Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse gets a release date update after the movie was delayed indefinitely. As part of Sony's Marvel movie release date changes, it was revealed that Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse would not be released on its original March 29, 2024, release date. The third film in the animated Spider-Man trilogy was removed from Sony's release schedule, with no hints of when it could be released.
During an interview with Digital Spy, Spider-Verse franchise writers/producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller shared a new update regarding Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse's release date. According to the duo, the movie will release "when it is ready". Lord explained the lack of a concrete release date for the film in their answer, saying, "Those conversations are thankfully above our paygrade, but I can tell you we're already hard at work on it, and we'll take the time it takes to make it great."
Why Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse Was Delayed
Hollywood is currently undergoing two major strikes that have deeply affected a wide array of movies and TV shows, and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is another victim of the situation. The Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes have stopped the work of writers and actors, which has caused several projects to get delayed or pause production indefinitely.
When it was announced that Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse had been delayed, Variety reported that the move was because the film's voice cast, which includes Shameik Moore as Miles Morales, Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy, and Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker, among others, could not complete the dialogue recording for the animate trilogy's finale in time for the original March 29, 2024, release date due to the ongoing actors' strike.
Another possible reason that could have impacted the movie being delayed indefinitely is related to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's bad working conditions report. The report from Vulture saw a worker on the movie claim that Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse would never meet its original release date, saying, "as far as the production side goes, the only progress that’s been made on the third one is any exploration or tests that were done before the movie was split into two parts." The film was then delayed a month later, and it's likely that any Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse release date updates will only come after the actors' strike is over.
While moviegoers who saw Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse revel in its story, fans of the animated blockbuster complained about being unable to hear all of that story play out, an issue one of its scribes noted.
Per Collider, co-writer Phil Lord took to Twitter to address fan concerns about being unable to hear some of the dialogue during Across the Spider-Verse as there were clear sound mix issues. Sony's creative team has been made aware of the audio problems and Lord gave his suggestions to ensure a better experience when seeing the movie, including getting to theaters early to make sure management adjusts the volume accordingly. "Spider-Verse friends! if you get to the theater early and you want a fun mission, ask someone to check that the theater volume is set at reference (7)! If it sounds a bit quiet, invite them to turn it up a touch to 7.5! If they give you flack... tell them we said it was okay," he said. "7 is the standard we mix to. 7.5 might be better in a full house. It’s a very dynamic and comfortable mix so you can play it loud and proud."
The sound problems are evident in Across the Spider-Verse from the start. During the opening scene, Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) recaps her life and various events before its beginning. However, Gwen does this recapping while playing drums with her band and audiences can't hear what she's saying as something is wrong with the sound mix. Instead of the issue being with a particular screening, fans who attended various cinemas noticed the same problem and made their thoughts known.
Across the Spider-Verse at the Box Office
Despite that technical flaw, Across the Spider-Verse has otherwise garnered rave reviews, becoming a resounding critical success while on track to smash franchise box-office records. During its opening weekend, the Into the Spider-Verse sequel earned $125 million domestically, the second-highest take by a North American title in its first three days this year behind The Super Mario Bros. Movie ($146 million). Worldwide, Across the Spider-Verse has made over $208 million, putting it well on course to surpass Into the Spider-Verse's final tally of $384.3 million following its 2018 premiere.
As of this writing, Across the Spider-Verse boasts a 95% critical rating and 96% audience score via Rotten Tomatoes, with some reviews branding it as one of the best superhero movies ever made, praising it for its storytelling, action and visual appeal. The film sees Miles Morales (Shamiek Moore) and Gwen travel through the multiverse to stop a potential catastrophe at the hands of the Spot (Jason Schwartzman) that threatens to wipe out hordes of Spider-People. Lord co-wrote Across the Spider-Verse alongside long-time creative partner Christopher Miller, and David Callaham.
Across the Spider-Verse also stars Oscar Isaac (Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099), Daniel Kaluuya (Hobart "Hobie" Brown/Spider-Punk), Issa Rae (Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman) and Karan Soni (Pavitr Prabhakar/Spider-Man India). Almost 100 named characters appear in Across the Spider-Verse, which is one of the longest animated titles ever made at 2 hours and 20 minutes. The film also precedes the next sequel in the Spider-Verse franchise, with Beyond the Spider-Verse expected to premiere on Mar. 29, 2024.
