Issa Rae is getting in the Spider-Verse.
Rae, the star of HBOs acclaimed comedy-drama Insecure, has signed up with the voice cast of Sony Pictures Animations follow up to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Phil Lord and Chris Miller will be the credited authors on the job along with David Callaham (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings).

Lord and Miller are also back as manufacturers, as are Amy Pascal, Avi Arad and Christina Steinberg. Alonzo Ruvalcaba is co-producing.
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson are directing the sequel. Peter Ramsey, among the directors of the first motion picture, is returning as an executive manufacturer, together with Aditya Sood.
The follow up has a release date of Oct. 7, 2022.
Into the Spider-Verse, released in 2018, thrust alternate-universe Spider-Man Morales into the spotlight, upholding him with Gwen Stacy and other-dimensional Spider-people such as Spider-Man Noir, Peni Parker and Spider-Ham. The film, which won the Oscar for finest animated film and ended up being a pop culture experience, hung more characters waiting to drop on spider-threads.
Rae is presently filming the 5th and final season of Insecure, the series she co-created and which has amassed 3 Emmy nominations, including outstanding lead starlet in a funny series. She also has a second season of Robin Thedes A Black Lady Sketch Show, which she is also executive producing.
Rae, who was last seen opposite Kumail Nanjiani in 2020 action comedy The Lovebirds, is repped by UTA, 3 Arts Entertainment and Hansen Jacobson.

Rae becomes the first addition to the franchises roll call that consists of Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld, who are repeating their roles of Miles Morales, aka Spider-Man, and Spider-Gwen respectively.
Plot details are being kept hidden in the circuits of a super-collider however will continue to include a selection of Spider-characters drawn throughout Marvel Comics time and space. According to sources, Rae will voice Jessica Drew, aka Spider-Woman.