Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One): release date, cast, and more
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) is one of our most eagerly anticipated movies of 2022. And with good reason: it's the sequel to 2019's Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, so it's pretty much nailed on to be one of the best films of the next 12 months.
The upcoming Sony Imageworks animated flick will reunite us with Miles Morales, Gwen Stacey and Peter B. Parker as they journey across the Spider-Man multiverse to stop a new threat to each of their realities. And, as you'd expect, there'll be plenty of comedy capers, action, and poignant moments along the way.
Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) will be getting its own follow-up sometime in 2023, meaning that it's a good time to be a Spidey fan. The latest MCU Spider-Man film, aka No Way Home, is the fourth highest-grossing movie of all time in the US, which isn't a surprise given what goes down in that movie.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. For now, what do we know about Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One)? The latest intel suggests that we'll be seeing much more different animation and art styles for each Spider-Verse, while hit Netflix movie The Mitchells Vs. The Machines also had a major impact on how Across the Spider-Verse was developed.
Below, you'll find more information on the animated Marvel movie offshoot, including its release date, first teaser trailer, cast, potential plot points, and more. Load up your web-shooters and let's swing into action.
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (PART ONE) RELEASE DATE
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) release date: October 7, 2022
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) will be released in theaters on October 7, 2022. It was originally supposed to land in April 2022 but, like every other movie that was set to launch over the past 18 months, the ongoing pandemic delayed its release.
Providing there aren’t any further setbacks, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) shouldn't be delayed again. Work has been ongoing since November 2018, after all, so its production should be nearing the finish line. Here’s hoping so, anyway.
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (PART ONE) TRAILER
Spider-Man: Across the Sony Pictures released a Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) teaser at Brazil Comic-Con (CCXP Worlds) on Saturday, December 4, which you can view above.
The teaser doesn’t give too much away about the film’s plot (more on this later). But we do see Miles Morales and Gwen Stacy reunite in his universe, Miles travelling to some new dimensions, and his first encounter with Spider-Man 2099. There’s plenty of humor and action to be had within the trailer, too, which shows that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) will retain a lot of elements that made the first movie a success.
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (PART ONE) CAST
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) cast: who is playing who?
Right now, there are five confirmed cast members, but you can expect this list to grow as further announcements are made:
- Shameik Moore as Miles Morales
- Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen
- Oscar Isaac as Miguel O’Hara/Spider-Man 2099
- Jake Johnson as Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man
- Issa Rae as Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman
Moore, Steinfeld and Johnson will all reprise their roles from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Isaac, meanwhile, has been bumped up the roster after he made a cameo appearance in the first movie’s post-credits scene.
The only current new cast member is Issa Rae (Insecure), who will portray Jessica Drew, aka Spider-Woman. The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Rae had been added to the film’s cast in June 2021, even though Sony is yet to officially confirm this.
Other Spider-Men and Spider-People are also expected to make an appearance in the sequel, however. John Mulaney’s Spider-Ham, Kimiko Glenn’s Peni Parker and Nicholas Cage’s Spider-Man Noir may all return, while Across the Spider-Verse’s first trailer teased the potential arrival of Spider-Man India.
Japanese Spider-Man’s appearance has also been hinted at by the film’s co-screenwriter and executive producer Phil Lord (via ScreenRant). But it’s unclear if this particular iteration of the character will feature just yet.
Finally, live-action Spider-Man stars Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon have all expressed interest in appearing in Across the Spider-Verse. Speaking to Collider, however, Lord and Miller declined to comment on whether the trio will have cameo roles in Parts One or Two. Watch this space, then.
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (PART ONE) PLOT
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) plot: what's it about?
Official plot details are thin on the ground, but we do know some elements about its story.
First, the movie’s official synopsis (via Collider) reads as follows: “Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar-winning Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered.”
Speaking exclusively to Entertainment Weekly (EW) after the first trailer’s reveal, Lord and long time writing partner Chris Miller explained why they made the decision to split the next chapter in Miles’ story into Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Part 1 and Part 2.
"Miles' story is an epic," Miller and Lord said. "We wrote what we thought the story needed to be, and to our surprise we realized it was two movies instead of one. We're working on them both as we speak.”
Lord and Miller also cryptically hinted at the numerous universes that Miles and company will travel to, telling EW: "Every dimension looks and feels radically different from all the others. They all look like they were drawn by a different artist."
The duo doubled down on that promise in another interview with Collider, with Miller adding: “It's a very ambitious sequel, because we didn’t want to just sort of do the same thing again. And so the idea that we’d be going to different dimensions really opened up an opportunity artistically to have each world have its own art style, and to be able to push the folks at [Sony Pictures] ImageWorks to develop a way to have each dimension feel like it was drawn by a different artist’s hand. Seeing the development of that stuff is breath taking, and really, it’s the reason we keep doing it, because it’s so hard to get it right.”
In another tease, Lord told IndieWire that their hugely successful Netflix movie – The Mitchells Vs. The Machines – gave them the confidence to push Across the Spider-Verse's visuals even further, saying: “It’s been fun to have the confidence, to go even harder and push the medium even further and take Miles [Morales] to places you couldn’t imagine.” Fingers crossed we see some truly mind-boggling animation in both movies.
And what of the potential for characters to return from the first movie? As you’ve probably guessed, the duo simply teased to EW: "Miles will reunite with some old friends and meet... a lot of new ones."
With those official comments out of the way, what can we determine from what we’ve seen of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One), and where its predecessor left off?
For starters, it seems that Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) takes place sometime after Into the Spider-Verse. Miles and Gwen look older than they did in the first film, so we’re guessing that it’s been one year or two years since they said their goodbyes in Into the Spider-Verse.
Next, we know that Miles and company will be jumping between dimensions in Across the Spider-Verse, which reverses the events of the first film where multiple Spider-People crossed over into Miles’ reality. We’ve already seen a pencil-sketched world, as well as being transported to Earth-928 (Spider-Man 2099’s universe), in the first trailer. So we know we’ll be seeing two new realities, at the very least, in Across the Spider-Verse (Part One).
As for who the mysterious villain is, it’s highly unlikely to be Spider-Man 2099. Yes, he’s seen grappling with Miles in the movie’s first teaser, but we’re confident that he’s simply trying to recruit Miles in order to stop the film’s supervillain from presumably wreaking havoc across the multiverse. We’ve taken a look at the most likely candidate for the villain in our Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) Easter eggs article, so check that out to get our thoughts on who it may be.
Finally, it sounds like Parts One and Two will be full of emotional story beats, much like Into the Spider-Verse. Lord and Miller revealed that there’s one particular scene concerning Spider-Gwen that will really tug at our heartstrings. Based on another of their answers in a tweet above, too, we’ll see Miles grappling with what it truly means to be a Spider-Man in this film.
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (PART ONE) SEQUEL
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) sequel: when will Part Two arrive?
There’s no official release date for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One)’s follow-up yet. But, in their chat with EW, Lord and Miller revealed that Part Two should be released in 2023, but neither was forthcoming with an exact launch date.
Again, the ongoing pandemic may affect when it’s released. Nobody knows what the situation will look like in 2023, so it’s likely Sony and Marvel are keeping their options open. We imagine they all have some idea of when Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part Two) will arrive, but that may change if the pandemic hasn’t subsided by then.
If we had to guess, we’d say that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part Two) will launch in theaters in late 2023. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse arrived in December 2018, while Across the Spider-Verse (Part One) comes out in October 2022. If Sony and Marvel stick to a similar release schedule for Part Two, it’ll likely be released between October and December 2023.
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