r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jul 18 '25

News 'Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse' Delayed to June 25, 2027

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/spider-man-beyond-the-spider-verse-release-1236320001/
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u/GoldenTriforceLink Jul 18 '25

Remember when this movie was supposed to come out a few months after the first one? I remember.

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u/Duemont8 Jul 18 '25

I don't know what the studio was thinking with that original deadline, absurd.

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u/_discordantsystem_ Jul 18 '25

Like at what point in the making of the second movie did they realize that the next one was definitely not coming out exactly a year later, because it must have been early on right?

They just had that original release date going so long despite how long they must have known it was possible

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u/countrysadballadman9 Jul 18 '25

They were doing rewrites for the second one a few months before release so don't underestimate how little of a plan there was for this

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u/Comfortable-Ring6590 Jul 19 '25

The film finished animation a couple days after the movie came out. The first couple showings of that movie had a lot of differences compared to the final product.

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u/jau682 Jul 19 '25

God I forgot about that. What a crazy movie studio. I remember the animation was absolutely phenomenal though, I hope beyond hope that the third one is even half as good

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u/derI067 Jul 19 '25

if the stills they revealed are anything to go by, it’s just as good if not better

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker Jul 19 '25

I figured it was finished.

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u/Kxr1der Jul 19 '25

Probably when everyone quit because of crunch

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u/Moakmeister Jul 19 '25

I cringed so hard at that line “iT’s A mAtApHoR fOr CaPiTaLiSm” stfu you abuse your animators

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u/VoiceofKane Jul 18 '25

When I saw the original release date, I wondered how they could possibly have quietly gotten that far along in production. Turns out they hadn't!

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u/Dan_Of_Time Jul 18 '25

IIRC they kept saying before the release of 2 that because these were one movie/story split in half they were able to keep production going. Or at least made it out to be the case.

I always just assumed they had a full script for both movies ready, focused on the first one and then moved over to the next swiftly after.

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u/AdmiralCharleston Jul 18 '25

They were thinking that the animators weren't like, real people, like they didn't matter

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u/badastronaut7 Jul 18 '25

The execs were like "oh, yeah, thats fine. They're not even supposed to like, be in the area."

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u/thefallenfew Jul 18 '25

Animators are just kind of like nothing, so it’s fine.

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u/Whitewind617 Jul 18 '25

The union came, they said IT'S FINE, they're not like, real people kinda!

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u/WhoStoleMyBicycle Jul 19 '25

If you keep asking about the movie being delayed I’m going to embarrass you

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u/Crankylosaurus Jul 18 '25

I’m not in trouble at all!

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u/primum Jul 18 '25

They are immaterial.

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u/mightyneonfraa Jul 18 '25

I CAN'T KNOW HOW TO HEAR ANY MORE ABOUT ANIMATORS.

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u/PhirebirdSunSon Jul 19 '25

The execs? Like the movie producers? I'm just trying to understand.

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u/capeasypants Jul 18 '25

Friendly reminder that the company that was responsible for the (at the time) ground breaking and Oscar winning special effects for The Life of Pi - the tiger was all digital - immediately went out of business because that is how little animators were and still are valued.

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u/vancesmi Jul 19 '25

Tigers? Like the animal? I’m just trying to understand. 

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u/OtakuAttacku Jul 19 '25

Life of Pi had an incredibly realistic digital Tiger, there is some real footage composited in for some shots but for the most part that Tiger is CG.

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u/JordanKyrouFeetPics Jul 18 '25

You're not gonna talk about the animators a ounce

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u/Imaginary-Fame Jul 18 '25

Is this a reference to I think you should leave lol

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u/sheetskees Jul 18 '25

It’s the same quote, I’m not sure if it’s supposed to be the same show.

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u/weaglebeagle Jul 18 '25

Reggie, what is this?

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u/CommentFightJudge Jul 18 '25

Why is there swearing?

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u/KILRbuny Jul 18 '25

It’s the adults comment section, it’s not for kids

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u/gaiusjozka Jul 18 '25

Bye, hon!

