Sony Pictures Animation and Imageworks have collaborated with the Kevin Love Fund to digitally release an animated short film aimed at promoting mental health awareness. Titled "The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story", the short will be released on Sony Pictures Animation’s YouTube channel at 6am PT on March 27.

According to a New York Times article, the creators were planning to include a Lego scene as a tribute to the writer-producers, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who had previously directed “The Lego Movie”.