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Of course Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse has a post credits scene–it would, frankly, be pretty irresponsible if it didn’t, considering just how deeply embroiled in comic book culture the whole movie is. There are certain expectations for superhero stories and this is a film that understands that intimately, and is more than happy to deliver.

Needless to say: Into The Spider-Verse spoilers ahead, so please proceed with caution from here on out!

We’ve known for a while that Sony has been planning on developing more Spider-Verse or Spider-Verse adjacent movies, which is what the very brief mid-credits scene starts to set up. We see Miles on his bed back in his dorm room before, off screen, a portal seems to open on his ceiling, glowing neon. We never see her, but Gwen’s voice chimes in, saying Miles’ name to get his attention. The implication here is pretty obvious–Gwen has found some way to hop through the multiverse on her own, without causing a black hole to open up under Brooklyn, and has figured out how to use this–tech? Magic?–to link back up with Miles.

Obviously this leaves some major questions. We all want Miles and his interdimensional friends to be able to join back up and go on adventures again, but a major part of Into The Spider-Verse’s story was the fact that dimension-hopping is potentially lethal for the people who are leaving their home universe. This certainly puts a damper on all the potential fun to be had, unless a solution was worked out somewhere off screen. Also, we can’t tell by this brief moment whether or not the only person able to hop dimensions now is Gwen or if the rest of Miles’ ragtag Spider-crew are going to be invited along as well. We certainly hope so.

Spider-Man 2099

The actual post credits scene may even give us a little insight into that particular problem. It introduces an entirely new character comics fans will recognize as Miguel O’Hara (voiced by none other than Oscar Isaac), AKA Spider-Man 2099. He’s accompanied by his holographic personal assistant, Lyla, who seems to be helping him with new tech, assuring him that if he succeeds, he’ll be the first person to pull off an autonomous dimension jump.

For those of us not super well versed in ’90s Marvel comics, Miguel might be a bit of a mystery. He’s basically exactly what it says on the tin: a Spider-Man from the year 2099, in keeping with the extremely ’90s superhero tradition of advanced, cyberpunk alternate futures–think Marvel’s own version of the Batman Beyond concept.

Miguel’s Spider-Man origins are similar to Peter’s in that they were the results of genetic experimentation. As an adult, Miguel became the head of a genetics program at the semi-shady corporate juggernaut Alchemax, where he begins working on a project based on records of the original Spider-Man’s exploits. He invents a machine that would, ideally, fuse human DNA with spider DNA and attempts to test it on himself, but the process was sabotaged by a jealous lab assistant who cranks the ratios up by 50%. Miguel survives the accident, but is mutated to have a more physically extreme version of Peter’s abilities, including talons that are now growing out of his hands and feet.

Though the 2099 line of comics is largely defunct these days, Miguel still crops up in his own solo books or other Spider-adjacent titles even now. During the Secret Wars event, Miguel was set to the present and stranded, but he was eventually able to make it back in one piece. His last proper solo title wrapped up in 2017.

Spider-Memes and Stan Lee Quotes

Spider-Verse’s Miguel is more than happy to use his experimental tech to make a dimension hop, so the question is: where does he want to go? The answer is, hilariously, “the beginning,” of course–Earth-67, otherwise known as the Earth where the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon takes place. Miguel’s actual landing place won’t be a surprise to anyone familiar with Spider-Man memes–he inserts himself right into the middle of the infamous “two Peters pointing at each other” scene–a riff on the “first” time multiple Spider-people crossed over into one moment.

It’s all a pretty elaborate gag aimed specifically at deep-cut loving, very online comic book fans but it does mean that Sony has an animated design and model ready to go for both Miguel and Lyla in the future–and voices cast for both of them–so, even if you’re not a fan of vintage memes, there’s still good news to be found. Maybe keep an eye out for future Spider-Verse announcements to see just where the 2099 cast ends up.

The movie actually ends, after all the 60s camp, on a touching note with a Stan Lee tribute quote–simple white text on a black background, encompassing the whole message of the film. “That person who helps others simply because it should or must be done, and because it is the right thing to do, is indeed without a doubt, a real superhero.” Rest in peace, Stan.

