SPIDER-MAN INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (2018) About The Director and Cast
Directors BOB PERSICHETTI, PETER RAMSEY, RODNEY ROTHMAN, and cast HAILEE STEINFELD, JAKE JOHNSON, SHAMEIK MOORE, and NICOLAS CAGE
BOB PERSICHETTI (Director), PETER RAMSEY (Director), RODNEY ROTHMAN (Director / Screenplay by), and cast HAILEE STEINFELD (Gwen Stacey), JAKE JOHNSON (Peter B. Parker), SHAMEIK MOORE (Miles Morales), and NICOLAS CAGE (Spider-Man Noir)
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BOB PERSICHETTI (Director) recently co-wrote the 2016 critically acclaimed animated feature The Little Prince, currently available on Netflix.
His previous credits include serving as head of story on DreamWorks Animation Studios' Puss in Boots for which he also voiced the Ohhh Cat, as well as story artist for Monsters vs. Aliens and Shrek 2.
Persichetti began his career in the film industry at Walt Disney Animation Studios. In 1997, he was an in-between artist on Hercules & Mulan, and a rough in-betweener on films such as Fantasia 2000, Emperor's New Groove and Treasure Planet.
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PETER RAMSEY (Director) most recently directed Dreamworks Animation's 2012 feature film Rise of the Guardians. He also helmed the Halloween TV special "Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space" as well as served as a story artist on several of Dreamworks Animation's feature films.
Prior to joining Dreamworks, he worked as a storyboard artist on a notable number of live action feature films, including Backdraft, Boyz n the Hood, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Minority Report, Cast Away, Independence Day, Being John Malkovich, Fight Club and Hulk, among many others. Ramsey's directing skills were honed early, as Second Unit Director on live action feature films including Godzilla, Tank Girl, Higher Learning, and Poetic Justice. A lifelong resident of Los Angeles, California, Peter grew up in the Crenshaw area, and graduated from Palisades High School before attending UCLA.
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RODNEY ROTHMAN (Director / Screenplay by) previously served as a producer or writer on the films 22 Jump Street, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Popstar and Get Him to the Greek.
In television, Rothman was hired as a staff writer at The Late Show with David Letterman when he was 21 years old. At 24, he was promoted to head writer, making him the youngest head writer in the program's history. While serving as head writer, he was nominated for five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program and helped the show win three Emmy Awards for Outstanding Variety, Comedy or Musical Program. In addition, Rothman served as a writer and a supervising producer on the series "Undeclared" and created the HBO comedy pilot "$5.15/Hr." along with director Richard Linklater.
Rothman is the author of the best-selling nonfiction humor book Early Bird. His writing has also appeared in The New Yorker, GQ, The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine and McSweeney's Quarterly. His piece "My Fake Job" was included in The Best American Nonrequired Reading, edited by Dave Eggers.
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At 14 years old, HAILEE STEINFELD (Gwen Stacey) emerged as a breakout star with her poignant Academy Award-nominated performance in True Grit. Since her early start, Steinfeld's career has continuously launched her into the public eye as one of Hollywood's finest up-and-coming actors.
Steinfeld is currently in production as the poet Emily Dickinson in Apple's upcoming "Dickinson." The series takes viewers into the world of Emily Dickinson, audaciously exploring the constraints of society, gender, and family from the perspective of a budding writer who doesn't fit in to her own time through her imaginative point of view. "Dickinson" is Emily's coming-of-age story - one woman's fight to get her voice heard.
Steinfeld will next star opposite John Cena in Bumblebee, Paramount's prequel spinoff of its Transformers franchise, directed by Travis Knight. Steinfeld plays Charlie Watson, a teenage girl who finds and befriends Bumblebee. The film is slated for wide release by Paramount Pictures on December 21, 2018.
In November 2016, Steinfeld starred in STX Entertainment's critically-acclaimed coming-of-age film The Edge of Seventeen for writer and director Kelly Fremon Craig. The film also features Woody Harrelson, Blake Jenner, and Kyra Sedgewick and centers on a high school junior (Steinfeld), already at peak awkwardness, when her all-star older brother begins dating her best friend. Her outstanding performance garnered her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. The Edge of Seventeen first premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
In May 2015, Steinfeld starred in the highly anticipated Pitch Perfect 2, where she joined the Barden Bellas as Emily opposite Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson. Elizabeth Banks directed the follow-up to the hit 2012 film released by Universal Pictures. Steinfeld reprised her role with the Bellas for Pitch Perfect 3, which was released in December 2017.
