![]() ![]() In between Doctor Strange and Endgame, however, we were blessed in 2018 with Sony Animation’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which was the film debut of Miles Morales, who takes on the role of Spider-Man after the death of his universe’s Peter Parker. In Endgame, we were introduced to the idea of timelines, wherein changing important events can cause a timeline to branch off into different and strange realities. It is mostly ignored in the MCU for the next few films until 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, when the Avengers team up to perform the Time Heist and bring back everyone lost in the Blip. The concept of the multiverse was first explored in the MCU in 2016’s Doctor Strange when the Ancient One ( Tilda Swinton) pulls Strange's Stephen ( Benedict Cumberbatch) through a series of universes in order to show him the breadth of her abilities. While Across the Spider-Verse is an incredible feat in both animation and storytelling, we also have to admit that through its exploration of the multiverse, it only made the concept more convoluted by again introducing new rules that go against what we already know. The movie combines animated and live-action characters and further confirms that Miles’ cinematic universe exists in tandem with the MCU, something that was hinted at in Spider-Man: Homecoming. In Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the multiverse was cracked open like never before, when Miles Morales ( Shameik Moore) is introduced to the Spider Society, a rag-tag group of every Spider-Person imaginable. Why do some variants look the same in every universe? Why do animated characters glitch when they’re in the wrong universe, while live-action characters don’t? How are timelines different from universes? Is your brain melting yet? An infinite web of universes composed of different variations of our favorite characters, the multiverse continually brings up more questions than answers. Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseIn recent years, the concept of the multiverse has become one of the hottest plot devices in cinema, but is probably most well-known for its portrayal in Marvel movies and shows.
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