Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse won’t be gracing the big screens this 2022. Sony Pictures have announced the decision to reschedule the second installment’s theatre release to June 2, 2023. The sequel from writer Phil Lord and Christopher Miller featuring Miles Morales’ (voiced by Shameik Moore) Spidey was set to arrive this October and news of its delay hasn’t been taken lightly by Marvel fans.
Part 1’s delay has in turn put Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Part II for March 29, 2024 release. The anticipated sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse had fans thrilled after a two-minute first look trailer offered a glimpse at the film’s art style as well as Morales’ new Spidey friends, Oscar Isaac’s Miguel O’Hara, Spider-Man 2099. Hailee Steinfeld, reprising Spider-Qwen is also a prominent part of the film.
Unfortunately, the painstaking long wait has put fans’ patience to the test with many already sharing their disappointment over the Spider-Verse delay, as expressed in the tweets below.
WHY THEY GOTTA DELAY ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE pic.twitter.com/CidjGv0tzg
— SpaceMagic (@SpaceMagician) April 21, 2022
no one touch me across the spider-verse just got delayed to next year pic.twitter.com/oldZOTBTkv
— mary ☆ (@iPercebeth) April 21, 2022
This Moon Knight episode 4 meme expresses fan’s disappointment in the best way possible.
Spider-Man across the spider verse delayed pic.twitter.com/Uwh3xKXQDg
— DirefulCactus (@DirefulCactus) April 21, 2022
Me to the Spiderverse Delays #Marvel #SpiderMan #SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse pic.twitter.com/TUxXyomCR5
— KFC (@KC_2021) April 21, 2022
Across the Spider-Verse got delayed again…. pic.twitter.com/b1CL3yXFpa
— sullivans2004 (@sullivans2004) April 21, 2022
y’all PLEASE tell me across the spider-verse didn’t get delayed…..PLEASE pic.twitter.com/j359c2lSJh
— Candice/Nova ✨🏳️🌈😷 (@Cartoonie12) April 21, 2022
No way Spider-Man Across The Spider-Verse just got delayed by like a whole year pic.twitter.com/ewPNphTe11
— ES😵💫👹 (@houdini30_) April 21, 2022
Across the Spider-Verse got pushed from October this year to June 2023, no one talk to me rn pic.twitter.com/3kP8GDT2yQ
— Gregory Picazo II (@TheBigFajita) April 21, 2022
It’s a shame that Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (Part One) got delayed today. pic.twitter.com/y7xXiI6IW9
— BatKnight66 (@batknight66) April 21, 2022
across the spiderverse delayed pic.twitter.com/r6pmh3JKeI
— normie 𓆏🦔 (@KellytoyDK) April 21, 2022
We aren't getting both parts of Spider-Verse until 2023 and 2024 pic.twitter.com/qPUSKCGPkY
— Rai ツ 💤 (@NovaSpecterX) April 21, 2022
me learning that across the spider-verse got delayed pic.twitter.com/Wdfehl9ZOV
— leon #1 nycto stan (@greyfuneraI) April 21, 2022
In Lord’s defense, he did reassure his laughing emoji reaction is not related to the Spider-Verse delay.
you're laughing. Spider-Man: Across The Spider Verse Part I and Part II have been delayed and you're laughing. pic.twitter.com/yIUY9u0NP7
— Landon (@Landonian20) April 21, 2022
me after hearing about the Across The Spider-Verse Part 1 and 2 Delays: pic.twitter.com/abyF6h0WRG
— 📸chance🕷 (@BaileyTrey5) April 21, 2022
On a brighter note, Sony has attached a release date for Madame Web, a Spider-Man universe-centric feature based on Marvel comics starring Dakota Johnson and Syndey Sweeney with S.J. Clarkson helming.
With Across the Spider-Verse landing a Quarter 2 release, it stacks the animated Marvel blockbuster against another multiverse flick releasing the same month, The Flash. Warner Bros. Discovery’s standalone speedster movie continues to be enwrapped with Ezra Miller’s controversy. However, it hasn’t resulted in any changes to its release schedule (June 23, 2023) so far.
Interestingly, Sony has two Marvel flicks releasing back to back from June to July. If the studio plays their cards right, the two blockbusters are sure to attract big numbers at the global box office. But hopefully, the fandom can keep their excitement at bay and perhaps revisit Morbius in the meantime? The Jared Leto featuring Vampire movie is still in theatres in the US, for those wondering.