Across the Spider-Verse is now showing in theaters.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is finally here, but when will fans be able to watch it at home on streaming, digital, Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD?
After five years since the award-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse swung into theaters and the hearts of fans around the world, the Miles Morales-led sequel has finally arrived in theaters to massive acclaim.
Across the Spider-Verse continues to expand the animated franchise with a host of new Spider-People through a Multiversal group led by Oscar Isaac's Miguel O'Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099.
Spider-Verse 2 comes as the first chapter of a two-part event featuring The Spot as the lead antagonist, with the story set to continue next March with the release of Beyond the Spider-Verse.
When Will Spider-Verse 2 Begin Streaming?
After ending its Pay-One streaming deal with Starz in April 2021, Sony entered into a multi-year agreement with Netflix to bring all of its new movies from 2022 onward to the legendary streamer after their theatrical and home releases.
As such, Across the Spider-Verse's first streaming destination is expected to be Netflix, but when will it actually arrive on the service?
Looking at its three biggest movies of last year, the theatrical-to-streaming window ranged from the low 120 days of Bullet Train to the high 175 days for Uncharted.
Based on these windows, the earliest fans could expect to stream Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on Netflix is the end of September. Or, if the Spider-Man flick were to take a page out of Uncharted's book, audiences could be waiting until late November.
In the meantime, its predecessor, Into the Spider-Verse, cannot currently be found on any mainline streamers. But it is currently available on Fubo TV, FXNow, and Sling.
When Will Spider-Verse 2 Release on Disney+?
Although Netflix will be the first stop for Across the Spider-Verse, Sony also has an agreement with Disney to "bring Spider-Man and other Marvel properties” to Disney+, starting out with its 2022 theatrical slate.
Netflix's deal with Sony allowed the service to have exclusive streaming rights of its movies for the first 18 months of their streaming windows. After that year and a half, the doors for Sony films to also become available to rival streamers.
Sony's only Marvel movie of last year was Morbius, and with that having only been released on Netflix in September, the service will be holding onto it exclusively until around March 2024, at which point it will likely make its way to Disney+.
So, with Spider-Verse 2 not likely to hit Netflix until sometime between September and November, the animated sequel probably won't be coming to Disney+ until 2025.
Predicting When Spider-Verse 2 Will Be Available to Purchase
Before Across the Spider-Verse comes to Netflix or Disney+, the movie will have its first home release tour through 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray, DVD, and digital sales.
Looking at Sony's other recent major releases, Uncharted and 65 came to physical media 81 days after their theatrical debut, while Morbius and Bullet Train came in one week lower at 74 days.
Based on these patterns, Spider-Verse 2 should come to Blu-Ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD in mid-to-late August.
Turning attention to the digital release, these numbers fluctuated wildly from 28 days to 67 days. However, there does seem to be a pattern of Sony awarding longer theatrical-to-digital release windows to its box office hits.
As Spider-Verse 2 is expected to be a big win for Sony at the box office based on the anticipation and marvelous early reviews, its digital release will likely fall at the latter end, probably coming in late July or early August.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse hits theaters on Friday, June 2.
June 2023 will see the release of a bunch of highly-anticipated titles from various genres and franchises, such as an animated Spider-Man movie, a horror movie from the mind of Stephen King, a long-awaited movie from the DC Universe, Pixar’s latest movie, Wes Anderson’s newest project, and more. May also saw some big titles arriving in theaters, such as Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Robert Rodriguez’s sci-fi action movie Hypnotic, the biopic Blackberry, the tenth installment in the Fast & Furious franchise, Fast X, and Disney’s latest live-action adventure, The Little Mermaid.
As May saw mostly big releases, none of them are available to stream yet, and they don’t have projected release dates for streaming either, but luckily, June will bring some of 2023’s most anticipated movies. A variety of titles for all ages and tastes will be hitting theaters in June, such as the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, a horror movie based on a Stephen King story, a new Transformers movie, Pixar’s latest animated story, Barry Allen’s biggest and most chaotic adventure to date, and the return of the legendary Indiana Jones. Here’s every movie coming to theaters in June 2023.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – June 2
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, set in the shared multiverse known as the “Spider-Verse”. Set over a year after the events of the first movie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse follows Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) as he’s unexpectedly approached by Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) to complete a mission to save every universe of Spider-People from supervillain the Spot, who could cause a massive disaster. Miles and Gwen go on a journey together through the multiverse and meet its protectors, the Spider-Society, led by Miguel O’Hara (Oscar Isaac), with whom Miles finds himself at odds on how to handle the Spot. Also part of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’s voice cast are Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, and Daniel Kaluuya.
