As popular as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse were and as anticipated as Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is, it doesn't appear that fans of the movie series are going to be seeing the third installment of the trilogy anytime soon. And while that's been something that's rather obvious for a while now, just how far away from the film is from hitting theaters will likely have some fans rather frustrated.
The first installment in the very successful Sony pictures story was released back in 2018. It was followed five years later by Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and that movie ended with an "edge of your set" cliffhanger. While there were plans for fans to not have to wait that long to see the conclusion of the story, there has been one delay after another. The latest update isn't officially a delay, however, one of the key voice actors on Beyond the Spider-Verse's latest interview shows that next movie is still pretty far away.
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Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Star Not Recording His Lines Yet
Jharrel Jerome, who voices the alternate reality Miles Morales in Across the Spider-Verse recently did an interview with Decider to talk about his latest live-action project; Unstoppable. While the conversation was almost entirely about that film, at the very end of the conversation, he was asked about whether he had started to record his voicework for the new film and the answer was in the negative. "No, I wish," he responded. "We haven’t started up yet. A lot of things being figured out, but good things."
Unfortunately, this report is roughly the same from earlier this winter when Jerome said that he hadn't started work on the third film in the trilogy and that he didn't know when he was going to. Just about a month later, it doesn't appear that things have changed and that for now, the process on Beyond the Spider-Verse is still very much at a standstill.
While the latest report is hardly groundbreaking news, it does mean that there could be almost as long a wait for the third part in this particular Spider-Man story as between the first two. That's especially disheartening considering that when the first film was completed, there was no guarantee it was going to be involved in a larger franchise. Across the Spider-Verse was made specifically with that twist and with the knowledge that the movie was being made as one half of the conclusion.
At this rate, the absolute earliest Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse could hit theaters would be 2026, it would have to be pretty late in the year at that. It seems more likely that 2027 would be the most likely release date, and that's if production and voicework does start in the next few months. Should the movie get pushed to 2028, the gap between the first and second, and then the second and third movies would be equal. But that's almost certainly not what was planned when this was all mapped out.
- Release Date
- June 2, 2023
- Runtime
- 140 Minutes
- Director
- Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
- Writers
- Dave Callaham, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
- Prequel(s)
- Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse
- Sequel(s)
- Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
- Franchise(s)
- Spider-Verse, Spider-Man
Cast
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Shameik Moore -
Hailee Steinfeld
WHERE TO WATCH
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse catches up with Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy, and a host of other Spider-people as the doors to other realities are ripped open by The Spot. Miguel O'Hara (Spider-Man 2099) and a returning Peter B. Parker are also along for the ride through the multiverse.
Source: Decider