Spider-Man: Early Days (Earth-1820 Film)

Spider-Man: Early Days is a 2021 animated superhero action-comedy film directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman. It is Sony’s third reboot attempt after Tom Holland’s Spider-Man was pulled from the MCU. The film was released to critical acclaim and commercial success.

Synopsis
After being bitten by a radioactive spider which gave him superpowers, fifteen year old Peter Parker has to learn to balance his personal and social life whilst fighting crime under the monicker of ‘Spider-Man’.

Development
Development started soon after the Sony and Disney deal ended. Seeing the success of ‘Spider-Man”: Into the Spider-Verse’, Sony decided to make the new reboot animated. They put directors of Spider-Verse, Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman on the project, as well as Phil Lord to write the movie. Development on the Spider-Verse sequel and spin-offs was put on hold for a year so the main focus would be on this movie.

Inspiration was once again taken from the Ultimate comics, with Peter’s design, his friendship with Mary Jane since childhood, as well as other details being taken from there. Once the film was announced to the public there was confusion wether it was connected to Spider-Verse or not, due to Sony stating it was a prequel to it, before backtracking and stating it was in a different universe. During the end of production it was announced Sony had made a new deal with Disney, allowing Spider-Man to be in the MCU whilst continuing the new animated reboot.