The Boogeyman – June 2
The Boogeyman is a supernatural horror movie directed by Rob Savage and based on the 1973 short story of the same name by Stephen King. The Boogeyman is the story of Sadie Harper (Sophia Thatcher), a high school student who along with her little sister, Sawyer (Vivien Lyra Blair), is dealing with the death of their mother, and their father, Will (Chris Messina), although a therapist by profession, is too devastated by his own pain to support his daughters. One day, a desperate patient shows up unexpectedly at the Harpers’ house asking for help, but they bring a terrifying entity that preys on the Harpers and feeds on their greatest suffering. Also starring in The Boogeyman are Marin Ireland, Madison Hu, LisaGay Hamilton, and David Dastmalchian.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – June 9
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is the seventh installment in the Transformers film series, serving as a standalone sequel to Bumblebee and as a prequel to the movie that started it all. Set in 1994 Brooklyn, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts follows Noah Diaz (Anthony Ramos), an ex-military electronics expert, and Elena Wallace (Dominique Fishback), as they are swept up in a three-way conflict between the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons as they help Optimus Prime and the Autobots in a war to protect the planet from the arrival of Unicron. Also starring in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts are Luna Lauren Vélez, Tobe Nwigwe and Michael Kelly, with the voice cast formed by Peter Cullen, Pete Davidson, Liza Koshy, Ron Perlman, Michelle Yeoh, John DiMaddio, Peter Dinklage, and more.
The Flash – June 16
After a long wait due to various delays, The Flash is finally coming to theaters in June. Directed by Andy Muschietti, The Flash will see Barry Allen (Ezra Miller) using his powers to travel back in time in hopes of preventing his mother’s murder, but messing with time can have dangerous consequences. Barry becomes trapped in an alternate reality without metahumans, and with the help of his younger self, an alternate and older Batman (Michael Keaton), and Kryptonian castaway Supergirl (Sasha Calle), he will do his best to save this world from the restored General Zod (Michael Shannon) and, hopefully, return to his universe. Also part of the cast of The Flash are Ben Affleck, Ron Livingston, Maribel Verdú, Kiersey Clemons, and Antje Traue.
Elemental – June 16
Elemental is the latest movie from Pixar and Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Peter Sohn, Elemental takes place in Element City, a place where fire, water, land, and air residents all live together, but there’s one big rule: elements can’t mix. When fiery young woman Ember Lumen (voiced by Leah Lewis) meets go-with-the-flow guy Wade Ripple (Mamoudou Athie), she finally ventures outside her home in Firetown to explore the world and, in the process, realizes what she actually wants instead of doing what her parents want her to. Also part of Elemental’s voice cast are Ronnie del Carmen, Shila Ommi, Mason Wertheimer, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Catherine O’Hara.
No Hard Feelings – June 23
No Hard Feelings is a coming-of-age comedy directed by Gene Stupnitsky. Set in Montauk, New York, No Hard Feelings follows Maddie (Jennifer Lawrence), a young woman working as an Uber driver who is on the edge of bankruptcy after her car is repossessed. Maddie then accepts a Craiglist posting and her new employers are now the concerned parents of Percy (Andrew Barth Feldman), an introverted 19-year-old who shows no interest in dating or having sex. In exchange for a Buick Regal, Maddie agrees to become Percy’s “girlfriend” and “date his brains out” to help him join adult life. Also starring in No Hard Feelings are Matthew Broderick, Laura Benanti, Natalie Morales, and Scott MacArthur.
