TheSpider-Versehas a new movie in development, and it looks like it might be exactly what Marvel needs after Miles Morales' animated trilogy. The Spider-Verse trilogy is well underway thanks to the releases ofSpider-Man: Into The Spider-VerseandAcross The Spider-Verse,and withSpider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse’s releaseon the horizon.
However, further projects based around this corner of Marvel’s movie empire have been teased for the near future.Sony’s Spider-Man Noir TV seriesis underway, and a Spider-Woman film still appears to be in the works - but it’s2025’s newest Spider-Verse announcementthat is in many ways the most exciting.
The Spider-Verse’s Spider-Punk Movie Announcement Is A Perfect Spinoff
August 2025 brought with it the announcement thata Spider-Punk movie is in the works at Sony Pictures Animation. Given the studio’s success with the Spider-Verse trilogy, the news that more films look to be on the way that follow characters initially explored in the Spider-Verse trilogy is naturally an exciting one.
While plot details are as of yet to be revealed - meaning the Spider-Punk film could theoretically be about a different version to the one we’ve gotten acquainted with in the Spider-Verse thus far - the popularity of Daniel Kaluuya’s iteration of the hero suggests a Spider-Punk film would follow up on that specific variant.
This would make a lot of sense, as Spider-Punk was a standout favorite ofSpider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, and a figure audiences thus seemed eager to learn more about. With both the sequel andBeyond The Spider-Verseneeding to focus on Miles Morales' adventures, though, the trilogy doesn’t have as much room to delve into this side of things.
As such, instead exploring Spider-Punk’s life further in his own focal film story does stand to reason. This is especially true given it should allow the Spider-Verse to further test its capabilities, and further look at what this side of the franchise is capable of.
A Spider-Punk Movie Can Further Prove The Spider-Verse’s Wider Potential
With Marvel largely focused on its live-action releases, the debut of the Spider-Verse films was something of an experiment for the franchise. Few animated superhero movies get theatrical releases, and fewer still get theatrical releases that see the kind of financial heights that the Spider-Verse movies have reached so far.
GivenSpider-Man: Into The Spider-Versemade $373 million with its worldwide box office - andSpider-Man: Across The Spider-Versemade $681 million after that (as per The Numbers) - seeing if there’s room for further follow-ups in this franchise other thanSpider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verseseems a wise move.
With the movies thus far also having notably positive reviews, the Spider-Verse has built up a level of interest and appreciation that it makes sense to try and further solidify. Though the audience’s interest in Spider-Punk before these films would have been questionable, not following up on the character’s established fanbase would now look like a shortsighted move.
Fans have shown consistent interest in Spider-Man stories, be they about Peter Parker or not, and expanding the number of movies that can do so seems a logical next step. While this could be most effective in terms of building its own interconnected Spider-Verse world, a standalone Spider-Punk story also stands a solid chance of resonating with audiences.
Across the course of Marvel’s comic history, the franchise has produced a wealth of projects exploring Spider-Man’s wider lore, and the various figures who’ve taken up the mantle. With this in mind,ifSpider-Punkwere to be a success, it would demonstrate the potential for even more movies to be released delving into this side of Marvel’s loretoo.
A Spider-Punk Movie Could Help Solve A Newer Marvel Issue
In recent history, audiences have become accustomed to an influx of superhero movies releasing year upon year, which has seemed to play a role in some films having less successful runs. Fears around “superhero fatigue” tend to revolve around the idea that viewers can only deal with so many of the same releases before growing jaded or bored with them.
But the blessing of the superhero genre is that it can be taken in directions that are so intensely different from one another that it’d be easy to forget they were technically in the same genre at all. If anything, the issue has been that recent history hasn’t explored this idea as much as it could or perhaps should have.
The success of the Spider-Verse movies is about their quality, but it’s also about how fresh-feeling they are too. Between the stylistic and beautifully detailed animation, and the care taken with depicting a whole multiverse of spider-heroes, it’s easy to see what makes people engage with these films in a way they haven’t with even some big blockbusters.
The prospect of a Spider-Punk movie can further provide audiences with something that’s decidedly different to the live-action superhero installments they’ve grown used to seeing in cinemas. With this in mind,Spider-Punkcould not only be a greatSpider-Versefollow-up, but also help deal with the broader challenges that Marvel movies face today.
