We must be out of practice after 2021; It’s been a minute since being late to a movie really blew the wind out of our sails. But then most movies aren’t Across The Spider-Verse, Sony’s sequel to the triumphant 2018 Spider-Man film Into The Spider-Verse, also known as the best “Spider-People team up to conquer the multiverse.” to save” movie of the last several years.
The sequel – which will apparently pit Shameik Moore and Hailee Steinfeld’s spider-powered Miles and Gwen against Oscar Isaac’s Spider-Man 2099 – was originally slated for release in October 2022, just under six months away. But wouldn’t you know: Sony made one of those big schedule shifts we thought we were done with after theaters largely reopened, and now Spider-Verse won’t arrive until June 2, 2023. More than a year away! The outrage!
Among other things, Across brings The Spider-Verse (no longer identified as Part One, although Part Two is still in the books for March 2024) oddly close to another Sony/Spidey film: The Madame Web movie with Dakota Johnson, which is now scheduled for July 7, 2023. This film is the latest installment in what Sony appears to be calling, probably with seriousness, the “Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters” which a) really rolls off your tongue and b) also includes the Venom films and the recent Jared Leto , Vampire Man, Is Gonna Get Ya.
Aside from superhero stuff, Variety notes that Sony also used the calendar shift to announce a third entry in Denzel Washington’s who wants to watch Denzel murder some idiots series, The Equalizer. (September 1, 2023) And if you’re worried about what to watch on October 7th this year, now that Miles and friends won’t be there to surprise you with a winning combination of beautiful animation and real heart, Don’t be afraid to blow your mind: The Shawn Mendes-led live-action/CGI hybrid adaptation of the classic children’s book Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile will now fill that space instead. Hooray.