"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" will see Miles Morales and Spider-Man 2099 disagree on a mysterious issue regarding the safety of the multiverse. The two heroes will fight, as is evident in the trailer, but Spider-Man 2099 will not be the movie's primary villain. Entertainment Weekly recently sat down with "Spider-Man" producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and the duo expanded on Spider-Man 2099's role in the movie.
"He's not the villain of the movie, but he's sort of an antagonist to Miles because they both think that what they're doing is the right thing," Miller told the outlet. While the producers refused to elaborate any further, leaving fans with the tease until the film's release, we can assume that the heroes disagree on how to handle the movie's actual villain, the Spot (Jason Schwartzman).
The relationship between Miles and Spider-Man 2099 will probably be similar to that of Captain America and Iron Man in "Captain America: Civil War." While neither hero was an outright villain, they served as antagonistic forces against one another, while the movie's main villain was Baron Zemo. Hopefully, "Across the Spider-Verse" gives Miles and Spider-Man 2099 the amount of screen time they need to fully explore their relationship, including their different perspectives on how to protect the multiverse.