The Mythical Psychic Pokemon Deoxys made its debut in Pokemon Go earlier this year as the game’s second EX Raid boss, replacing Mewtwo. Up until now, the DNA Pokemon has only appeared in the mobile game in its Normal Forme, but a new variant of the Pokemon is set to arrive soon.

Developer Niantic has announced that Attack Forme Deoxys will be available in EX Raids later this month. Along with taking on a different appearance, Attack Forme Deoxys has a much higher attack stat than its standard form, and Niantic warns that it will be a “difficult challenge that requires Trainers to take advantage of every opportunity.”

The new form of Deoxys is set to arrive with the next cycle of EX Raid invites, which are scheduled to go out beginning December 20. Unlike standard Raid Battles, you can only participate in EX Raids if you’ve received an invitation. In order to get one, you’ll first need to have recently won a Raid Battle at a “qualifying” Gym. These are denoted by an EX Raid tag in the upper righthand corner when you look at the Gym’s details.

In the meantime, players still have a little more time to catch Pokemon Go’s latest Legendary, Cresselia. The Psychic Pokemon is scheduled to leave standard Raid Battles on December 18, just before Attack Forme Deoxys is set to arrive in EX Raids. Niantic hasn’t announced when the game’s next Legendary Pokemon will arrive, although the developer has teased that Azelf, Uxie, and Mesprit–three more Legendaries originally from Pokemon Diamond and Pearl–are on the way.

Pokemon Go’s annual holiday celebration is also set to return again soon. This year’s event kicks off on December 18 and will introduce another handful of Gen 4 Pokemon, including Snorlax’s pre-evolved form, Munchlax, as well as Snover, Abomasnow, and Croagunk. Festive hat Pikachu and Delibird will also return, and different bonuses will be meted out throughout the event until it ends on January 2.

One of the reasons why DICE updated Battlefield V to make it easier for new players was specifically to help the game appeal to new players–this did not go so well. After a wave of criticism from veteran players, DICE announced that it is rolling back the time-to-kill changes to restore the values to their original state. The Swedish developer has now also acknowledged that it has been a struggle for years now to get people into Battlefield games.

“It’s important to acknowledge that we have a challenge bringing new players into Battlefield V and onboard them to become more experienced Battlefield players,” DICE said in a Reddit post regarding the TTK changes. “It’s been a challenge across our games for a long time, as many will know.”

DICE’s overall ambition with Battlefield V is for it to appeal to new and veteran players alike, and the developer will continue to try to do this even after the TTK changes are undone. “How we get it right isn’t easy, nor will it be quick, and we appreciate when the community comes together and helps us on this journey,” DICE said.

The Battlefield franchise is generally understood to be relatively more difficult for new players compared to the series main competitor, Call of Duty. Activision’s franchise regularly outsells Battlefield. Back in 2013, EA management said it hoped Battlefield 4 would outsell that year’s Call of Duty game, Ghosts. It did not.

Other established franchises face the same challenge as Battlefield: drawing in new players while also appealing to veterans, and pleasing everyone. As DICE frankly said in its Reddit post and as evidenced by the rollback to the original TTK values, this can be a tough nut to crack. Marcus Lehto, who co-created the Halo franchise, recently said he believes Halo is in a no-win scenario now as it tries to appeal to new players and do right by veterans.

For its part, DICE has pledged to continue to listen to fan feedback and try to make Battlefield V appealing to everyone. How this works in practice remains to be seen.

Streaming company Hulu has announced all the movies and TV shows coming to and leaving the service for January. Starting with what’s coming to the platform, on January 1 you can ring in the New Year with Season 2 of Donald Glover’s hit show Atlanta, while the animated movie Antz and the beloved movie about a pig, Babe, also arrive on January 1.

Richard Curtis’ ensemble cast rom-com Love Actually premieres on January 1 as well, alongside the underrated Matthew McConaughey film Mud, 1969’s John Wayne movie True Grit, and the five Twilight movies if that’s what you’re into. The Natalie Portman sci-fi film Annihilation hits on January 5, while the much-anticipated sixth season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine comes to Hulu on January 11.

