Spider-Man:Beyond the Spider-Verse, the sequel toSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, is scheduled to hit theaters in March 2024. However, one animator says it’s impossible.
Despite its success,Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Versehas been plagued by rumors of behind-the-scenes troubles. Reports of massive animator turnover, unrelenting hours, and last-minute changes have prompted producerAmy Pascal to deny the workplace toxicity claims. Pascal claims that animators weren’t prepared to work on a big-budget movie. Through all the rumors, Sony insists the nextSpider-Versemovie will hit theaters in 2024.Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseleft multiple unanswered questions, so a quick release date for the sequel excites fans.
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One animator, who prefers to remain anonymous, toldVulturea 2024Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verserelease date is next to impossible. With the release date less than a year away, fans assume thatSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Beyond the Spider-Versewere worked on simultaneously, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. According to the anonymous animator, the production side of the third movie has barely started. Considering it took four years to finishSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the likelihood of an early 2024 release seems small.
If Sony hopes to getSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verseto theaters on time, it can’t repeat the same mistakes made during the production ofSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.Production management inSpider-Man:Across the Spider-Versewas reportedly disjointed, with directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson unable to sign off sequenceswithout approval from Phil Lord. However, the most problematic issueSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Versefaced was changes made late in the animation process. These late changes often forced animators to work 11-hour days, seven days a week. Aside from exhausting the animators, it left no time to work onSpider-Man:Beyond the Spider-Verse.
Sony Pictures hasn’t changed the release date despite the rumored challengesSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versefaces. Fans are still hopeful they won’t have to wait long to return to the Spider-Verse, but questions about thetreatment ofSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’s crewstill haunt the production and are likely to affect the actual release date.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verseis set to swing into theaters on June 19, 2025.
