Swinging back into action

A poster for the new movie. Jointly directed by Justin K.Thompson, Kemp Powers and Joaquim Dos Santos, the 140-minute animated movie features Shameik Moore reprising his role as the teenage protagonist, Morales, with Hailee Steinfeld voicing Stacy and Jake Johnson voicing Peter B. Parker, the Spider-Man who trains Morales how to use his powers in the first movie. Alongside Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, two of the three scriptwriters, the eight major cast and crew members shared behind-the-scenes stories of the new movie with China Daily during online interviews held over two days in late May. Powers says they made this breakthrough because they wanted "everyone in the world to feel like they could see Spider-Man in their own community when they leave the movie theater". In an interesting twist, Parker's Amazing Spider-Man — a jaded, slovenly character in the first film, aside from serving as a mentor to Morales, becomes a father in the new movie.