Tom Holland's Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Tease Explained by Director

Kemp Powers, director of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, discussed the film's connections to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and Miguel O'Hara's line about the "little nerd in Earth-199999" in an interview with SFX, which was obtained by Digital Spy.

“The world of Miles Morales and Spider-Verse, it’s not tied into the Marvel Cinematic Universe or anything like that. But this is a Lord and Miller film. We like to have a little bit of fun, we like to be a little bit meta and to acknowledge the world in which we are creating these stories. That’s the best way to explain it.” “This isn’t something where we did anything in conjunction with Marvel. Miles’s universe, trust me, there’s plenty to work with. That gag is one of many...""My favorite gag is one that people don’t know about yet. But I think when they see it, they’re going to be pretty stunned. It’s a serious film, but it’s also a film with a lot of fun in it.”

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