¡®Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse¡¯ Creators Hired 14-Year-Old Animator After Watching His Trailer Remake Online
In recent bombastic news on the internet, it was revealed that the creators of the animated movie ¡®Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse¡¯ hired a 14-year-old animator after stumbling across his shot-for-shot trailer remake of the film.
Shooting for the stars at 14! A boy with extraordinary animating talents gained instant fame when it was revealed that the creators of the newly-released Marvel film ¡®Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse¡¯ hired a 14-year-old to donate his talents to the highly-anticipated film.
¡®Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse¡¯ Creators Gives Animation Job To 14-Year-Old
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While not many know of the name Preston Mutanga, looking at his track record the boy is onto a steep climb. The 14-year-old contributed to the $235 million film that many of you would have rushed to catch on the big screen.
Mutanga is from Toronto, Canada and he landed a job in the ¡®Across The Spider-Verse¡¯ production team of animators when producers Chris Lord and Phil Miller saw the boy¡¯s frame-for-frame remake of the film¡¯s trailer in the style of LEGO blocks, they were completely dazzled and wanted him onboard. Definitely not too shabby for your industry debut.
The boy uploaded his version of the trailer to Twitter on Jan 2, and that¡¯s when the producers caught wind of the boy's talent. Given that the duo was directors of the 2014 ¡®The LEGO Movie,¡¯ both of them know a thing or two about the animation style.
I recreated the entire Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse trailer in LEGO! @philiplord @chrizmillr @terry12539 @LEGO_Group @SpiderVerse #LEGO #SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse #animation #Blender3d pic.twitter.com/kYY19go7Fc
¡ª LegoMe_TheOG (@FG_Artist) January 3, 2023
The Team Was Shocked To Know That A 14-Year-Old Kid Was Behind The LEGO trailer
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When the team decided they wanted a scene in ¡®Across the Spider-Verse' set in a LEGO universe, they decided to reach out to Mutanga. Miller told The Times, ¡°We found out that it was a 14-year-old kid who made it and we were like, ¡®This looks incredibly sophisticated for a nonadult, nonprofessional to have made.¡±
He added, ¡°It blew us all away, including some of the best animators in the world.¡± The kid worked on the film remotely while still staying in Canada and got frequent check-ins and feedback from Miller.
Mutanga shared, ¡®I adored the first movie and was so hyped for the second one, so getting to work with the people who actually made this masterpiece was honestly like a dream.¡±
The boy also animated the second trailer of the film:
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