Sony gives Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Part 2 a new name

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reports that the Into the Spider-Verse sequel will begin with Hailee Steinfield's Spider-Gwen fighting against the Vulture of her universe. After the encounter, George Stacy tries to arrest Spider-Gwen and forces her to unmask. But, before that could happen, Oscar Isaac's Spider-Man 2099 and Issa Rae's Jessica Drew, also known as Spider-Woman, swing in to help her out. The scene then goes to Miles Morales' universe, where he is reportedly applying to Columbia University to "work on a project that could allow for multiverse jumping," with his father saying that it "sounds like a fake job."

Fandango's Erik Davis also poured more gasoline into the raging hype fire. Davis revealed that the film's producer, Chris Miller, said that Across the Spider-Verse will have "the largest crew of an animated movie ever. This film has 240 characters. The first film had 40. [It] Takes place on 6 universes."

Ultimately, we won't be surprised if either one of Across the Spider-Verse or Beyond the Spider-Verse ends up swinging past Into the Spider-Verse among critics and audiences.

Unfortunately, all of this hype only makes the wait all that more agonizing. A few years ago, Across the Spider-Verse was slated to come out this month only for Sony to delay the film twice. Now, fans won't get a chance to watch Across the Spider-Verse in theaters until June 2, 2023. Meanwhile, Beyond the Spider-Verse won't be out until March 29, 2024.

The good news is that Sony isn't about to leave Spider-Man fans hanging. Even if Venom 3 won't come out for a few years, Sony has at least two more SSU solo outings next year to fill the void. Kraven the Hunter will arrive on January 13, 2023, which will be followed by Madame Web on July 7, 2023. With Marvel's Spider-Man 2 coming in 2023 as well, fans of the webhead will be eating well for the next few years.