Miles Morales, the best-known alternate Spider-Man identity in contemporary comics, returned in the latest full trailer for Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse on Tuesday.
The film, a sequel to 2018’s Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, features Miles (voiced by Shameik Moore) as his friend Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) lures him back into the Multiverse.
Despite the high-energy content of the first film, the trailer for the sequel opens with a somber conversation between Miles and his mother Rio, again voiced by Luna Lauren Velez.
Miles is seen in his street clothes as he looks out over New York City from the roof of his apartment building as his mother quietly approaches from behind.
Coming soon: Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) returns in the first full trailer for the sequel Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, which dropped Tuesday.
“It’s hard to see my little man not being a little boy all the time,” she says.
“For years, I’ve been taking care of this little boy,” he adds as the trailer begins showing flashbacks to the first film.
Miles is seen picking up a Spider-Man costume at a store as a Stan Lee-like figure calls out to him at the register.
He puts on the mask in a bathroom, but it’s clear it’s just a boy’s costume when he looks in the mirror.
Looking Back: Miles is seen on the roof of his building as a conversation with his mother (Luna Lauren Vélez) leads him to reminisce about his early days trying to take up the mantle of Spider-Man.
Big Shoes to Fill: He puts on the mask in a bathroom, but it’s clear it’s just a boy’s costume as he looks in the mirror
Pals: Other flashbacks show Miles spending time with his absent friend Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld)
Leading the way: He also misses one of the versions of Peter Parker (Jake Johnson), who mentored him in the first movie.
Other flashbacks show Miles spending time with his absent friend Gwen, as well as an alternate version of Peter Parker (voiced by Jake Johnson).
Miles’ police officer father (Brian Tyree Henry) is also seen, serving as a reminder that he disapproves of Spider-Man and the crime-fighting that Miles has secretly tried to do.
His mother continues, saying that her priorities were to make sure her son was ‘loved’ and that ‘he feels like he belongs where he wants to be.’
He wants to go out into the world and do great things. And what worries me the most… is that they won’t take care of you like we do,” she adds.
Strained relationship: Miles’ police officer father (Brian Tyree Henry) is also seen, serving as a reminder that he disapproves of Spider-Man and the crime-fighting that Miles has secretly tried to do.
Back in action: Miles gets a chance to do those ‘great things’ when Gwen interrupts him while he’s lying in bed and reaches out to take him back to the Multiverse.
Miles gets a chance to do those “great things” when Gwen interrupts him while he’s lying in bed and reaches out to take him back to the Multiverse.
He is seen wearing a fancy new navy suit with a scarlet spider draped across his chest as he and Gwen survey the twisted universe, which is populated by all manner of Spider-Heroes just like them.
According to the official synopsis, a threat confronts the Multiverse that divides the Spiders, forcing Miles to fight them to protect him.
One such figure, wearing a helmet reminiscent of X-Men villain Magneto, is seen charging forward as if in attack.
It appears to be Spider-Man 2099, a futuristic version of the hero voiced by Oscar Isaac who leaves plenty of collateral damage in his wake.
Fighting His Friends: According to the official synopsis, a threat confronts the Multiverse that divides the Spiders, forcing Miles to fight them to protect him.
Heavy hitter: One such figure, wearing a helmet reminiscent of X-Men villain Magneto, appears to be Spider-Man 2099, a futuristic version of the hero voiced by Oscar Isaac who leaves plenty of collateral damage in his wake.
New Co-Star: Another spider figure with a big afro is seen fighting. It appears to be Spider-Woman, who is voiced by Issa Rae from Insecure.
Another spider figure with a large afro is seen fighting. It appears to be Spider-Woman, who is voiced by Issa Rae from Insecure.
Gwen and Miles get the final word when they hint at the conflict between them and the other Spider-Man understudies.
“We’re supposed to be the good guys,” Gwen says wearily.
“We are,” Miles corrects her.
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse will be released in theaters on June 2, 2023.
The Leads: Gwen and Miles have the last word by hinting at the conflict between them and the other Spider-Man understudies.
Next year: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse will be released in theaters on June 2, 2023