Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’s status has been up in the air since the movie was delayed, but there have been quite a few updates on the anticipated SonyMarvelproject that could point to when the animated film could be ready to be released.The Spider-Verse franchise changed the game for animation, introducing a visual style like no other before it that has led to other projects, such as Netflix’sArcane, following along its lines. With two of thebest Spider-Man movies of all time, the animated trilogy was originally scheduled to conclude this year, which did not happen.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versedid not makeits original March 29th, 2024, release date. The news was announced just a little under two months after the second film in the animated franchise,Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, had been released. Sony removed the Spider-Verse trilogy’s finale from its release schedule, and so far, the studio has yet to announce a new date for the anticipated project. While Tom Holland’s Spider-Man has a firm future inupcoming MCU movies, the animated Miles Morales' future is currently uncertain, and the popular franchise even received a disappointing update recently.
Why Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse Was Delayed
Multiple Reports About The Delay Have Come Out
There are two possible answers to whySpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versewas delayed. When it was announced that the animated Spider-Man movie would be delayed indefinitely, a reason for Sony’s surprising decision was shared. In July 2023,Varietyreported that a source from Sony claimedSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versewas delayed due to the 2023 Hollywood strikes. The movie and TV industry stopped for months as writers and actors negotiated better working conditions and protection against the use of AI. According to the report, the Spider-Verse finale was delayed because actors could not record their lines in time.
[Phil] Lord said that they would take the time needed to ensureSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versemaintained the franchise’s high level of quality.
Interestingly, the report stated that a new date forSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versewas expected to drop in the coming weeks. However, that never did happen. Before the movie was delayed, reports emerged about how it was unlikely to meet its March 2024 release date. Speaking withComicBook.com, Spider-Verse franchise producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller commented on the film’s then-impending release. Lord said that they would take the time needed to ensureSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versemaintained the franchise’s high level of quality. Miller then finished, revealing thatthey would not “back into a release date that doesn’t fit.”
Beyond The Spider-Verse’s Release Delay Actually Sets Up An Even Better Window For Spider-Man Movies
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’s release delay allows the chance for a Spider-Man movie record to finally be broken after more than twenty years.
A damningSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Versereport could also have explained the delay. In June 2023,Vultureclaimed that over 100 artists left the second Spider-Verse movie mid-production due to grueling working conditions. Those allegedly included working 11 hours a day every week for more than a year and more. The report also stated that work on the Spider-Verse finale had not moved beyond pre-production at that point.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Versewas announced in 2015 and released in 2018, with its sequel coming 5 years later. The report made clear how the film’s March 2024 release was unfeasible.
What Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse’s Cast And Filmmakers Have Said
Many People Involved With The Film Have Shared Updates
While no release date forSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versehas been revealed, 2024 has seen multiple players involved with the movie comment on its status. The first of those came from singerd4vddin April. The composer teased that he would have a song featured inSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, also pointing to a 2025 release for the movie. A few months later, in August, TheSpider-Verse franchise’s Spider-Man India actorshared a newSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verseupdate. Karan Soni, who also plays Dopinder in the Deadpool movies, revealed thevoice actors would start recording “in a few months.”
In September, a bombshell report stated that not only hadhuge portions of the Spider-Verse finale been scrappedfor creative reasons, butthe movie was also unlikely to release before 2027. After the report came out, both Spider-Verse franchise composer Daniel Pemberton and producer Christopher Miller debunked it. Pemberton pointed out how the internet was not always accurate, while Miller said outright that nothing had been scrapped. Recently,Spider-Man: Across the Spider-VerseMiles G. Morales actor Jharrel JerometoldScreenRantthat he still has to begin recording his role in the threequel, offering no details about the variant Miles' role.
Sony Reportedly Has No Plan To Release Beyond The Spider-Verse In 2025
The Animated Spider-Man Movie’s Biggest Update In 2024
AfterSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versewas pulled off its 2024 release date by Sony, the best-case scenario for the movie became a release in 2025. However, that has now been confirmed not to be in the cards. According to anewSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse releaseupdateshared byDeadline, Sony does not plan to release the Spider-Verse trilogy’s finale in 2025.The report states that the studio is taking a lot of careas it crafts the conclusion to Miles Morales' animated adventures. The update goes back to what the Spider-Verse franchise producers said before the movie was delayed.
Chris Miller mentioned how the team behindSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versewould not stick to a date that did not allow the movie to be its best possible version for release. The development process in animation takes a long time between conception and the finished product, andSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’s original March 2024 release was announced way before the movie was close to being done and, by some accounts, before production on the movie had even started in earnest. Based on howthe Spider-Verse movies mix different and intricate animation styles, the films take even longer to produce.
Everything We Know About When Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse Could Release
The Spider-Verse Finale Has A Few Release Possibilities
With a 2025 release for the Spider-Verse finale ruled out,2026 becomes the next possible year forSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verseto finally arrive. There are both arguments in favor of that happening and against it. In favor of the release window is the fact that composer Daniel Pemberton and producer Chris Miller debunked a report that the final Spider-Verse movie would not arrive before 2027. With a 2025 release reportedly not on the cards, only 2026 is left. However,Tom Holland’sSpider-Man 4in the MCU is scheduled for a August 15, 2025, release.
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (2023)
Spider-Man 4 (2026)
ForSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verseto release in 2026,Sony would have to break a record, releasing two Spider-Man movies in the same year for the first time. Despite their different mediums, Sony might want to avoid any possible issues related to promoting two separate Spider-Man movies in the same year. As such, a 2027 release becomes the most likely forSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. Sony just announced that franchise veteransBob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompsonare directingSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. This adds to the report about the care taken with the final movie, which is exciting.
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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.