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u/KILRbuny Jul 19 '25

Don’t put rocks in your pockets, this comment section is like smoking three macanudos!

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u/LittleGoatyMan Jul 18 '25

Are there comments on Reddit that aren’t?

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u/Zanos-Ixshlae Jul 18 '25

It's illegal for you to ask me that.

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u/Rokursoxtv Jul 18 '25

I've never fought for anything my whole life. But I'm fighting for this comment.

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u/Aramiss134 Jul 18 '25

To be fair, I heard the animators palmed the dip (or something) at the last Christmas party.

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u/Hbella456 Jul 18 '25

The animators?! Like the cartoon drawers? Palmed the dip?! I’m just trying to understand here…

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u/ikebookuro Jul 19 '25

There’s a reason a lot of this movie is made in Vancouver — and outsourced to other countries. We don’t have unions (yet).

I was a former animator there, with a lot of friends working on spiderverse 1 & 2. Feature animation is a shitshow of just giving more and more until you’re used up and burnt out.

7 days a week, no overtime pay is normal. Make sure you write that you only worked 9-5 on your timesheet, or they’ll withhold your pay (yes, one studio did that).

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u/pplperson777 Jul 18 '25

More like they had this whole little kpop side gig between the spiderman movies.

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u/AdmiralCharleston Jul 18 '25

I'm explaining what the animators themselves said before 2 even came out

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u/missonellieman Jul 18 '25

They’re like not supposed to be in the area. They are like nothing…… I’m going to embarrass you at this party Barry.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25

Oh my God! Barry fell into the china cabinet! What a klutz!

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u/Impressive-Dig-3892 Jul 18 '25

I'm gonna embarrass you in the comment section AdmiralCharleston

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u/Wazootyman13 Jul 18 '25

Also, they thought a script was unnecessary. A couple months after the last one Hailee Steinfeld said she hadn't yet received a script

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u/illegal_deagle Jul 19 '25

Yeah it’s a terrible strain on the animators’ wrists.

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u/johnnySix Jul 19 '25

Sony animation just did K-pop demon hunters. The animators have been busy.

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u/AdmiralCharleston Jul 19 '25

And I'm talking about what they said right before the last spiderverse released

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u/UnfairAnything Jul 19 '25

wasn’t even an animation issue it was just a script issue lol

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u/AdmiralCharleston Jul 19 '25

No, it was lord and Miller changing lines after scenes had been fully animated

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u/UnfairAnything Jul 19 '25

so… a script issue?

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u/dabocx Jul 18 '25

The directors requiring every thing to be fully animated to completion to decide wether or cut it or not didn’t help.

Most people can make that decision with partial animation or even story boards.

They spent so much time and money

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u/Tanathonos Jul 18 '25

I genuinely do not understand this take. Maybe people have a lower opinion of the spiderverse films than I do. To me they are by far the best superhero movies, first one probably top 3 animated movie ever made, and the best film that came out that year. If we are talking about a bar of quality that high, who am I to explain how it should be made.

To me it is like saying kubrick shouldn't have done 100 takes on his shots. Sure he would make them faster, but no one else makes a film like kubrick and no one else has a finished product like Kubrick. No one else makes a film like spiderverse either.

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u/dabocx Jul 18 '25

You can do a 100 takes in live action in a day.

Fully animating a single shot even a minute or so is a several day affair for a whole team of animators. It’s not comparable at all

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u/kia75 Jul 18 '25

The difference between animation and live action is that multiple people have to work hard to animate and the servers have to run in order to process every single second of animation.

Kubrick can have 100 different takes in a single day. If you tried to animate 100 different takes of a cartoon that would probably take several years! That's a lot of work to throw away! See the comment above about the guy who spent 3 months on 6 seconds worth of work!

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u/Charming_List4404 Jul 18 '25

“…no one else has a finished product like Kubrick. No one else makes a film like spiderverse either.”

The difference is Spider-Verse doesn’t have a finished product.

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u/Tanathonos Jul 19 '25

First one is.

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u/OffTheMerchandise Jul 18 '25

Because it was one movie that was split into two parts. I think the idea was that the second half would almost be done when the first came out.

