Spider-Man: Brand New Day director Destin Daniel Cretton says Insomniac's Spider-Man games inspired some of the stunts in the new movie.
"I am not a gamer, but I've played the game, but I surrounded myself with people who were obsessive gamers," Cretton told Polygon, when asked if he referenced Insomniac's Spider-Man video games while making the film. "So a lot of the people in our stunt department loved playing those video games. So they would do screen grabs of their play and bring it in and say like, 'Can we pull this move off?' So that was a great inspiration for things."
Marvel's Spider-Man is a video game franchise created by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Interactive for PlayStation and Windows. The incredibly popular and well-received games include Marvel's Spider-Man, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and Marvel's Spider-Man 2... and they're fun as heck, too.
It doesn't surprise me that some of the wildest shots from the games would serve as inspiration for the new film. In the games, Spidey can launch himself like a slingshot, nose-dive from a skyscraper before activating his web, slingshot between sections of a collapsing bridge, and launch himself through a glass window. Given that Peter has some new, uh, abilities in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, we're ready for some brand new moves.
The new movie sees a down-on-his-luck Peter Parker wrestle with his new abilities while taking on a new, seemingly invincible threat while still being forgotten by his best friends and the world at large.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day swings into cinemas on July 31 in the US and July 29 in the UK. For more, check out our guides to upcoming Marvel movies and how to watch the Marvel movies in order.