As for what’s leaving Hulu in January, the silly Jim Carrey films Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and When Nature Calls exit the library on January 31, while Hostel 1 and 2, and Jerry Maguire also leave that day. Additionally, Hulu loses the 2010 Jennifer Lawrence movie Winter’s Bone on January 31.

You can see the full rundown of all the TV shows and movies coming to and leaving Hulu below. If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you can check out all the new content for January here.

Available January 1

Atlanta: Complete Season 2 (FX)

The Detectorists: Complete Season 3 (DRG)

Dot.: Complete Season 2B (Universal Kids)

Saints & Sinners: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Bounce TV)

X Company: Complete Seasons 2&3 (Sony)

54 (1998)

10 Years (2011)

2 Days in the Valley (1996)

9 to 5 (1980)

A Charlie Brown Valentine (2002)

A Simple Plan (1998)

A Walk to Remember (2002)

Alvin & The Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999)

Alvin & The Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman (2000)

Antz (1998)

Babe (1995)

Bad Girls (1994)

Bangkok Dangerous (2008)

Basic Instinct (1992)

Beetlejuice (1988)

Beowulf (2007)

Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)

The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)

Cake (2006)

Capitalism: A Love Story (2010)

Chicken Run (2000)

Children of the Corn (2009)

Chinatown (1974)

The Chaperone (2011)

The Colony (2013)

Cujo (1983)

Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas (2009)

The Dead Zone (1983)

Deja Vu (2006)

Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995)

Dirty Pretty Things (2002)

Double Team (1997)

East is East (1999)

Extraction (2015)

Fifteen and Pregnant (1998)

Finding Neverland (2004)

Firstborn (1984)

Flight 7500 (2014)

Fly Me to the Moon (2008)

The Foot Fist Way (2008)

The Forgotten (2004)

For a Few Dollars More (1967)

Forces of Nature (1999)

Friday Night Lights (2004)

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

The German Doctor (2013)

Gimme Shelter (2014)

Girl in Progress (2012)

Girl in the Bunker (2018)

Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985)

Gods and Monsters (1998)

The Golden Compass (2007)

Grizzly Man (2005)

Happy New Year, Charlie Brown (1986)

He Got Game (1998)

Heathers (1989)

Hellraiser (1987)

Hot Pursuit (1987)

I Am Elizabeth Smart (2017)

I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown (2003)

In A World… (2013)

Inside Out (2011)

Into The West (1992)

Kickboxer (1989)

Kirk Cameron’s Saving Christmas (2014)

Kiss of the Dragon (2001)

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

The Last Knights (2015)

Legendary (2010)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

Lethal Weapon 3 (1992)

Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)

The Limey (1999)

Love Actually (2003)

Maximum Security (1990)

Message in a Bottle (1999)

Mimic (1997)

Mud (2013)

The Neverending Story (1984)

The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter (1991)

New York Minute (2004)

No Holds Barred (1989)

Nothing Like the Holidays (2009)

The Other Man (2008)

The Others (2001)

Patch Adams (1998)

Payback (1999)

Penelope (2008)

Pet Sematary (1989)

Pet Sematary II (1992)

The Phantom (1996)

Pride (2007)

Prince of Egypt (1998)

Rain Man (1988)

Renoir (2013)

Rent (2005)

The Resident (2012)

The Reunion (2011)

Revolutionary Road (2008)

Right at your Door (2007)

Road to El Dorado (2000)

Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997)

Ron White: A Little Unprofessional (2012)

The Running Man (1987)

Sabrina (1995)

Scent of a Woman (1992)

Shattered (2007)

Shirley Valentine (1989)

Shrek (2001)

Skipped Parts (2001)

Sliver (1993)

Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift (1990)

Stephen King’s Silver Bullet (1985)

Stephen King’s Thinner (1996)

Stone (2010)

Surf’s Up (2007)

Surf’s Up 2: Wave Mania (2017)

Tangerines (2015)

Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)

The Two Jakes (1990)

The Virgin Suicides (2000)

The Voices (2015)

The Way Back (2011)

The Way of the Gun (2000)

The Weather Man (2005)

This is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers (1988)

To Grandmother’s House We Go (1992)

Total Recall (1990)

True Grit (1969)

Twilight (2008)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)

We are Marshall (2006)