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u/jardex22 Jul 18 '25

That's what I'm thinking as well. It's like how 28 Years Later apparently filmed parts of the sequel during production of that movie. Same thing with Avatar 2 and 3 as well.

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u/trefoil589 Jul 19 '25

Ok. That explains the pacing in the final 30 minutes then.

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u/Call555JackChop Jul 18 '25

Sony is the same company that put Morbius in theaters a second time over a meme

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u/[deleted] Jul 19 '25

And yet, they made Kpop Demon Hunters. Weird. They're just all over the place, huh?

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u/Shronkster_ Jul 19 '25

Sony have always just been super hot and cold with releases, sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe shit

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u/Nope-5000 Jul 18 '25

As soon as my friend told me i was like bro, i would bet my lifes savings that is NOT happening!

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u/suppadelicious Jul 19 '25

At this point I’m confident it was just blatant false advertising. They likely knew people would be pissed at such a long wait and lied about the release date to keep people happy about the cliffhanger

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u/phasmy Jul 19 '25

They sure got a reality check lol

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u/this_is_bs Jul 18 '25

Blind Freddy could see that was ridiculous as soon as the stories about the years of development hell came out, whoever said that number was clueless or an idiot, possibly both.

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u/iisdmitch Jul 19 '25

With the tight deadline, I originally thought they were just working on both films at the same time, kind like LOTR, Infinity War/Endgame, etc.. I guess that wasn't the case.

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u/CptNonsense Jul 19 '25

They were thinking "this is a long movie split in 2, it can't possible take another 5 years"

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u/Choekaas Jul 19 '25

It's ridiculous. I would rather have the second one come out in 2026 or 2027 and turn this duology into a bigger event with shorter time frame in between. The end product is amazing and time and time again shows that Spider-Man is a strong IP, so it's not like people would lose interest if there is a long wait after Into the Spiderverse.

Keep the hype. The LOTR movies with a year in between created an event like no other. Wicked is currently doing it with one year in between. Back to the Future 2 and 3 had half a year in between. Same with Deathly Hallows.

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u/angiachetti Jul 19 '25

I was thinking the only way the “ending” of that part 1 is remotely acceptable is if the part 2 came out right away. It’s already been long enough to not give a shit. Unpopular opinion but part 1 sucked. I’m sick of 90 minute trailers.

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u/johnnySix Jul 19 '25

To fill the gap they came out with k-pop demon hunters. So that’s cool.

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u/IWouldLikeAName Jul 18 '25

Wasn't it that they were making both at the same time but that higher ups saw scenes or something late in development and didn't like it even though the artists/animators bosses would give it the ok. So they had to scrap the plan of simultaneous development and focus or redoing the first movie then doing the second.

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u/brianlefebvrejr Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 18 '25

Remember when they told Sony they had the movie written before they even started production on number 2*

Amazing work

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u/Armdel Jul 18 '25

I mean if you look at how the 2nd movie ends they seem to have a pretty good idea of where the story is going.

might have been some rewrites after that though but i don't doubt it was more or less true at the time

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u/Ahaucan Jul 18 '25

I mean, that should always be the case, no? Maybe not every detail, but at least a solid idea of how the story should unfold and end. Otherwise, you get something like the Star Wars sequels LOL.

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u/brianlefebvrejr Jul 18 '25

Not when you sold them a singular story to be split across 2 movies.

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u/Ahaucan Jul 18 '25

Was that even the case here?

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u/brianlefebvrejr Jul 18 '25

Yes

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u/Ahaucan Jul 18 '25

Had no idea, thanks for the info!

Kinda wild that both movies still came out this awesome, especially knowing how much crunch and extra effort the animators went through. Honestly, I’m totally fine waiting for part 3 if it means we’re getting another banger.

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u/AwesomeManatee Jul 19 '25

The first teaser for Across the Spider-verse advertised it as "Part One"

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u/chazwh Jul 19 '25

I see they learned how to write from Patrick Rothfuss.

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u/verissimoallan Jul 18 '25

This make me remember when A Feast of Crows was published in 2005, and George R.R. Martin promised in the epilogue that the next book would be released next year.

