SPIDER-MAN: BEYOND THE SPIDER-VERSE Star Offers Disappointing Update on The Sequel

Spider-Verse fans have been very excited about the upcoming film Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, which will conclude this story of Miles Morales.

The last movie, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, end on such a huge cliffhanger, so fans are eager to see how the story is going to continue to play out. But, the creative team behind the film are taking their sweet time.

During a recent interview with Screen Rant, the film’s star Jharrel Jerome was asked where things currently stand with the long-delayed sequel, and he confirmed he still hasn't been called in to record any lines. 

"I haven't, but I also can't really say so much more because, you know, that's such a tight-knit ship. I don't even know much.

“I'm as much in the dark as you, but I'm excited to get back into it and see what they're thinking, especially involving my character. That was such a badass twist to the last one.”

It’s certainly disappointing to hear that they haven’t even recorded any lines for the movie yet. There have been reports that the project has been struggling behind the scenes

It was reported that Sony Pictures had “scrapped most of Beyond The Spider-Verse for creative reasons.” Also that the film is “unlikely to release before 2027.”

Not long after that news broke, Spider-Verse composer Daniel Pemberton was quick to shut down the report saying: “Don’t really ever want to weigh in on this sort of stuff BUT would you ever believe there could sometimes be stuff on the internet that might not always be particularly accurate? Hmmmm…”

The thing is, though, the development of the film is moving extremely slow and it is delyed. Beyond the Spider-Verse was originally set for March 29, 2024, but it was taken off the release calendar and it currently has no new release date.

Pemberton previously talked about the film saying: "They are beavering away on it as we speak and I think the main thing for everyone is we are so proud of what we have done on these movies and you want a classic trilogy, you don’t want to let it down, you don’t want to Godfather it.

“We are feeling added pressure - in capital letters, underlined, with a big exclamation mark at the end."

Pemberton added that he also wants fans to know that the next film continues to push boundaries and offer something new to audiences.

He said: "I think with these films we have always said 'what do we want to see, what do we want to experience, what will make us excited?' I always think about the audience but myself as the audience - how will I respond the best to this scene?

“If you do it in a way you have heard a million times before, it’s boring. I’ve seen that in so many films - you either reheat an old meal or make something fresh, and we are always trying to work out how to do the latter. But the high bar has been set."

Producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller previously talked about this movie saying: "It will be a very satisfying conclusion. It goes even more emotionally deep into the relationships between Miles, Gwen, Peter B., [and Miles’] parents."

Lord went on to talk about the cliffhanger ending of the second movie, which featured Miles stuck in the wrong universe facing off against a variant of himself, who happens to be the Prowler.

He said: "The big thing that’s interesting for Miles [in Beyond the Spider-Verse] is how do you deal with a sense of betrayal and turn it into something affirmative?

“And I think that the thing that we try to do with these movies is represent goodness and show how the love that the characters in the movie have for Miles translates into his growth and success."

When talking about the film’s release Miller said: "I would say that just like we're going to take the time necessary to make Beyond the Spider-Verse great. And we won't back into a release date that doesn't fit." 

It’s clear that we’ve got a long wait ahead of us, but I’m excited to see how this story comes to an end.