What’s Cooking? (2000)

Yours, Mine & Ours (2005)

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Available January 2

The Gifted: Season 2 Mid-Season Premiere (FOX)

Lethal Weapon: Season 3 Mid-Season Premiere (FOX)

Drinking Buddies (2013)

Available January 3

24 Hours to Hell & Back: Season 2 Premiere (FOX)

The Masked Singer: Season 1 Premiere (FOX)

The X-Files: Complete Season 11 (FOX)

Support the Girls (2018)

The Unicorn (2018)

Available January 4

Gotham: Season 5 Premiere (FOX)

The Titan Games: Series Premiere (NBC)

Sherlock Gnomes (2018)

Available January 5

Fresh off the Boat: Season 5 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

Speechless: Season 3 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

Annihilation (2018)

The Overnight (2015)

Available January 6

Disaster Movie (2008)

Available January 7

America Funniest Home Videos: Season 29 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

Lodge 49: Complete Season 1 (AMC)

Shark Tank: Season 10 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

Available January 8

America’s Got Talent: The Champions: Series Premiere (NBC)

The Bachelor: Season 23 Premiere (ABC)

Manifest: Season 1 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)

Alright Now (2018)

The Commuter (2018)

The Last Airbender (2010)

Available January 9

Black-ish: Season 5 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

The Conners: Season 1 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)

Ellen’s Game of Games: Season 2 Premiere (NBC)

Good Trouble: Series Premiere (Freeform)

The Kids Are Alright: Season 1 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

New Amsterdam: Season 1 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)

Splitting Up Together: Season 2 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

The Rookie: Season 1 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

Available January 10

Chicago Fire: Season 7 Premiere (NBC)

Chicago P.D.: Season 6 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)

Chicago Med: Season 4 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)

Match Game: Season 4 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)

Schooled: Series Premiere (ABC)

The Goldbergs: Season 6 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

Modern Family: Season 10 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

Single Parents: Season 1 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

Kusama – Infinity (2018)

Available January 11

Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Season 6 Premiere (NBC)

Future Man: Complete Season 2 Premiere (Hulu Original)

The Good Place: Season 3 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 20 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)

Available January 12

Blindspot: Season 4 Mid-Season Premiere (NBC)

Burden of Truth: Complete Season 1 (eOne)

Available January 14

Total Bellas: Season 4 Premiere (E!)

Forever My Girl (2018)

Available January 15

The Good Doctor: Season 2 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

The Passage: Series Premiere (FOX)

The Resident: Season 2 Mid-Season Premiere (FOX)

This Is Us: Season 3 Mid-season Premiere (NBC)

Another Time (2018)

The Snapper (1993)

Walking with the Enemy (2013)

Available January 16

You, Me and Dupree (2006)

Available January 17

Basilisk: The Ouka Ninja Scrolls (Dubs): Complete Season 1 (Crunchyroll)

O (Othello) (2006)

Available January 18

90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?: Complete Season 2 (TLC)

A Million Little Things: Season 1 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

Alone: Complete Season 4 (History Channel)

America’s Book of Secrets: Complete Season 3 (History Channel)

American Pickers: Complete Season 10 (History Channel)

An American Murder Mystery: The Staircase: Complete Season 1 (IDTV)

Beyond Scared Straight: Complete Season 3 (A&E)

Brockmire: Complete Season 2 (IFC)

Butterfly: Complete Season 1 (ITV)

Casey Anthony: An American Murder Mystery: Complete Season 1 (IDTV)

Cities of the Underworld: Complete Season 3 (History Channel)

Dance Moms: Complete Season 7 (Lifetime)

Disappeared: Complete Season 8 (IDTV)

Dr. Pimple Popper: Special (TLC)

Finding Escobar’s Millions: Complete Season 1 (Discovery)

Forged in Fire: Knife or Death: Complete season 1 (History Channel)

Found: Complete Season 1 (History Channel)

Four Weddings: Complete Season 9 (TLC)

Giada in Italy: Complete Season 2 (Food Network)

Grey’s Anatomy: Season 15 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

Hanger 1: The UFO Files: Complete Season 1&2 (History Channel)

Homicide Hunter: Complete Season 7 (IDTV)

