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The next Spider-Man movie have been delayed by Sony as the company announced which films have been rescheduled over the next few years.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the follow-up to the Oscar-winning 2018 CGI hit, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, was originally expected to be out in movie theaters in October 2022. Instead the sequel has been pushed back to 2023 while the confirmed third movie Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse II will launch in 2024.
Sony Pictures also confirmed new release dates for a number of upcoming movies like Madame Web, The Equalizer 3 and Devotion.
New Release Dates for 'Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse' 1 and 2
The sequel to the wildly popular Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has been hit with further delays. The original movie starred comic book character Miles Morales as a new Spider-Man, co-existing in a universe with Peter Parker.
Sony announced that there would be two movies to follow up that Academy Award winner. Originally slated for October 7, 2022, the new release date for the first sequel, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will now launch on June 2, 2023. Sony has also dropped the suffix (Part One) from the title.
Meanwhile Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse II has also had its own release date announced for the first time. It will launch less than a year after the first part and is scheduled to be in movie theaters on March 29, 2024.
The creators of the animated spectacle Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Phil Lord and Chris Miller told Newsweek about their thoughts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe adapting the Spider-Verse storylines into their live-action movies.
"It only helps us be bolder and crazier on the Across the Spider-Verse that we're working on now," Lord told Newsweek.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is set to feature a voice cast of Shameik Moore, Oscar Isaac, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson and Issa Rae.
Other Movies on Sony Pictures' Slate
Another movie set in the Spider-Man universe, Madame Web, has had its launch date announced. Due to be tied to the movies Venom and Morbius, Madame Web will open in theaters on July 7, 2023.
Meanwhile the sequel to Denzel Washington's movies, The Equalizer 3 will arrive on September 1, 2023.
Devotion, an aerial war epic starring Jonathan Majors and Glen Powell as U.S. Navy fighter pilots during the Korean War, will slowly launch in a few locations on October 14, before going nationwide on October 28, 2022.
The part-live action, part-animated musical comedy Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile will also launch on October 7, 2022. The movie will feature Shawn Mendes as the voice of Lyle the crocodile, with Javier Bardem, Constance Wu and Brett Gelman also starring.
Later on in 2022, Tom Hanks will star in the movie adaptation of A Man Called Otto. He was spotted in Pittsburgh recently shooting the movie, and he made time to photobomb a local bridal party on their wedding day.
Correction: This article was updated on 4/22/2022 to confirm Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Part II was a new date, not delayed.
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