Karan Soni is crossing the universes. Actor, known for his work in Deadpool movies, is jumping into Marvel’s animation business with a voiceover role in Spider-Man: Crossing the Spider-Man Universe, hollywood reporter confirmed.
Soni will voice Pavitr Prabhakar, an alternate universe version of Spider-Man known as Indian Spider-Man. News once first reported his casting.
Through Spider-Verse is the sequel to the 2018 Oscar winning film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It once again voices Shameik Moore as Spider-Man/Miles Morales and Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen. Sony has the feature set to launch on June 2 during the dense summer movie season.
The first film was praised for its unique animation style and foray into the multiverse years before it became a mainstay of the Marvel and DC Cinematic Universes. flash light movie (coming out a few weeks later Through Spider-Verse).
Through Spider-Verse was praised by directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Justin K. Thompson and Kemp Powers, with screenplay credit going to Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Dave Callaham. Soni joins a voice cast that includes Jake Johnson, Luna Lauren Velez, Brian Tyree Henry, Issa Rae, Oscar Isaac, Daniel Kaluuya, Rachel Dratch, Jorma Taccone, Shea Whigham, and Jason Schwartzman.
Last week, CHEAP released a look at a Funko Pop character inspired by Through Spider-Verseincluding his character, Indian Spider-Man.
Soni plays taxi driver (and Deadpool’s friend) Dopinder opposite Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool And the dead 2. His voice work includes Demon World Tour And Strange World. The actor is represented by the CAA and 3 Arts Entertainment.