How to Get Away with Murder: Season 5 Mid-Season Premiere (ABC)

JFK Declassified: Tracking Oswald: Complete Season 1 (History Channel)

Leah Remini: It’s All Relative: Complete Seasons 1&2 (TLC)

Married at First Sight: Complete Season 6 (Lifetime)

The Menendez Murders: Erik Tells All: Complete Season 1 (A&E)

My 600lb Life: Complete Seasons 5&6 (TLC)

Natalie Wood: An American Murder Mystery: Special (IDTV)

Nightwatch: Complete Season 4 (A&E)

Nostradamus Effect: Complete Season 1 (History Channel)

Project Runway All Stars: Complete Season 6 (Lifetime)

Spring Baking Championship: Complete Seasons 2&3 (Food Network)

Swamp People: Complete Seasons 6&7 (History Channel)

The Tesla Files: Complete Season 1 (History Channel)

Worst Cooks in America: Complete Season 10 (Food Network)

Available January 20

The Vatican Tapes (2015)

Available January 21

Stella’s Last Weekend (2018)

The Pagan King (2018)

Available January 25

Siren: Season 2 Premiere (Freeform)

Available January 26

Darling in the Franxx (Dubs): Complete Season 1 (Crunchyroll)

Available January 28

Rent: Special (FOX)

Cruise (2018)

Available January 31

Bad Reputation (2018)

Love Gilda (2018)

*The following are available with the Showtime premium add-on:

Closer (2004) (1/1)

Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) (1/1)

Remember the Titans (2000) (1/1)

Star Trek: Generations (1994) (1/1)

Star Trek: First Contact (1996) (1/1)

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002) (1/1)

Den of Thieves (2018) (1/4)

Molly’s Game (2017) (1/5)

I Feel Pretty (2018) (1/12)

Warning Shot (2018) (1/16)

What’s Leaving Hulu

January 31

2001 Maniacs (2005)

28 Days Later (2003)

A Fistful of Dynamite (1972)

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)

Afternoon Delight (2013)

Alice (1990)

Amelie (2001)

An Eye for an Eye (1966)

Bachelor Party (1984)

Borgman (2013)

Candyman 3: Day of the Dead (1999)

Comic Book Villains (2002)

Death Wish (1974)

Desperate Hours (1990)

Dysfunktional Family (2003)

Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)

Existenz (1999)

Fire with Fire (2012)

Four Rooms (1995)

Gloria (2014)

Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)

Happy Christmas (2014)

Hostel (2006)

Hostel 2 (2007)

Italian for Beginners (2000)

Jane Eyre (1996)

Jerry Maguire (1996)

K2 (1991)

Kill Me Again (1989)

Like Water (2012)

Little Black Book (2004)

Little Odessa (1994)

Made (2001)

Map of the Human Heart (1992)

Never Back Down (2008)

Night Moves (2014)

Phantoms (1998)

Pleasantville (1998)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)

Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

Serendipity (2001)

Starship (1997)

Supercop (1996)

Teen Wolf (1985)

Teen Wolf Too (19787)

Up in the Air (2009)

Winter’s Bone (2010)

Wonderland (2003)

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, one of the best, most affecting games of 2017, is now free on Xbox One for people who have an Xbox Game Pass membership.

Those playing on Xbox One X can enjoy special features made possible by the console’s extra power, including better visuals, and High Framerate and High Resolution modes. High Framerate mode increases the frame rate to 60 FPS, while High Resolution makes the game run at the highest possible resolution instead of a dynamic resolution scaling.

Hellblade was developed by UK studio Ninja Theory, which Microsoft acquired earlier this year. It is also available on PlayStation 4 and PC.

Xbox Game Pass is Microsoft’s subscription service on Xbox One that lets you play titles from a catalog of more than 100 Xbox One and Xbox 360 games for $10 USD/month. New subscribers can sign up with an introductory offer of $1 USD for the first month.

More games are added to Xbox Game Pass on a regular basis. Mortal Kombat X, Pro Evolution Soccer 19, and Spintires: Mudrunner arrived earlier this month, while Ori and the Blind Forest (December 20) and Shadow Warrior 2 (December 20) are coming later this month. Additionally, the brand-new games Ashen and Below launched into Xbox Game Pass earlier this month.

