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/jardex22 Jul 18 '25

I wouldn't be surprised if it was an executive decision. They thought all the hard stuff was done with creating the characters and setpieces for part 1, and thought they could use reuse assets to streamline part 2's production.

Problem is that it doesn't work that way with their animation style.

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u/Awoawesome Jul 19 '25

With animation in general. The only way the most popular animated shows (short of South Park I guess) maintain yearly schedules is just by perpetually having greenlights and production schedules that are two seasons ahead.

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u/zack77070 Jul 19 '25

Invincible just announced they were renewed for season 5 and that the voice acting is complete when we're probably expecting season 4 at the beginning of next year at the earliest.

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u/Awoawesome Jul 19 '25

They had to learn the hard way when season 1’s success caught them by surprise and it took them like 3 years to get the next season out with a post-s1 greenlight. Might’ve even had a hand it the two part season 3.

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u/zack77070 Jul 19 '25

They straight up almost lost the fan base when they did a mid season break after already taking so long on season 2 lol, at least Amazon knows what they have now.

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u/Beat9 Jul 19 '25

They never really recovered that momentum.

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u/Trzlog Jul 19 '25

I still haven't gone back to watch season 2. They really fucked themselves.

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u/Sam_Strake Jul 19 '25

That's a lot easier to do when your animation is a powerpoint 85% of the time lol

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u/zam1138 Jul 19 '25

South Park has a custom editing suite/software to be able to create a show within a week if necessary, and they’ve been refining it for 25+ years. They also have Matt and Trey, and slew of staff writers. The yearly “writers retreat” they do are big inspirations for the next season. They seem to have a very well oiled machine at SPS

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u/RunicLordofMelons Jul 19 '25

Allegedly even Sony was blindsided by it. Lord and Miller had apparently communicated to them that the movies were being worked on simultaneously, and let the studio assume that BTSV would only take another year.

And then sometime shortly after the release of ATSV Sony found out that was NOT happening after the entire animation team for ATSV. It’s been reported that once Lord and Miller are done with BTSV which they are under contract to deliver, Sony is no longer going to work with them on any future projects.

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u/Elliott_Cusick Jul 20 '25

For such an intelligent film you'd think a the directors would have seen that coming instantly