We were like: Let’s swing the biggest bat we can.” “We couldn’t justify doing this with any other story or any other point in our careers. “When you have the confidence of the audience like I hope we have from the first movie, you sort of want to use it as a springboard to take more chances,” says Lord. What was once a quirky minor player in the hulking world of superhero movies has turned into not just a blockbuster but a genuine pop-culture sensation and, maybe, a new high point in comic-book movies. It debuted with $120.5 million, way above tracking estimates and more than triple what “Into the Spider-Verse” launched with. “Across the Spider-Verse” certainly blasted expectations on opening weekend. And we wanted to blow the doors open on that.” “For too long, the studios were mandating that these films all look the same. “It was an opportunity to show the limitless possibilities of animation in a studio film,” says Miller. He was also, thanks to a mosh pit of multiverses, just about anyone, or anything, you could think of. Spider-Man, for the first time, was a biracial kid from Brooklyn. One of their crowning achievements, the Oscar-winning “Into the Spider-Verse,” took a hatchet to superhero movie conventions. They’ve turned seemingly terrible ideas - a Lego movie, a “21 Jump Street” movie - into original works of antic, innovative comedy.

In the movies of Lord and Miller, a filmmaking duo since they met in college at Dartmouth, down is frequently up, and up is often down.

“Everything is the wrong way, but if feels right,” says Phil Lord, who wrote and produced “Across the Spider-Verse” with Christopher Miller.

Their view is ours: An upside-down city, shimmering in the distance. After giddily swinging through New York skyscrapers, they perch themselves on the underside of a clocktower ledge. Gwen Stacy (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) and Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) have just reunited in the “Into the Spider-Verse” sequel. NEW YORK (AP) - Aside from the inverted skyline, the only giveaway that something is off in one of the most striking images of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” is the ponytail that’s sticking straight up in the air.

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