All first-party Xbox games launch into Xbox Game Pass, which means subscribers will get Gears 5, Halo Infinite, and all other exclusives in the time to come at no extra cost.

Xbox Game Pass is currently only available on Xbox One, but Microsoft is bringing it to PC in the future. On a longer timeline, the company wants to have Xbox Game Pass on “every device.”

A wild new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate glitch has been discovered, and it really is a sight to behold. As shown off by Master0fHyrule on YouTube, the glitch spawns an apparently infinite number of Waluigi Assist Trophies, which makes the game descend into some kind of purple nightmare.

You can try to trigger the glitch for yourself by getting two Isabelle characters on a stage and, at the same time, deploy the fishing rod on a Waluigi Assist Trophy. If you do this correctly, and maybe get a little lucky, one of the Isabelles will continue to use the Assist Trophy again and again and again, until presumably the end of time. This apparently works with not only the Waluigi Assist Trophy, but numerous others as well. Take a look at the video below to see it in action. The infinite Assist Trophy glitch was apparently discovered by TheAfrowJow, and you can watch their video on the glitch here on YouTube.

Waluigi is not a playable character in Smash Bros. Ultimate, but Nintendo is aware of the groundswell of interest in putting him in the game. Whether or not that ever happens remains to be seen, however.

Smash Bros. Ultimate launched earlier this month, and it enjoyed a record-breaking start in Japan where it had the highest launch sales in the history of the Smash series in Japan. Sales figures for the United States and other parts of the world haven’t been announced.

The game has a massive character roster, and it’s getting more fighters with post-launch character expansions–including Piranha Plant and Persona 5‘s Joker. We have our own list of characters we want to see.

In our Super Smash Bros. Ultimate review, Edmond Tran gave the game a 9/10, writing, “An inconsistent online mode and situational downers don’t stop Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from shining as a flexible multiplayer game that can be as freewheeling or as firm as you want it to be.”

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One of Disney’s next live-action remakes of an animated classic, Lady & The Tramp, filmed at least some of its scene with actual dogs, it has been confirmed. Why is this notable? The first trailer for Disney’s new Lion King movie billed the film as being “live-action,” but those aren’t real lions or elephants you’re seeing, but instead very visually stunning CG creatures. For Lady & The Tramp, however, Disney used real dogs–at least for a part of the process.

Actor Thomas Mann, who plays Jim Dear in the new Disney movie, confirmed to Collider that real, tail-wagging dogs were used on set for the new Lady & The Tramp.

“The dogs were there. We shot with the dogs, every day,” he explained. “They were on set and they weren’t even trained. They found these dogs and started training them about three months before. They just wanted to find the perfect dogs. The main dog’s name was Rose, who played Lady. It was crazy because they didn’t know they were working, so they would run off in the middle of a take, and then come back over. You have to be extra patient because you have to be good every time for when they are good once. It was a lot of fun. It was so cute, every day, to just have a bunch of dogs to play with. It made the job a lot less stressful.”

One of the most memorable scenes from the 1955 original was when the two main dogs shared a bowl of spaghetti and kissed. Apparently the movie-makers recreated this with the real dogs for the remake.

“Who doesn’t want to see two real dogs kiss over a plate of spaghetti? That is the main draw for me. You get the charisma of real dogs in there,” Mann said.

What’s unclear at this stage is how much post-production effort will go into the new Lady & The Tramp specifically for the dogs. Presumably there will be significant visual effects to help make their speaking sequences and other cues look more believable.

The new Lady & The Tramp features the voices of Tessa Thompson and Justin Theroux in the title roles, with Janelle Monae, Benedict Wong, Kiersey Clemons, and Ashley Jensen also appearing in the film. It’s directed by The Lego Ninjago Movie director Charlie Bean. No release date has been set yet.

It’s just the latest remake from Disney. The film giant has already released reboots of Cinderella, The Jungle Book, and Beauty and the Beast. In addition to Lady & The Tramp and The Lion King, some of Disney’s other upcoming remakes include Dumbo, Mulan, Aladdin, and Pinocchio, among others.