Will Spider-Man help the Oscars take animated films seriously?

The Oscars have had a storied history of engaging with animated cinema – but maybe that's about to change for the better.

By Robert Boucaut, University of Adelaide

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the kind of popular cinema that the academy is currently primed to take more seriously. It’s on track to become one of the year’s box-office successes, serves a dedicated fandom, showcases a stacked cast and dynamically plays with genre and narrative conventions.

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