{"id":74905,"date":"2023-06-09T17:15:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T17:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/09\/boy-14-hired-to-animate-spider-man-film\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T17:15:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T17:15:28","slug":"boy-14-hired-to-animate-spider-man-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/09\/boy-14-hired-to-animate-spider-man-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy,\u00a014, hired to animate Spider-Man film"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A 14-year-old boy has contributed a scene to the latest film in the blockbuster Spider-Man franchise after executives spotted his talent on social media.<\/p>\n

Preston Mutanga, who lives in Canada, had recreated the trailer for Across the Spider-Verse shot-for-shot in the style of LEGO blocks and posted it online.<\/p>\n

Christopher Miller, a writer and producer on the film, told Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>\u00a0that a colleague first brought Mutanga\u2019s talents to his attention \u2013 saying \u201clook at this, we should get this kid to do this animation\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we contacted him and his family and offered him a contract to do it. And he made those shots that are in the film,\u201d Miller adds.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did it in spring break [from school] and said \u2018any revisions I can do after my homework\u2019 \u2013 and it was a delight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mutanga said, \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 14-year-old plans to become an animator full-time,\u00a0according to the New York Times.<\/p>\n

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