Daily Dialogue — January 24, 2019

“When do I know I’m Spider-Man?”

— Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2019), screenplay by Phil Lord & Rodney Rothman, story by Phil Lord

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Exercise.

Trivia: In late December 2017, the writing and directing credits changed. The original writers in early December 2017 were Phil Lord (co-director of 21 Jump Street (2012)/The Lego Movie (2014)) , Christopher Miller (co-director of 21 Jump Street (2012)/The Lego Movie (2014)) and Rodney Rothman (co-writer of 21 Jump Street (2012)). With Alex Hirsch (creator of Gravity Falls (2012)) as a story-contributor. Also, the directors would have been Peter Ramsey (Rise of the Guardians (2012)) and Bob Persichetti (this was his directorial debut). The final script was written by Phil Lord and the final directors were Peter Ramsey, Bob Persichetti and Rodney Rothman. So, three writers have been taken off of the final script and there has been one new director added to the film, making it a total of three directors.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Sure, you can say it’s a leap (pun intended) to call this sequence an example of exercise, but it’s such a spectacular moment in the movie, I think it’s worth the stretch (pun intended).