Just a few weeks before release,Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Versehad a different ending.
That original ending is still in the movie, but now it comes a few seconds earlier.
One that drew inspiration from a galaxy far, far away.
The ending of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was a late addition.Screenshot: Sony Pictures
And we went, Oh god, what are we gonna do?
We gotta do something.
We ran back and we quickly scrambled and brainstormed and realized.
And we realized, Oh, they gave you hope at the end.
Its a hopeful cliffhanger.
Okay, we need our Go Rescue Han moment, Thompson recalled.
The audience went through the roof, and we went, Okay!
In our minds, we had the continuity, like we knew where the story was going.
Its a cliffhanger for a reason.
Read much more with the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse team over atColliderandwatch the movie on Netflix.
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