14-year-old hired to animate Lego scenes in ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’



14-year-old animator Preston Mutanga recreated the first trailer of “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” with animated Legos and posted it online. The video caught the attention of the movie’s filmmakers. NBC News’ Gadi Schwartz talks to the animator, his parents and the filmmaker about the hiring story.

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28 comments

  1. This kid is gonna be popular in school

  2. This kid has a great future. Plus he gets parents in his corner and supporting him.

  3. Im just surprised he didn't get copyrighted

  4. So the lego scene in the movie was inspired by the trailer, that is so meta

  5. My goodness!! I love how everyone, I mean everyone has an opportunity to show and to share their very own creative genius!!

  6. This video sold me on going to see Spiderman.

  7. glad to say i knew him before he was at 5k subs

  8. Iโ€™m so glad his parents just let him be who he was and supported him. They are doing a great job as parents and he is hugely talented.

  9. Looks like Miles!๐Ÿ˜ƒ๐Ÿ˜

  10. News outlets are as valueless as reposters at this point.

  11. This young man is going places ๐Ÿ˜Š

  12. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘Œโค๏ธ

  13. Honestly W parents for believing in their child and supporting his passion like good loving parents should

  14. The animation is so good, I want to watch the Lego version

  15. Thatโ€™s amazing. Good job parents!

  16. Those parents are PROUD ๐Ÿฅน ๐Ÿ˜ข I LOVE THIS SO MUCH โค

  17. Those parents are awesome.

  18. Hopefully they gave him royalties for his part

  19. THIS IS HOW THEDE COMPANIES SHOULD REACT!

    Instead of seeing everybody and sensing cease and deceist notices๐Ÿ˜ฎ

    Which is what usually happens when a fan recreates something like this.

  20. Spiderman just like most mainstream movies have Hidden messages!!!

  21. You go, king!!! Cant wait to see what you do next!!!

  22. The support I never got, Iโ€™m so happy for him thatโ€™s makes me cry cuz I canโ€™t relate but glad to know someone isnโ€™t going through my situation

  23. That goes to show no matter how little you have it can always be something greater ๐Ÿ˜

  24. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