In 2015, Steinfeld starred alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Jessica Alba in the Brett Ratner produced feature Barely Lethal. The film, distributed by A24 Films, centers on 16-year-old international assassin Megan who fakes her death and enrolls in high school in a desperate attempt for a normal adolescence. Steinfeld also lent her voice to the English version of Academy Award-nominated animated film When Marnie Was There, which was released in the United States in May 2015.
In November 2014, Steinfeld starred in The Homesman alongside Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep and Hilary Swank. Released by Roadside Attractions, the film is based on a man (Jones) who teams up with a pioneer woman (Swank) to escort three other women across the prairie and back to civilization. Steinfeld plays poor, simple and barefooted teenager Tabitha Hutchinson.
Steinfeld also starred in John Carney's 2013 musical comedy-drama Begin Again opposite Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. The music-centered story follows Gretta (Knightley) who moves to New York with her longtime boyfriend but is heartbroken when he dumps her for fame and fortune. Steinfeld plays Ruffalo's daughter Violet. The film premiered and was sold at the Toronto International Film Festival, and was later released by the Weinstein Company on July 4, 2014.
Additional film credits include Term Life opposite Vince Vaughn; The Keeping Room opposite Brit Marling; Ten Thousand Saints opposite Ethan Hawke; Hateship, Loveship opposite Guy Pearce, Kristen Wiig, and Nick Nolte; 3 Days to Kill opposite Kevin Costner; William Shakespeare's classic Romeo & Juliet opposite Douglas Booth and Ed Westwick; and Ender's Game opposite Harrison Ford and Ben Kingsley.
In 2010, Steinfeld was chosen over 15,000 actresses for her role as Mattie Ross in the Coen Brothers' remake of True Grit. Starring opposite Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin, Steinfeld's performance garnered her universal acclaim with dozens of film critic award wins, including the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award, the Toronto Film Critics Association Award, and the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress. In addition to her Oscar nomination, Steinfeld received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, as well as a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
Steinfeld was seen as the face of Miuccia Prada's Miu Miu campaign in the Fall of 2011 and was named one of the 16 Most Influential Teens of 2013 by Time magazine. Additionally, she was honored with the Female Star of Tomorrow Award at CinemaCon in April 2013 and the Max Mara Face of the Future Award in June 2013 at the annual Women in Film gala.
Steinfeld successfully launched her music career with Republic Records, and quickly cemented herself as a rising force in pop music with a series of hits under her belt, including her 2015 platinum certified debut single "Love Myself," double platinum selling smash "Starving" with Grey [feat. Zedd] and platinum selling summer anthem "Most Girls." To date, the multiplatinum selling artist has amassed a total of nearly 2 billion streams globally. Most recently, Steinfeld released her new single "Let Me Go." Produced by Grammy nominated DJ and producer Alesso and critically acclaimed producer, songwriter and artist Watt, "Let Me Go" pairs Steinfeld with one of country music's best-selling acts Florida Georgia Line. Steinfeld performed the song live for the first time at this year's American Music Awards. This year, Steinfeld won Best Push Artist at the MTV EMAs, Musical.ly's Top Covered Artist award at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards and was honored by Variety with the Crossover Artist award at their inaugural Hitmakers event. She also garnered three Teen Choice Award nominations for her work in both film and music and has been in the studio writing and recording her full-length album.
Steinfeld resides in Los Angeles.
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JAKE JOHNSON (Peter B. Parker) is a captivating actor with hilarious and engaging performances on both the big and small screen.
Johnson recently sold a project titled "Hoops" to Netflix. Johnson will executive produces and lends his vocal talents to the adult animated series centered around a hot-headed, foulmouthed high school basketball coach who thinks turning around his Godawful team will take him to the big leagues.
This past year, Johnson starred in Jeff Tomsic's feature comedy Tag opposite Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Ed Helms, Rashida Jones and Isla Fisher. Johnson also starred in Bobbie Peers' comedy short To Plant a Flag opposite Seth Morris, Jason Schwartzman, and Ingvar Eggert Sigurosson.
In 2017, Johnson wrote, produced and starred in Joe Swanberg's Win It All. Johnson also starred in the reimagining of the classic thriller The Mummy opposite Tom Cruise; the film was directed by Alex Kurtzman.
