Director of 'Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales' says 'Spider-Verse' was a big inspiration

Everyone loves Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, including the folks over at Insomniac Games. Brian Horton, creative director on Marvel’s  Spider-Man: Miles Morales, said the Oscar-winning film had a tremendously positive impact on the development team’s work.

During a creative roundtable discussing the character of Miles Morales, Horton explains to Into The Spider-Verse director Peter Ramsey along with screenwriter Phil lord and producer Chris Miller how the movie influenced Insomniac’s work on the PlayStation 5 launch title.

“You guys influenced us tremendously,” Horton said. “When we saw the film, we had already developed a bit of story for what our game would be, but we were heartened and freaked out by how good of a story you guys told with Miles. All the small details that you brought into his character that were cultural touchstones, but also just human moments, really helped us raise our game.”

Check out a video of the entire roundtable for yourself below.

You can tell it’s a heartfelt sentiment from Horton too, and rightfully so. Considering Miles Morales will also be in Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, I can’t help but wonder if we’ll see more Spider-Verse DNA in that game too.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.