Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse has finally set a new release date to swing into theaters.
The Spider-Verse team appeared at CinemaCon on Monday to announce that the film hits theaters June 4, 2027, four years after the previous entry, Across the Spider-Verse, set records for the franchise. They also showed the first footage from the new film.
“Everyone keeps telling me how my story is supposed to go,” Miles Morales says in the footage. “I’m gonna do my own thing.”
Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson direct the latest sequel in the franchise from a script credited to Phil Lord, Chris Miller and David Callaham. The release date has been one of much speculation after it fell off the release calendar back in 2023. It previously was dated for March 29, 2024, just nine months after Across the Spider-Verse.
But Spider-Verse masterminds Lord and Miller, who produce and write the features, are known for their perfectionist tendencies and feel pressure to deliver something new with each of these films. The first Spider-Verse movie, 2018’s Into the Spider-Verse, was a genre-breaking hit and earned a best animated feature Oscar. And June 2023’s Across the Spider-Verse topped all expectations, earning more than $682 million globally.
For a The Hollywood Reporter profile in May 2023, writer-producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller detailed their painstaking process, including pulling all-nighters to finalize the tiniest of details in the weeks leading up to the premiere. They were also in the process of figuring out Beyond The Verse, with Miller noting the beginning and end were pretty solidified, and the middle was a bit “squishy.”
Shameik Moore voice stars as Miles Morales, the Brooklyn teen Spider-Man, and Hailee Steinfeld as Spider-Gwen, a hero from another universe. Upon Across the Spider-Verse’s release, Steinfeld told THR she had yet to commence on voice work for the sequel.
CinemaCon is the annual event for exhibitors and Hollywood studios that runs this year from March 31 to April 3. It is presented by Cinema United (formerly the National Association of Theater Owners).
Amy Pascal and Avi Arad and Jinko Gotoh also produce Spider-Verse along with Lord and Miller.
