The 'Insecure' creator said the new role was a childhood dream.
Rae celebrated the news in her Instagram stories, writing in one post: “The way I have loved Spider-Man since the third grade. A dream come true.”
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” which featured voice acting from Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld, hit theaters in 2018. It won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature the following year. Phil Lord, Chris Miller and David Callaham will be the writers on the project, which is slated for release in October 2022, THR reported. Sources told the publication that Rae may voice Jessica Drew, aka Spider-Woman.Rae thanked her supporters for their congratulatory messages in an Instagram story later Friday.
“Thank you. The positivity, the well wishes, the texts, it means so much,” she said. “I don’t talk about shit often, I don’t get hype about shit, but I’m hype about this one. Thank you for the love.”
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