Asteroid City – June 23
Asteroid City is a sci-fi rom-com written and directed by Wes Anderson, from a story by Anderson and Roman Coppola. Set in 1955, Asteroid City centers on a group of students and parents from across the country who gather at a Junior Stargazer convention for scholarly competition, rest, recreation, comedy, drama, and romance, but it will all be spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events. As expected, Asteroid City has a long cast list with big names, among them Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman, Tom Hanks, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wright, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Maya Hawke, Willem Dafoe, and Steve Carell. Asteroid City will have a limited release in New York City and Los Angeles on June 16 before expanding to a wide release on June 23.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – June 30
The fifth and final installment in the Indiana Jones film series will arrive in theaters at the end of June. Directed by James Mangold, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will take viewers back to 1969, as Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) grows uneasy over the U.S. government recruiting former Nazis to help beat the Soviet Union in the space race. Now accompanied by his goddaughter, Helena Shaw (Phoebe Waller-Bridge), Jones will race against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history, while also facing Jürgen Voller (Mads Mikkelsen), a NASA member and ex-Nazi involved with the moon-landing program who seeks to use it for his own gain. Also starring in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny are Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, and Shaunette Renée Wilson.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is on course to capture a huge opening take in its proverbial web as the highly anticipated animated superhero tentpole nears its theatrical premiere.
Per Deadline, Across the Spider-Verse is projected to earn $150 million at the global box office during its first three days in cinemas, which is in sync with early forecasts for the film. Overseas, the Into the Spider-Verse sequel is heading for a $60 million opening, with $20 million of that tally coming from China, a reliable market for Spider-Man movies and where the titular original grossed over $62 million following its 2018 release. Meanwhile, the feature-length title is expected to make $80-$90 million across 4,200 U.S. theaters.
If the projections hold true, it means that Across the Spider-Verse would enjoy an opening domestic take that's over two-and-a-half times what Into the Spider-Verse made. (The 2018 film scored $35 million stateside during its first three days.) Additionally, Across the Spider-Verse will more than double The Little Mermaid's expected second weekend gross, with the live-action Disney movie looking at a $40 million take. Like the first movie, a diverse turnout is expected, considering the sequel features several Spider-People from different backgrounds.
Across the Spider-Verse Arrives This Weekend
Across the Spider-Verse has already garnered very encouraging reviews before its wide release, earning a 94 percent critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus hailing its many thrills, visual appeal and teasing a cliffhanger conclusion ahead of 2024's Beyond the Spider-Verse. The movie has also been hailed as the most anticipated summer blockbuster of 2023 ahead of other notable upcoming titles like Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, The Flash and Barbie.
In Across the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales (Shamiek Moore) and Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) go on an adventure through the multiverse to save every universe of Spider-People from the Spot (Jason Schwartzman) and a pending catastrophe. Miles meets the Spider-Society, led by Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac), to hatch a successful plan to defeat the Spot, but comes into conflict with them, leading him to contemplate life as Brooklyn's chief protector. Daniel Kaluuya (Hobart "Hobie" Brown/Spider-Punk), Andy Samberg (Scarlet Spider), Issa Rae (Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman) and Karan Soni (Pavitr Prabhakar/Spider-Man India) also feature as Spider-People in the movie. Co-director Justin Thompson confirmed the presence of nearly 100 named characters in Across the Spider-Verse.
On May 30, Across the Spider-Verse enjoyed its star-studded red-carpet premiere at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles. The Sony Pictures Animation title's post-production only wrapped up on May 21, ending a five-year journey to the big screen due to delays incurred by the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues. Across the Spider-Verse boasts one of the longest runtimes for an animated film ever at approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse opens in theaters on June 2.
It might come as a shock, but Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has no end-credits scene. For the past decade, post-credits scenes have been a staple in superhero media, blockbuster projects, and stories meant to set up sequels. So, since Across the Spider-Verse checks all these boxes, fans will likely fight their bladders and stick to the end of the credits. However, waiting is not worth it in this case because Sony didn’t add any end-credits scene to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. As surprising as this choice might be, Across the Spider-Verse doesn’t need a post-credit scene. The movie already does a beautiful job setting its sequel, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. In addition, any funny end-credits scenes could diminish the emotional impact of the movie’s mind-blowing ending.
‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Doesn’t Need an End-Credits Scene
Released in 2018, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse tells the origin story of Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore), while building an ambitious adventure involving the Multiverse and multiple Variants of the web-slinger. It could have been a bloated script, but the film ensured the main focus would be the characters and their emotional struggles. Furthermore, Into the Spider-verse introduced the world to groundbreaking 3D animation technique that looks just like comic books. It’s no wonder the movie became a huge box office hit, and Sony quickly gave Lord and Miller the keys of the kingdom to produce two sequels.
