Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse — key information
– Set to be released in June 2027
– No trailer revealed yet
– Multiple cast members set to return
– Plot brief yet to be unveiled
– Should pick up directly after Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
– Spin-off films reportedly in development
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (SM: BTS) has been a long time coming. The final entry in Sony‘s animated Spider-Verse film trilogy was originally supposed to come out in March 2024. Long story short: that date proved too ambitious for its cast and crew, and the movie is now set to arrive on June 25, 2027.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse release date
As I mentioned above, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse will finally come out on June 25, 2027.
It was supposed to arrive nine months after Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which was released in June 2023. However, the sheer scale of its production, coupled with a concerning report from Vulture about the exhausting working conditions that its sizable crew had apparently been subjected to on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, led to SM:BTS being continually delayed
Last April, Sony finally confirmed Beyond the Spider-Verse would be released on June 4, 2027. However, five months later, Beyond the Spider-Verse‘s launch date was pushed back to its current spot.
It’s unclear how much work needs to be completed on one of next year’s most exciting new movies. Lead voice actors Shameik Moore (per DiscussingFilm) and Hailee Steinfeld (per Variety) were recording lines in late 2025, but there’s been no progress updates on this project since then. Hopefully, it’s still on track to meet its mid-2027 debut.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse trailer: is there one?
No, and with another 16 months (at the time of publication) left to go before Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is here, we won’t see a trailer for a long time yet.
My best guess? A teaser will be released at this year’s Brazil Comic-Con, which takes place in December, before the full trailer is unveiled during Sony Pictures’ panel at CinemaCon 2027, which should occur in March or April of that year.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse cast: confirmed and rumored
Full spoilers follow for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Beyond the Spider-Verse‘s cast hasn’t been confirmed yet. Based on how Across the Spider-Verse ended, though, here’s who I expect to see and hear next time around:
- Shameik Moore as Miles Morales
- Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen
- Jason Schwartzman as The Spot
- Jharrel Jerome as Miles G. Morales/The Prowler
- Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man
- Nicholas Cage as Spider-Man Noir
- John Mulaney as Spider-Ham
- Kimiko Glenn as Peni Parker/SP//dr:
- Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099
- Karan Soni as Pavitr Prabhakar/Spider-Man India
- Daniel Kaluuya as Hobie Brown/Spider-Punk
- Issa Rae as Jess Drew/Spider-Woman
- Amandla Stenberg as Margo Kess/Spider-Byte
- Mahershala Ali as Aaron Davis
- Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis
- Luna Lauren Velez as Rio Morales
- Shea Wigham as George Stacy
There are bound to be plenty more new and returning characters who’ll show up, as well as more of the kind of crowd-pleasing cameos we were treated to in Across the Spider-Verse. Potentially big spoilers follow for SM:BTS, so skip to the next section if you don’t want to know anything ahead of release.
Old news though it may be, a June 2023 report from comicbook.com indicated we’ll see multiple versions of Spider-Gwen in Beyond the Spider-Verse.
Given the multiversal nature of the Spider-Verse movie series, that is a distinct possibility. However, while franchise overlords Phil Lord and Chris Miller said they planned to include variants of Steinfeld’s deuteragonist, things might have changed since then.
Who is directing Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse?
As I reported in December 2024, Justin K. Thompson and Bob Perischetti will co-direct Beyond the Spider-Verse. Thompson was one of three individuals who helmed Across the Spider-Verse, while Perischetti was one of a trio of filmmakers who similarly directed Into the Spider-Verse. The trilogy’s final installment, then, is in more than capable hands.
Elsewhere, The Cosmic Circus has suggested Japanese Spider-Man, who was rumored to appear in Across the Spider-Verse, will have a role to play. Again, though, his inclusion depends on whether the threequel’s story has been altered since that March 2024 article was published.
Finally, on the dream cast list front, Oscar Isaac told The Hollywood Reporter (THR) that he’d like to see Pedro Pascal voice a “cranky, old Spider-Person”, while unreliable scooper MyTimeToShineHello has said Sony wants Andrew Garfield to voice an animated version of his wallcrawler. If Garfield’s Spidey does show up, will Tobey Maguire and Tom Holland’s web-slingers do likewise? We’ll have to wait and see.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse story speculation
Full spoilers follow for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
There isn’t a logline for Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. Based on how the previous film ended, though, plus what’s been teased by its cast and crew, we have an idea of where things could go.
