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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Sequel Snares New Directing Trio (EXCLUSIVE)
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April 19, 2021
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A new directing team has joined the Spider-Verse.
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers (a current Oscar nominee), and Justin K. Thompson have been tapped by Sony Pictures Animation to direct the sequel to the Oscar-winning animated feature “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.”
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Although Dos Santos’ directing role had been previously reported, the trio have been working together on the project from the start.
Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Amy Pascal, Avi Arad and Christina Steinberg are all returning to produce the project, with Alonzo Ruvalcaba co-producing. “Spider-Verse” director Peter Ramsey will executive produce, along with Aditya Sood.
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Adapted from S. Williams novel, the female revenge thriller is being produced by Matthew George s Savvy Media Holdings.
Ivy Agregan, the visual effects producer whose credits include Academy Award winners
The Revenant and
Birdman (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), is set to make her directorial debut with the adaptation of female revenge thriller
Tuesday Falling.
Matthew George s Savvy Media Holdings acquired rights to the S. Williams novel first published by HarperCollins in 2015 and tapped Agregan to direct.
A crime thriller with a technological twist,
Tuesday Falling follows Tuesday, a woman who lives beneath the streets of London in a hidden network of underground tunnels. After suffering extreme cruelty at the hands of men, she takes it upon herself to seek vengeance.