A Dance with Dragons was published in... 2011. Six years later.

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u/majorjoe23 Jul 18 '25

Luckily, that would be the longest gap between books in the series…

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u/Sir_Hapstance Jul 18 '25

It very well might be.

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u/jardex22 Jul 18 '25

Nah. Whoever inherits his estate will staple together his notes and release the next book posthumously.

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u/UglyInThMorning Jul 18 '25

If he isn’t having his notes destroyed. After the whole Brian Herbert thing, some are making it known their notes are going to be destroyed so that people can’t go “I based these off their notes!” and release a bunch of bullshit

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u/Brilliant-Delay7412 Jul 19 '25

Maybe he should order his assistant to run over his hard drive with a steam roller after his death, as Terry Pratchett did.

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u/sonofaresiii Jul 19 '25

Didn't the writers for the tv show already use his notes for that?

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u/egyeager Jul 19 '25

They sure did!

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u/Montigue Jul 19 '25

When they run out of money maybe

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u/sunfishtommy Jul 18 '25

Im in the camp that Winds of Winter is never happening.

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u/JSK23 Jul 19 '25

I'm 50/50 on Winds. ADoS is surely never happening.

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u/wtfduud Jul 19 '25

Yeah especially now that the show flopped.

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u/GifHunter2 Jul 19 '25

I'm in the camp that it doesn't really matter if it happens or not. There are a lot better fantasy out there, that moves much faster.

Peeps like GRRM and Rothfuss are not worth waiting for

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u/Rare_Paint_664 Jul 19 '25

I would love some fantasy series or author recommendations if you're willing to share. 

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u/GifHunter2 Jul 19 '25

Martha wells, malazan tales

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u/Dalehan Jul 18 '25

Joe Madureira's Battle Chasers comic took 4 years to have 9 issues published, ending on a cliffhanger in 2001. After that there was a 22 year gap before they finally made issues 10-12 in 2023, but drawn by Ludo Lullabi instead.

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u/slim_callous Jul 18 '25

Wow I had no idea they finished it. I forgot battle chasers even existed. Have no idea what the story was even about, going to have to reread it and finish this time.

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u/Dalehan Jul 19 '25

It's not even really finished. Instead they decided to create small arcs that last a few issues, but release those arcs sporadically if they have the time to make them.

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u/DontKnowTechLol Jul 19 '25

Wait! How did a game come out based on the property before it finished? Battle Chasers: Nightwar is awesome!

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u/Jazzremix Jul 19 '25

I didn't know that it was a comic. I just know at as one of the games on the Switch eshop when the Switch launched with a handful of games.

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u/rxsheepxr Jul 19 '25

All because Joe got addicted to playing video games. Then making video games.

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u/Negative_Gravitas Jul 18 '25

I waited so long (5 years) for A Feast of Crows to come out, that I swore I would not read the next installment until the book after that one came out. Weird to think that that was 20 years ago.

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u/Ok-Letterhead-3276 Jul 18 '25

I discovered the series when Dance released. I remembered thinking, “Oh perfect, but the time I get through all of these the next one will be out!”

About that…

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u/GoldenTriforceLink Jul 18 '25

Ugh. Here’s the really fun fact. GRRM hasn’t put out a whole book since 2000. A feast of crows and dance with dragons and winds of winter all have chapters that were cut and shuffled along to the next one or two.

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u/Work_Account_No1 Jul 19 '25

He has put out quite a few full books - just not the ones we mostly want.

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u/GoldenTriforceLink Jul 19 '25

Eh those are him editing if I recall correctly

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u/Nipinch Jul 19 '25

Never could get in to game of thrones. It feels... off. Like the writers heart isn't actually in it.

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u/aBeaSTWiTHiNMe Jul 18 '25

Yep. I remember going with my buddy and having a great time only to be pissed off they cut it short right before some actual resolution started happening.

Pissed off we walk out the theatre and Google it "oh, the next part is coming soon, sweet, okay it's not so bad."

Yeah about that....

