Given the Spot's unique origin story in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Spider-Man fans speculate about the villain identity of a background character that could threaten Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. Although the thread that ties Sony's Spider-Verse movies together is the multiverse, several Spider-Man villains have made an appearance. From Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse's Ultimate Marvel-inspired Green Goblin to the Renaissance-era Vulture from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, every villain in Sony's highly successful animated movies puts a fresh spin on their comic book counterparts. The Spot's new origin story might be the most groundbreaking, as he turns out to be the scientist Miles hit with a bagel in the first movie.
Likewise, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse's new villain could have already been introduced in the form of a recurring background character. Sony Pictures Animation's official Twitter account, @SonyAnimation, shares footage of a kid character wearing glasses who seems to follow Miles Morales around in both Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which leads fans to theorize that the creepy smiling kid will have a bigger role in the future as a villain. Check some of the responses below:
Ollie Osnick? pic.twitter.com/rxYNQkhmYB
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