wife where they had been cruising around Toronto, climbing trees and buildings, "getting into all sorts of mess" and "the feeling of falling in love" during it.

* InspirationForTheWork: According to one of the production designers for the film, Patrick O'Keefe, the scene where Gwen and Miles hang out and swing around the city was partly inspired by his first date with his wife and the feeling of falling in love.

* InspirationForTheWork: According to one of the production designers for the film, Patrick O'Keefe, the scene where Gwen and Miles hang out and swing around the city was partly inspired by his first date with his wife and "the feeling of falling in love".

* ActorInspiredElement: At the end of Rio's loving speech to Miles at the water tower, he asks her ''"Bendición, mami"'', which she follows with ''"Que Dios te bendiga"''. This was an addition requested by Rio's voice actress' own mother, who had watched the trailer for the movie that included her speech and called her to say that ''"Bendición"'' was missing from the scene, which is a meaningful phrase in Latin-American circles, basically meaning to ask a parent for their blessing and receiving it. Luna Lauren called the directors to ask in doubt if they could add it in the scene somehow, which they immediately agreed to do.

** While he is not involved with the film, ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' creator Creator/GregWeisman [[https://youtu.be/Wlk1ispzTZQ?si=7QF9kJaw8YomOON6 suggests]] [[spoiler:the version of Spectacular Spider-Man in the film is not the same one from the show, but an AlternateSelf from an [[AlternateContinuity identical, but different universe]] to the main ''Spectacular'' universe, pointing out that the show's Peter would not be on Miguel's side.]]

* CreatorBacklash: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. While Creator/GregWeisman did love the film, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wlk1ispzTZQ did not agree]] with the portrayal of his [[WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan version of Spider-Man]], believing that [[spoiler:supporting Miguel's theory of letting certain people die]] was out of character for the Peter Parker of his show.

* ActorInspiredElement: At the end of Rio's loving speech to Miles at the water tower, he asks her ''"Bendición, mami"'', which she follows with ''"Que dios te bendiga"''. This was an addition requested by Rio's voice actress' own mother, who had watched the trailer for the movie that included her speech and called her to say that ''"Bendición"'' was missing from the scene, which is a meaningful phrase in Latin-American circles, basically meaning to ask a parent for their blessing and receiving it. Luna Lauren called the directors to ask in doubt if they could add it in the scene somehow, which they immediately agreed to do.

-->'''Miguel:''' Everywhere you go, you're an anomaly! You're the ''original'' anomaly!!! ... there's a world out there with no Spider-Man to protect them, because it bit ''you'' instead! You're not supposed to ''be'' Spider-Man!!\\
'''Miles:''' NO! You're lying! I'm Spider-Man!!\\
'''Miguel:''' You're a MISTAKE!!!... You don't belong here, ''you never did!''

* ReleaseDateChange: ''Across the Spider-Verse'' was originally slated to release on April 8, 2022. However, the film was caught in the crossfire of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, prompting the shift to October 7 of that same year. Then on April 20, 2022, it was announced that ''Across'' was delayed again to June 2, 2023, this time to allow the filmmakers to have more time to work on it. As a result, ''Beyond the Spider-Verse'' was delayed to March 29, 2024. The release of ''Beyond'' has since been indefinitely postponed due to several factors; the official reason is the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike, while the film's animation staff have also spoken out about poor working conditions on ''Across'' and a lack of any of real progress on ''Beyond'' making it infeasible to complete by original scheduled date.

* ReleaseDateChange: ''Across the Spider-Verse'' was originally slated to release on April 8, 2022. However, the film was caught in the crossfire of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, prompting the shift to October 7 of that same year. Then on April 20, 2022, it was announced that ''Across'' was delayed again to June 2, 2023, this time to allow the filmmakers to have more time to work on it. As a result, ''Beyond the Spider-Verse'' was delayed to March 29, 2024.[[note]]Unfortunately, the film ended up getting its date changed "again" due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA Hollywood strike and the allegations of poor working conditions from the people working on "Across"[[/note]].

* TroubledProduction: The film’s production was allegedly plagued by poor working conditions for the animators. [[https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/spider-verse-animation-four-artists-on-making-the-sequel.html Vulture reported]] that approximately 100 staff members quit over the course of production due to the crunch culture. Animated films are known to both take a long time to produce and be subject to extensive reworking, the former is usually done before any animation is started. However, the people Vulture talked to alleged that story and art changes were ordered by Phil Lord after scenes were completed. Although the film was ostensibly delayed out of its original spring 2022 release due to COVID-19, animators who were hired in the first quarter of 2021 allegedly sat around for six months or so with nothing to do while the story was being tweaked. In order to make up for lost time, some animators were working up to 11 hours a day. Allegedly the ending [[spoiler:where Gwen gets the gang back together to rescue Miles]] was changed a mere six weeks before release. While ''Beyond'' was also ostensibly delayed due to the SAG strikes, it had been rumored long before the delay was officially announced that one was coming to avoid another situation like this.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[WhatCouldHaveBeen/SpiderMan See here]]

** The LEGO universe is stated to be Earth-13122, which is the same official universe name for ''VideoGame/LegoMarvelSuperHeroes''. Neither Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor nor Creator/MartinSherman reprise the role, instead being portrayed by Nic Novicki.

** While Miles is at his dad's party, there are a few instances where the neck piece of his Spider-suit appears and disappears between shots.

* RealitySubtext: The climatic fight/argument between Miles and Miguel on the side of the speeding bullet train has more than a few likely intentional overlaps with how Miles' character was initially disliked for replacing one of the most beloved superheroes ever, [[spoiler:as Miguel sees Miles as a "fake" who stole the destiny of becoming a superhero from Earth-42's native reality, due to being empowered by a dimensionally-displaced spider and depriving that world of its "native" Spider-Man. This makes Miles' ShutUpHannibal comeback even more of a MomentOfAwesome, as he affirms that he ''is'' Spider-Man and a hero regardless of what his "destiny" was supposed to be]].

* RealitySubtext: The climatic fight/argument between Miles and Miguel on the side of the speeding bullet train has more than a few likely intentional overlaps with how Miles' character was initially disliked for replacing one of the most beloved superheroes ever, [[spoiler:as Miguel sees Miles as a "fake" who stole the destiny of becoming a superhero from Earth-42's native reality, due to being empowered by a dimensionally-displaced spider and depriving that world of its "native" Spider-Man. This makes Miles' ShutUpKirk comeback even more of a MomentOfAwesome, as he affirms that he ''is'' Spider-Man and a hero regardless of what his "destiny" was supposed to be]].

* TroubledProduction: The film’s production was allegedly plagued by poor working conditions for the animators. [[https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/spider-verse-animation-four-artists-on-making-the-sequel.html Vulture reported]] that approximately 100 staff members quit over the course of production due to the crunch culture. Animated films are known to both take a long time to produce and be subject to extensive reworking, the former is usually done before any animation is started. However, the people Vulture talked to alleged that story and art changes were ordered by Phil Lord after scenes were completed. Although the film was ostensibly delayed out of its original spring 2022 release due to COVID-19, animators who were hired in the first quarter of 2021 allegedly sat around for six months or so with nothing to do while the story was being tweaked. In order to make up for lost time, some animators were working up to 11 hours a day. Allegedly the ending [[spoiler:where Gwen gets the gang back together to rescue Miles]] was changed a mere six weeks before release. While ''Beyond'' was also ostensibly delayed due to the SAG strikes, it had been rumored long before the delay was officially announced that one was to avoid another situation like this.