Into the Spider-Verse had an end-credits scene introducing the character of Miguel O'Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099, voiced by Oscar Isaac in Across the Spider-Verse. It’s a funny scene that teases a bigger Multiverse out there while paying homage to the classic meme of Spider-Men pointing at each other. It would be a mistake to do something similar for Across the Spider-Verse. First, Lord and Miller don’t need to point out to sequels they hope to develop, as the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga is coming to theaters in less than a year. Second, since the emotional stakes of Across the Spider-Verse are higher than in the first movie, it would feel wrong to wrap things up with a laugh.
A lot is going on in Across the Spider-Verse’s ending, and everything is essential to set the stage for Beyond the Spider-Verse. But none of it is a laughing matter. In fact, the proper reaction is to leave theaters wondering what will happen next in the lives of our favorite Spider-People, knowing what grim price they’ll have to pay should they fail their next mission. Because of that, adding a joke post-credit scene would feel strange.
Without the need to set a sequel or the right atmosphere to joke about something with the Spider-Man fandom, there was no reason to add an end-credits scene to Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. So, since the movie has beaten some animation runtime records, you can safely rush to the bathroom once the credits start to roll.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse comes to theaters on June 2, 2023. Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse swings into theaters on March 29, 2024.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse co-director Justin Thompson has elaborated on the sheer number of Spider-People present in the highly-anticipated sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
During a recent interview with Collider, Thompson stated that there are approximately 280 Spider-People in Across the Spider-Verse, up from co-writer and producer Chris Miller's previous estimate of 240. Furthermore, even when excluding unnamed characters, the number still comes in at just shy of 100. "The exact number? Oh boy, we kept adding, like all the way up until the very end," Thompson said. "Honestly, I'm gonna be level with you, we just finished the film, like in the last like two weeks, and I don't think I've had time to pause and actually take a final count. But I think it was about 280 the last time I looked in. Just to be clear, that doesn't mean specific, unique characters that you might recognize, it might mean variations as well. But if you're just talking about named characters, then I think there's probably about 95."
2018's Into the Spider-Verse featured a fair amount of spider-themed heroes -- namely, Miles Morales/Spider-Man (Shameik Moore), Gwen Stacy/Spider-Woman (Hailee Steinfeld), Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man (Jake Johnson), Peter Porker/Spider-Ham (John Mulaney), Peni Parker/SP//dr (Kimiko Glenn), Peter Parker/Spider-Man Noir (Nicolas Cage), Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Chris Pine) and Miguel O'Hara/Spider-Man 2099 (Oscar Isaac). While characters like Spider-Ham, Spider-Man Noir and Peni Parker are not expected to return for Across the Spider-Verse, the fast-approaching sequel still certainly ups the ante.
Joining Miles, Gwen, Peter B. and Miguel on this new adventure are the likes of Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman (Issa Rae), Pavitr Prabhakar/Spider-Man India (Karan Soni), Hobart "Hobie" Brown/Spider-Punk (Daniel Kaluuya) and Ben Reilly/Scarlet Spider (Andy Samberg). Promotional material for the film also reveals countless other Spider-Variants from across the multiverse, such as Doppelganger, Otto Octavius/Superior Spider-Man, Julia Carpenter/Spider-Woman, Mary Jane Watson-Parker/Spinneret and Anna-May Parker/Spiderling, just to name a few. There are also plenty of additional variants of the OG Spider-Man, Peter Parker, including the versions from the PlayStation game Marvel's Spider-Man and the CW/Disney XD animated series The Spectacular Spider-Man. Across the Spider-Verse's second official trailer even features a nod to Tom Holland's version of Peter Parker from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Is Nearly Here
Across the Spider-Verse is slated to open in theaters on Friday, June 2. The film's official synopsis reads as follows: "Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn's full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most." A follow-up, titled Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, is slated for release on March 29, 2024.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse opens in theaters on June 2.
It's no secret that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will contain a lot of Spider-People. While Into the Spider-Verse welcomed in some wild variants like Nicolas Cage's Spider-Man Noir, John Mulaney's Peter Porker, and, of course, Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), trailers from the sequel are clearly opening the door for just about every possible web-slinger the film can get. To get a definitive answer on just how much Spider fans can expect from Across the Spider-Verse, Collider's own Steve Weintraub sat down for an interview with directors Kemp Powers, Joaquim Dos Santos, and Justin Thompson who gave a specific number of Spider-People to look out for.