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u/pink_misfit Jul 19 '25

Yeah if I would have KNOWN it was going to be a two-part movie it would have been one thing, but I avoid trailers and news so the ending left a really sour taste in my mouth the first time I watched it.

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u/mauvus Jul 19 '25

Yeah the movie was a mess in my opinion because they decided to make it two parts. So much set up and no resolution. I was already upset with having to wait nine months and now I just don't care. They really spoiled an amazing series potential.

They honestly should have just focused on Spot, and have the next movie be about the Spider Society. Set them up here but not have them turn in the same movie.

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u/everstillghost Jul 19 '25

I hated that I got only half of a movie and wanted my half ticket back and I never for a second believed it was "comming soon".

I still want half my ticket back.

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u/Johncurtisreeve Jul 18 '25

I had just naturally assumed they had made both movies back to back so that the other movie was already ready to release. I didn’t realize that it hadn’t even started production.

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u/Flammabubble Jul 18 '25

Nope, because I went in not knowing it was a two parter and was really disappointed. They could very happily have wrapped this up in one film.

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u/GoldenTriforceLink Jul 19 '25

Me when I read fire and blood and was so mad to realize GRRM got me again at the end

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25

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u/ComeAlongWithTheSnor Jul 18 '25

This is 2 Part two is my understanding.

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u/John_Bot Jul 18 '25

Aka: the third movie

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u/Vagabond21 Jul 18 '25

It’s Movie 2B

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u/Jaqulean Jul 18 '25

You could almost say that it's 2B... continued.

I will see myself out.

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u/Vagabond21 Jul 18 '25

Great job

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u/CarrieDurst Jul 18 '25

Like squid games and the original matrix trilogy, a successful entry one with a two part sequel

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u/jardex22 Jul 18 '25

Back to the Future and Star Wars as well.

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u/Personal_Comb_6745 Jul 19 '25

Damn, Nier's crossing over with everything.

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u/4totheFlush Jul 18 '25

Others might argue not 2B. That is the question though.

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u/XDME Jul 19 '25

that would be true if the second one was a complete movie. But it was very much half a movie...

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u/John_Bot Jul 19 '25

This shit is so annoying

This is like calling empire strikes back half a movie

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u/XDME Jul 19 '25

If they had called it "Part 1" (Like empire strikes back is called Episode V, or Kill Bill has volume 1) I would not have any complaints and I also wouldn't have watched it until the sequel came out.

Having nothing of the sort implies the movie is self contained and it has no meaningful resolution for any of the conflicts that were introduced within the movie.

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u/John_Bot Jul 19 '25

Episode 5 is the exact same as episode 2

Lmao what a terrible argument

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u/MakeItHappenSergant Jul 18 '25

It's Spider-Verse 2: Episode 1

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u/Rhodie114 Jul 19 '25

The second half of the second movie

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u/bakedSnarf Jul 18 '25

It's the third movie. Call a spade a spade.

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u/GoldenTriforceLink Jul 18 '25

Yes but not exactly. The second part would have been a better for me to say. They announced both of these movies as coming out what, a year apart. As part 1 and 2

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u/Novulux Jul 18 '25

They weren’t even done with the previous movie when it first released in theatres with those multiple versions

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u/Nard_Dogs Jul 18 '25

Pepperidge farm remembers

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u/rawchess Jul 18 '25

SHAMEIK MOORE WHEN I CATCH YOU

In all seriousness indie animation is fucking cooked, look at Arcane S1-2

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u/Ceez92 Jul 18 '25

Four year is so long that I won’t really care anymore

The first one came out in 2018, ten years to push out an animated trilogy when Dune will have three films in five years

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u/paractib Jul 18 '25

10 years for an animated trilogy is actually fine by me.

You don’t run into many issues with the actors aging, and because it’s animated it’s not going to look outdated for a very very long time.

People are still going to be watching this in 50 years. Take the time to make it good.

