After “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” was released on Digital last week, eagle-eyed fans started to notice what they thought were some striking differences between the version that was released in theaters this past June and what ended up on home video, largely owing to a Twitter user’s side-by-side videos. But as producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller explained to TheWrap, the version of the film used as a theatrical comparison point in the viral thread wasn’t actually a completed version of the Sony Pictures sequel but instead an international version that was turned over early.
“It’s a little bit overblown, but the main thing that happened was when we made the international version of the movie, it had to be done almost two months before the movie came out for translations.