Some of these new Spider-People are expected to play major roles in the film like Daniel Kaluuya's Spider-Punk. As one of Gwen Stacy's best pals who shares in her love of music, he'll be a source of jealousy for Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) in this love story between the two Spiders from other worlds. There's also Miguel O'Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099, played by the always amazing Oscar Isaac, who Miles will butt heads with as they try to protect the multiverse from the threat that is Jason Schwartzman's The Spot. That's without mentioning Spider-Woman (Issa Rae), Spider-Man India (Karan Soni), the returning Peter B. Parker (Jake Johnson), and even Spider-Cat!
Apparently, that's just scratching the surface. Thompson revealed there's a staggering number of Spider-People packed into the film's lengthy runtime, even when cutting it down to just named characters:
"The exact number? Oh boy, we kept adding, like all the way up until the very end. Honestly, I'm gonna be level with you, we just finished the film, like in the last like two weeks, and I don't think I've had time to pause and actually take a final count. But I think it was about 280 the last time I looked in. Just to be clear, that doesn't mean specific, unique characters that you might recognize, it might mean variations as well. But if you're just talking about named characters, then I think there's probably about 95."
Across the Spider-Verse Still Has Plenty of Spider Surprises in Store for Audiences
It might seem like we've seen a lot of the Spider-People on offer in the film produced and written by Christopher Miller, Phil Lord, and David Callaham, but there's still a lot that's being kept hidden. For one, comedian Andy Samberg is set to appear in the film, but we have yet to really see his character in a preview. Johnson also previously spoiled that a LEGO universe will be briefly featured, likely ushering in LEGO Spider-Man on top of everything. With Across the Spider-Verse being just one half of this story with Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse coming next year, the possibilities are endless as to who or what is left unexplored in the infinite Spider-Verse.
In terms of what we do know, the rest of the cast will feature the likes of Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, and Rachel Dratch as well as Shea Whigham and Jorma Taccone. Sadly, don't expect Cage to return in his role as Spider-Man Noir as he previously confirmed he's not returning to the role for the film.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse swings into theaters on June 2. Check out the trailer below.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will see Miles Morales exploring new universes, meeting a literal army of alternate Spider heroes throughout the multiverse. However, there is some critical set-up in past movies that's worth remembering before the new sequel releases. Likewise, Into the Spider-Verse wasn't the only movie that set the foundation for the greater multiverse story that's about to be told.
In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Miles Morales became Spider-Man while also meeting several versions of the Webslinger from across different universes. However, both Venom films andthe MCU's Spider-Man: No Way Home helped lay the groundwork for the upcoming Spider-Verse sequel as well. Here are 10 things that will be helpful to keep in mind before watching Across the Spider-Verse.
10 Miles Morales Gains Powers From Project 42
During a secret outing with his Uncle Aaron, Miles Morales is bitten by a radioactive spider created by Alchemax who were attempting to recreate the powers of Spider-Man. While Miles did indeed gain the Webslinger's typical abilities, he can also turn invisible and can fire bioelectric "venom blasts" as powers all his own. Naturally, Into the Spider-Verse sees Miles training to control and use these new powers as the brand-new Spider-Man of Brooklyn.
09 Kingpin Builds A Collider To Access The Multiverse
Miles' attempts to discover how he got his powers lead him to the massive super collider built for Kingpin by Alchemax. Seeking to bring back alternate versions of the wife and son he lost, the collider granted Kingpin access to the entire multiverse, albeit with large amounts of instability. This explains why so many Spider heroes end up arriving from other universes (outside their or Kingpin's control).
08 Miles Morales Becomes Spider-Man After Peter Parker Dies
Failing to destroy the collider, the Peter Parker of Miles' reality was killed by Kingpin. However, he entrusted Miles with a device capable of destroying the collider before he died, symbolically passing on his mantle to Miles. Determined to honor the original Spider-Man's last wishes, Miles worked to become the next Spider-Man of his reality. Thankfully, he'd soon receive the perfect multiversal guides to help him step into the original Websligner's shoes.
07 Miles Morales Meets 5 Multiversal Spider-Heroes
First meeting Gwen Stacy at his academy without realizing she was a Spider hero from another universe, Miles met Peter B. Parker from another reality who eventually agreed to help train Miles and help him shut down the collider. After Gwen finally revealed herself as a version of Spider-Woman from yet another reality, the trio then met Spider-Noir, Peni Parker and her robot SP//dr, and the Amazing Spider-Ham. Together, the collected Spider heroes did their best to train and get Miles ready to be a true Spider-Man.
