Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versehas received a major release update. Miles Morales' animated adventures have earned Sony several awards and two movies that fared quite well at the box office. Both films are among thebest Spider-Man moviesof all time, withSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versebeing set up to be a multiverse event like no other. The Spider-Verse trilogy finale was initially scheduled for a March 29th, 2024, release. However, the SonyMarvelmovie was indefinitely delayed, being taken off the studio’s release schedule. A new update points to that delay lasting longer than expected.
According toDeadline,Sony has no plans to releaseSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versein 2025. The report mentions how the studio is “taking a lot of tender loving care” when it comes to concluding Miles Morales' story. So far, there have been few concrete signs related toSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’s release date. In September, a bombshell report claimed the movie was unlikely to be released before 2027 and that a lot of it had been scrapped for creative reasons. That report was refuted by producer Christopher Miller and composer Daniel Pemberton.
What Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse’s Release Update Means
Another Year Becomes Likely For The Spider-Verse Finale’s Release
While there might not have been any truth to the report that large portions ofSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versehad been scrapped for creative reasons,the report could help pinpoint when the movie will be released. Producer Christopher Miller and composer Daniel Pemberton called out its inaccuracy, which means the part about the film being unlikely to release until 2027 is also wrong. That becomes especially interesting in the context of the new Spider-Verse finale update, as theupcoming Sony Marvel movienow has a likely year to arrive.
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The reason for that is simple. The new update states that Sony will not releaseSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versein 2025. With key personnel on the movie discrediting the rumor that it would only be released by 2027 at the earliest,a 2026 release window forSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versebecomes likely. Recently,Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’sMiles G. Morales actor Jharrel Jeromespoke toScreenRantabout whether he had already recorded his lines for the threequel. According to the star, he still has not recorded anything forSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, which fits the film’s delayed nature.
Why Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse Not Releasing In 2025 Makes Sense
The Animated Film Ends A Major Franchise
With it now confirmed thatSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versewill not be released in 2025, Sony seems to be taking the necessary measures to ensure the film is as great as it can be. The truth of the matter is that the animated film’s initial release date was unfeasible. At least, the Spider-Verse franchise has shown that it would have been extremely hard for the studio to meet its intended deadline for the movie. That was alsobefore 2023’s Hollywood strikes, which threw the industry into a series of delays.
If the Spider-Verse finale had been released on its original March 29th, 2024, release date, the filmwould have come out nine months afterSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Based on the production timeline between the first and second Spider-Verse movies, that would have been a wildly surprising feat.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Versecame out in 2018, with its sequel arriving five years later. Even if most of the concept work for the film had been done, with the necessary technologies for the movie’s unique animation style developed, the threequel would still realistically need a couple of years to be ready.
Another factor that could have contributed toSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’s delay was a report on its predecessor’s working conditions. According toVulture,over 100 artists left the second movie mid-production due to terrible working conditions, which allegedly included “crunch” and several revisions to scenes. If the report was accurate, it would explain why Sony might have not only removed the film from its original 2024 plans, but also haveSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versenot release in 2025. If the film moves to 2026, the team behind it would get at least an extra two years to get it ready.
Our Take On Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse’s Release Update
Sony Should Take Its Time With The Movie
Both Spider-Verse movies have advanced the animation medium in innovative ways while also telling some of the best Spider-Man stories we have ever had outside the comics. As such, I’m not that bothered by the reveal thatSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versewill not come out in 2025. AfterSony faced issues with its three Spider-Man-related movies in 2024—Madame Web,Venom: The Last Dance, andKraven the Hunter— I’m okay with giving the studio as much time as it needs to make sure thatSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versefinds the perfect way to ends Miles Morales' animated story.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is the direct continuation of 2023’s Across the Spider-Verse, and is the third film in the Miles Morales animated Spider-Man franchise.