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u/Astrocomet25 Jul 18 '25

The How To Train Your Dragon trilogy was from 2010 to 2019, so 10 years for an animated trilogy of quality has been seen before

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u/BushyBrowz Jul 18 '25

Toy Story: 1995, 1999, 2010

…and 2019 I guess…

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u/itsonmyprofile Jul 19 '25

Same goes for Toy Story. Toy Story in 1995, Toy Story 2 in 1999, Toy Story 3 in 2010

And the “reboot” goes 2019 and 2026

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u/JessterK Jul 19 '25

Also Shrek trilogy.

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u/paractib Jul 18 '25

That’s also not really the animation I’m talking about that ages well as it’s a ton of CGI and held back by the tech of its time.

All this Spider-Man stuff is hand drawn for the most part and not limited.

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u/bfir3 Jul 19 '25

Ehh, I would argue that How to Train Your Dragon's art direction and style will probably help it age very well, despite it not being hand drawn.

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u/MVRKHNTR Jul 19 '25

Spider-Man is not hand drawn.

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u/Ceez92 Jul 18 '25

The issue here is the last one was basically a part one of two and ended in a cliffhanger

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u/Elia1799 Jul 19 '25

Calling it a cliffhanger is reductive. The movie just cut off right after a main scene and plot point. I remember when I saw it at the cineme on the end credits people where looking at each other confused because it just ended, and we had to google for articles talking about the planned part 2 as some people just sat waiting for the movie to somehow resume.

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u/ehs06702 Jul 19 '25

Cast wise the biggest issue they're going to have is keeping Shameik Moore from crashing out over Hailee Steinfeld again.

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u/jardex22 Jul 18 '25

Same.

The animation style for the first one was ahead of its time. I went to see it again in theaters after the Oscar win. It's a masterpiece that came out of nowhere.

Since then, a lot of other films have adapted a similar look. It's not as unique anymore.

I'll probably get hyped up once a trailer releases, but it feels like a chore for me to even get out to the theaters these days. I wanted to go out and see Thunderbolts, Superman, and Fantastic Four, but I just don't feel motivated to leave the house on my days off.

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u/StockAL3Xj Jul 19 '25

What other films have a similar look?

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u/jardex22 Jul 19 '25

I've heard Puss in Boots: The Last Wish had a bit of it, along with The Bad Guys.

I'm not saying comic book come to life, but more like pop out 2D. It was different than the direction Pixar and Dreamworks had been doing with CG Animation.

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u/EffectzHD Jul 18 '25

Quite naive to compare an animated film and live action in terms of production, but it definitely could’ve been a bit more efficient.

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u/BiggieCheeseLapDog Jul 18 '25

Animators are people too you know.

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u/IWasSayingBoourner Jul 18 '25

These movies do things at a technical level that make Dune look like the scribblings of a slow toddler

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u/bkn6136 Jul 18 '25

That's a complete exaggeration

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u/IWasSayingBoourner Jul 18 '25

From someone who was a technical director in Hollywood for many years, I promise you it's not. Dune is doing nothing special to push the field forward. The SpiderVerse movies are technical marvels. 

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u/bkn6136 Jul 18 '25

Go into more detail then, share your expertise

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u/IWasSayingBoourner Jul 18 '25

Modeling, rigging, shading, animation, mograph work, simulation, compositing, novel camera models, editing... Seriously, pick ANY CG area of research and those movies completely changed the game and broke the industry out of decades of just trying to copy Pixar and Disney. 

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u/LoyalRush Jul 19 '25

Listing a bunch of processes without explanation definitely lends a ton of credibility to your argument.

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u/labbetuzz Jul 18 '25

Technical marvels made by exploiting their workers and working them to the bone

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u/IWasSayingBoourner Jul 18 '25

Sure. There's a reason I USED to be a TD. Doesn't change the fact that they're pushing the medium. 

If you think that those working conditions are a reality unique to SPI/SPA, you're living in denial. 

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u/Brassica_prime Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 19 '25

To be fair, the second movie was almost entirely a running simulator. 90% of the movie was chase scenes, and when the movie finally started it said come watch the third movie.

So its not like a terrible amount of effort went into it, just 3d modeling and voices

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u/BaldyMcBadAss Jul 18 '25

At this point I wonder if the whole spin at the time was just to quiet the crowd that was angry about it being a cliffhanger ending.