First, you’ll want to remind yourself what happened in the movie trilogy’s second installment. To do that, read my Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse ending explained article, and then see what co-leads Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld teased about Beyond the Spider-Verse‘s story in an exclusive chat with yours truly.
Before we move on to more potentially spoilerific material, let’s also see what isn’t true about SM:BTS.
Just three days after Across the Spider-Verse debuted in theaters, The Cosmic Circus suggested its sequel would be even longer than its forebear’s two-hour and 20-minute runtime. Franchise co-overlord Chris Miller immediately refuted that on X/Twitter.
Then, over a year later, industry insider Jeff Sneider claimed much of Beyond the Spider-Verse‘s story had been scrapped. Again, Miller moved quickly to pour cold water on that rumor.
As I said in this article’s cast section, things could’ve changed during the film’s lengthy development cycle. With nothing leaking onto the internet about either matter in recent times, though, we’ll have to assume Miller’s comments still hold true.
What is clear is a desire from everyone not to fumble the bag with the trilogy’s ending. Speaking to Total Film, composer Daniel Pemberton admitted the entire cast and crew were “feeling the pressure” and, referencing The Godfather trilogy’s incredibly divisive ending, added “you don’t want to Godfather it [the ending].”
“We put the most pressure on ourselves,” Miller similarly told io9. “There’s no one that puts more pressure on us than ourselves, wanting to outdo ourselves each time and see things that you haven’t seen before and make it feel like something you’ve never experienced before. And so, trying to get something that is as worthy as the previous two has been the driver.”
Discussing the film series’ ending, Miller also said: “I think it’s a very satisfying conclusion” (per freelance reporter Jonathan Sim), while voice actor Brian Tyree Henry indicated it won’t conclude with a ‘happy ever after’ moment, saying (per Variety): “There’s not going to be a dry eye in the house. I’ll tell you that. Good luck. It’s not going to wrap up in a nice little bow that things do.”
There’s a great deal for Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse to wrap up, too.
For one, Miles and company need to stop The Spot from destroying the multiverse. Before that happens, Miles needs to escape Earth-42, aka the dimension he became trapped on in Across the Spider-Verse. He’ll need to contend with this reality’s version of Miles (i.e. Miles G. Morales), too, who became The Prowler instead of Spider-Man. That’s because a) the spider that would’ve bitten Miles G. ended up biting Miles through multiversal shenanigans, and b) Miles G.’s dad dies, which causes Miles G. to turn to a life of crime under the tutelage of his Uncle Aaron.
Meanwhile, Gwen has assembled her own Spider-Society, intending to rescue Miles. It’s also likely that Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099’s Spider-Society is still hot on his tail, too, because Miles intends to save his father’s life amid The Spot’s forthcoming assault on Miles’ world.
However, the death of Miles’ dad is deemed a canon event in the multiverse and, if these fixed points in time are altered in any way, they’ll destabilize the multiverse itself. Such an incident occurred when Miles rescued Pavitr’s father in Across the Spider-Verse, so we’ve already glimpsed the potential fallout of what may happen if Miles meddles with the multiverse again.
On top of all of that, we need a resolution to Miles and Gwen’s ‘will they, won’t they’ dynamic, the wrapping up of each individual Spider-Person’s narrative, and, potentially, a tease or two about other animated Spider-Person-starring flicks that could follow the Miles-led trilogy. Speaking of which…
Is Sony going to make more Spider-Verse movies?
There’s nothing official to report, but it appears there’s some movement on possible spin-off films being in development.
Last August, Deadline reported a standalone Spider-Punk movie was in the works, and there have been murmurings that a Spider-Gwen offshoot has also been discussed internally by Sony executives. Meanwhile, an animated Venom film is thought to have been greenlit (per THR) and will be made by Sony Pictures Animation, i.e. the same studio that’s developed the Spider-Verse trilogy. There’s no word on whether this Venom project is a Spider-Verse spin-off, though.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is unlikely to be the final time we see Miles Morales in a big-screen production, either. Marvel superstar Tom Holland, who’s played Peter Parker and his superpowered alter-ego in the MCU since 2016, won’t play the character forever. And, with fans calling for Miles to be introduced as part of the MCU reset post-Avengers Secret Wars — Holland has said he’d be “honored” to have his Spidey mentor the MCU’s Miles (per Inverse) — I wouldn’t be surprised if a live-action Miles shows up once Marvel Phase 6 has drawn to a close.
For more Spider-Man coverage, find out everything we know so far about Spider-Man: Brand New Day. Then, read up on how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order and see how we ranked every Spider-Man movie to date.
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