In 2016, Johnson appeared in Jake Szymanski's comedy hit Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates with Zac Efron and Adam DeVine; Kelly Asbury's Smurfs: The Lost Village with Demi Lovato and Joe Manganiello; Colin Trevorrow's Jurassic World with Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard; and his second film with director Joe Swanberg, Digging for Fire, for which Johnson also cowrote the script with Swanberg and starred alongside Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt and Brie Larson.
Johnson's other film credits include Luke Greenfield's box office hit comedy Let's Be Cops alongside Damon Wayans Jr.; Swanberg's Drinking Buddies opposite Olivia Wilde, Anna Kendrick and Ron Livingston; and director Jenee LaMarque's independent film The Pretty One alongside Zoe Kazan. Also, Johnson co-starred in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's 21 Jump Street alongside Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill; in Colin Trevorrow's film, Safety Not Guaranteed opposite Aubrey Plaza and Mark Duplass; in Ivan Reitman's comedy, No Strings Attached written by "New Girl" creator Liz Meriwether; and in Max Winkler's Ceremony opposite Uma Thurman and Michael Angarano.
For his role on "New Girl," Johnson was nominated for a 2013 Television Critics Association Award in the category of Individual Achievement in Comedy.
In 2009, Johnson starred in Nick Jasenovic's Paper Heart, with Charlyne Yi and Michael Cera. The film was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Born in Chicago, Johnson is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. Currently, he resides in Los Angeles.
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SHAMEIK MOORE (Miles Morales) will next star in RZA's Cut Throat City, set to release in 2019. He will follow this with a role in The Pretenders opposite James Franco and Juno Temple. Moore is currently working on new music and will release an EP early next year. His single "Bounce" is available now on most streaming services.
Moore also starred as Shaolin Fantastic in Baz Luhrmann and Netflix's series "The Get Down", which debuted in 2016. The series also featured Jaden Smith, Justin Smith, and Skylan Brooks.
Moore garnered rave reviews for his starring role as Malcolm in Rick Famuyiwa film Dope, which debuted at Sundance in 2014. The film also starred Zoe Kravitz, Tony Revolori and Kiersey Clemons. His strong musical ability was recognized when he recorded several tracks for Dope's soundtrack with Grammy award winner Pharell.
Moore got his start with Nick Cannon as a series regular on his Cartoon Network original live action sketch comedy series "Incredible Crew." He guest starred on Tyler Perry's "House of Pain" and BET's "Reed Between the Lines" and had a role in the Hallmark film The Watsons Go to Birmingham. His big screen debut was in the film Joyful Noise, where he starred alongside Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton.
Moore is a young multifaceted singer, actor and dancer and well on his way to leaving his mark in the industry. His debut mix tape "I Am Da Beat," hosted by DJ Greg Street, debuted in 2012 to over 100,000 downloads. Moore is of Jamaican descent and grew up in Atlanta.
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NICOLAS CAGE (Spider-Man Noir) is an actor, director and producer whose remarkable versatility has led to great success across all genres for over three decades. In 2018, Cage starred in Brian Taylor's critically acclaimed black comedy Mom and Dad which premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival. Also this year, Cage starred in the groundbreaking thriller, Mandy, which was released in September.
During his early career, Cage starred in a variety of classic films, including Valley Girl (1983), Racing with the Moon (1984), Birdy (1984), Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Raising Arizona (1987), Moonstruck (1987), Vampire's Kiss (1989), Wild at Heart (1990), Fire Birds (1990), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), and Red Rock West (1993).
Cage received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as a suicidal alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas (1995) before coming to the attention of worldwide audiences with mainstream blockbusters such as The Rock (1996), Face/Off (1997), Con Air (1997), City of Angels (1998), National Treasure 1 and 2 (2004, 2007) and Lord of War (2005). He earned his second Academy Award nomination for his performance as Charlie and Donald Kaufman in Adaptation (2002). He also directed the film Sonny (2002), for which he was nominated for the Grand Special Prize at The Deauville Film Festival. Cage has also been prolific as a producer, with films such as Shadow of the Vampire (2000) and The Life of David Gale (2003).
More recently, Cage has appeared in Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), Kick-Ass (2010), Drive Angry (2011), The Croods (2013), Joe (2013), Dying of the Light (2014), The Trust (2016) and Dog Eat Dog (2016).