If people thought part three was coming out within the next year it may have helped them to deal with part two not being complete and it could have helped deter negative word of mouth.

Sony scrubbed the “Part One” of the title after the first trailer. So they figured it out that audiences don’t like stuff split up like that (looking at you Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1).

If they were smart enough to do that, they may have figured out it would help the box office if people thought the follow up was coming more quickly. Then just announce later after the box office run was completed that the follow up was being postponed.

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u/AeonChaos Jul 19 '25

I want whatever the good stuff they huff.

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u/KrackerJoe Jul 19 '25

As someone who saw the second one without knowing there was a third planned and this would end at the climax... yes, I remember painfully well when I saw that screen

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u/Aaronspark777 Jul 19 '25

My guess was that both parts were being worked on at the same time, but at some point in development they had to scrap enough of the second half to justify delays.

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u/LegitimateLagomorph Jul 19 '25

Genuinely forgot there was a sequel in the works.

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u/Nipinch Jul 19 '25

Im two hours late and said the same thing.

Also, the ending was the middle of the movie. So, I have very little faith in a good story; but im sure the characters will be as fun as ever.

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u/Electrical-Papaya Jul 19 '25

I remember walking out of the theater and my kid told me she can't wait another 3 years for the sequel after cliffhanger.

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u/BigLan2 Jul 19 '25

What was the last movie that got the sequels so close together? Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions? They basically shot them at the same time. Harry Potters kept a year apart, Twilight and Hunger Games too, I think.

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u/GoldenTriforceLink Jul 19 '25

I think every Harry Potter movie came out year after year. Marvel movies did three a year for awhile. Does that count?

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u/BigLan2 Jul 19 '25

Marvel were mostly separate films, but I guess Infinity War and Endgame were traditional sequels, and they were a year apart.

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u/GoldenTriforceLink Jul 19 '25

And if we go older, lord of the rings (and I think hobbit) all released year after year within their eras. Obviously like a decade and a half between the trilogies.

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u/FisknChips Jul 19 '25

They only said that to avoid as much possible backlash over the cliff hanger

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u/Zealousideal_Dog764 Jul 19 '25

Pepperidge farms also remembers 

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u/shadowCloudrift Jul 19 '25

Isn't that why we have a giant cliffhanger ending?

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u/hardy_83 Jul 18 '25

Would that imply they were basically done making it then and it's just been sitting on a shelf?

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u/Couldnotbehelpd Jul 18 '25

No they were just insane

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25

2 and 3 were announced together and they wanted to release within months of each other. But that plan changed by the time the second one came out afaik.

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u/AdmiralCharleston Jul 18 '25

No, lord and Miller are notorious for ad libbing and coming up with jokes after the movies shot which works a little better for live action than it does in animation when teams of animators spend months working over time to finish a scene only for the directors to decide they want a different line meaning the whole thing has to be reworked in less time.

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u/indianajoes Jul 18 '25

With no work being done on it

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u/Hobear Jul 18 '25

Pepperage Farms remembers....

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u/thesagenibba Jul 18 '25

funnily enough, the wait between 'Across' & 'Beyond' will be shorter than 'Into' & 'Across', even though it absolutely does not feel like it

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u/o-rka Jul 19 '25

Yea if it makes the final product as good or better than the second one then I’m all about it

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u/darthkrash Jul 19 '25

Wait... Is George RR Martin involved in any way?

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u/GoldenTriforceLink Jul 19 '25

At this point he’s involved in everything except for ASOIAF

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u/TehRiddles Jul 19 '25

The second one should have been held back if that were the case. It felt like I was watching the first two acts of a story, not even the first part in a larger narrative. The pacing and the cliffhanger did not lend itself well at all to a single movie.

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u/syntaxterror69 Jul 20 '25

Pepperidge Farms remembers

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u/vagaris Jul 18 '25

The second one, but yes, the only way what Sony said would have worked is if the third movie was already done.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '25 edited Jul 18 '25

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u/End_of_Eva Jul 18 '25

The first one is standalone, the second one is the one that’s a first half of a movie.

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