06 All Spider-Verse Heroes Return Home & The Collider Is Destroyed
By Into the Spider-Verse's final act, Miles becomes Spider-Man by finding his own path and a "leap of faith". In doing so, Miles was able to send his fellow Spider heroes home through the multiverse before shutting down the collider. He then defeated Kingpin, cementing himself in the eyes of the public as the next Spider-Man. However, Miles' multiversal adventures have only just begun as evidenced by the trailers for Across the Spider-Verse.
05 Gwen Stacy Returns To Miles Morales’ Universe
Just ahead of the credits for Into the Spider-Verse, it was revealed that Gwen somehow made it back to Miles' reality. While it's since been confirmed that there's now a way to safely travel the Spider-Verse, this was one of the film's bigger mysteries. However, it was exciting nonetheless to see that Miles and Gwen had a means of continuing their new relationship.
04 Spider-Man 2099 Becomes First Spider-Verse Traveler
As seen in Into the Spider-Verse's post-credits scene, Spider-Man 2099 made his debut with a device that allowed him to make stable jumps from reality to reality without endangering his own existence. Now, Across the Spider-Verse has confirmed that 2099's goal was to recruit a Spider Society of heroes from across the multiverse, though for some reason Miles Morales will be excluded from the team. This also explains how Gwen was able to revisit Miles as she's also a part of this new alliance of Spider-People.
03 Venom’s Universe Connected To Spider-Verse
Having released before Into the Spider-Verse, Sony's first Venom movie starring Tom Hardy featured a post-credits scene that was a clip for the upcoming animated movie showing Miles' first meeting with Peter B. Parker. However, it opened with a significant tag: "Meanwhile in another universe...". This confirms that the Venom franchise and its connected films such as Morbius and perhaps Kraven all exist within the same multiverse as the Spider-Verse movies. As such, Spider heroes might not be the only ones who could make appearances in the upcoming movie.
02 Venom Has Spider-Verse Knowledge And MCU Connections
As seen in Venom: Let There Be Carnage's post-credits scene, Eddie Brock's symbiote confirmed it holds "80 billion years of hive knowledge across universes" a tease that the symbiote hive mind Venom is connected to spans the multiverse itself. Case in point, Venom and Eddie's inadvertent jump to the MCU saw the symbiote recognizing Spider-Man, even though the Lethal Protector hadn't met or seen any version of the Webslinger to that point.
01 MCU Spider-Man Almost Destroys Multiverse With Doctor Strange
In Spider-Man: No Way Home, the MCU's Peter Parker (Tom Holland) accidentally ruined a spell he'd asked Benedict Cumberbatch's Doctor Strange to cast, meant to make the world forget that Spider-Man was Peter Parker. However, Peter continually asking for exceptions mid-cast caused the spell to go haywire, bringing in classic villains from the multiverse and two Spider-Man variants played by Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire. However, the greater fallout would have damaged the entire multiverse had Peter not sacrificed his own identity, having no choice but for the entire world to forget Peter Parker in order to stabilize the chaos.
Humorously, this multiversal crisis in the MCU was referenced in the trailer for Across the Spider-Verse by Spider-Man 2099. As such, perhaps a cameo from Holland's Spider-Man is in the works for this new sequel. Either way, it's clear that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is ready to delve into the multiverse even further, especially with Miles leaving his own reality for the first time.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's latest trailer teases a dark end for the film's budding super-powered romance.
The trailer, posted to Twitter on May 19, sees Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy sharing a heartfelt moment as they look out over the New York City skyline together. While Gwen laments the fact that the romance between Spider-Man and various versions of herself across the Multiverse always ends in tragedy, Miles offers some sense of hope by noting, "There's a first time for everything."
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Across the Spider-Verse Goes All in With Spider-People
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is set to mark the return of Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld as the voices of Miles and Gwen for another animated epic that will also see Jake Johnson reprise his Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse role of Peter B. Parker. A sequel to 2018's Into the Spider-Verse, Across the Spider-Verse will expand the previous cast of interdimensional Wall-Crawlers with the addition of Issa Rae as Jessica Drew, aka Spider-Woman, Karan Soni as Pavitr Prabhakar, Spider-Man India, and Oscar Isaac as Miguel O'Hara, better known as the Spider-Man of 2099.
Isaac, who also portrays the titular antihero of Marvel Studios' Moon Knight, previously opened up about which of his Marvel characters would emerge victorious if the two were to ever go head-to-head. "It's interesting -- they have some similarities, actually," Isaac explained, "But the unpredictability of Moon Knight, the fact that he’s the man of a million faces... Yeah, I've got to go with Moon Knight on this one."
Along with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse's exceptionally long voice cast list, the film is poised to make a place on the list of longest Western animated features of all time, with its 140-minute runtime placing it ahead of 1978's The Lord of the Rings and only behind Marcell Jankovics' 2011 Hungarian animated drama The Tragedy of Man, which runs an astounding 160 minutes. Across the Spider-Verse is expected to make big waves at the box office in spite of its long runtime, with projections pointing toward the film surpassing $85 million domestic on its opening weekend, more than double Into the Spider-Verse's opening weekend return of $35.4 across North America.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse swings into theaters on June 2.
With the highly anticipated Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse — a sequel to the 2018 Oscar winner Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse — set to swing into theaters in just a few months on June 2, 2023, fans are excited to see any and all new content for the animated film. Collider's own Steve Weintraub is in attendance at CinemaCon 2023 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and had the chance to see a collection of new posters for the upcoming film, a total of six posters in all that feature several of the different Spider-Men and Spider-Women that will appear in the film.
Each poster showcases an individual character from the upcoming film, with just about all of them swinging to action. The characters shown in these posters include Miles Morales, voiced by Shameik Moore, who returns to reprise his role as the lead character from the first film as well as another returning and central character Gwen Stacy or Spider-Gwen, played by Hailee Steinfeld, Miguel O'Hara, aka Spider-Man 2099 voiced by Oscar Isaac, Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman, voiced by Issa Rae, Karan Soni's character Pavitr Prabhakar/Spider-Man India, and Hobie Brown aka Spider-Punk played by Daniel Kaluuya. Each poster showcases the specific Spider person pulling off a super-human feat, except Spider-Punk, who would rather rock out instead of sling webs.
One of the notable absences in this line-up is Peter B. Parker, the older Peter who mentors Miles in the first film and that is set to once again play a key role in the new film once again voiced by Jake Johnson. Additional returning cast members include Brian Tyree Henry as Miles' father Jefferson Davis and Luna Lauren Vélez as Miles' mother Rio Morales. Other cast members that will appear in the film include Jason Schwartzman as the film's main villain, Spot, and Jorma Taccone as the recurring Spider-Man villain Vulture. Additionally, Shea Whigham will appear as Gwen's father George Stacy, and Rachel Dratch will be Miles's school principal. Notably, Nicolas Cage, will not be making a return to reprise his role as fan-favorite character Spider-Noir.
Who Else is Working on Across the Spider-Verse
Across the Spider-Verse is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, who will also serve as directors on the film's already-announced sequel, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and David Callaham serve as the writers of the film as well as producers and worked alongside Amy Pascal, Avi Arad, and Christina Steinberg with Alonzo Ruvalcaba co-producing. Into the Spider-Verse director, Peter Ramsey is also returning as an executive producer, alongside Aditya Sood.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is set to release on June 2, 2023, with its follow-up Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse releasing on March 29, 2024. You can check out the new posters from CinemaCon 2023 below:
The Sony Pictures Animation Twitter account offered the first look at Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse villain, The Spot, confirming he will be voiced by Jason Schwartzman.
The post offered a description of The Spot, noting he is "covered in interdimensional portals" and can create portals to "transport objects and people at will:"
The debut look at The Spot offers a clever example of his powers as Miles Morales kicks him, only for that kick to come through the other side of a portal and hit Spider-Gwen.
In Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Schwartzman will be joining the announced voice cast of Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Issa Rae, and Oscar Issac. The film is being directed by the trio of Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson based on a script by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Dave Callaham.
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse is scheduled to hit theaters on June 2, 2023. Check out the tweet below:
Meet The Spot, Miles Morales's most formidable foe yet. 🕳 Voiced by Jason Schwartzman, see him in action in Spider-Man: Across the #SpiderVerse, exclusively in movie theaters June 2, 2023. pic.twitter.com/1aAmMjMcpX
— Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (@SpiderVerse) June 13, 2022
