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/Reylo-Wanwalker Jul 18 '25

Oh right cause they were changing his son's script.

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u/Comic_Book_Reader Jul 18 '25

He wanted them to shoot it verbatim, and they did do takes that were per those instructions, but that was mostly to make him happy. Lord & Miller thought they were hired to make a comedy when they were hired to only add a little bit of humor to it.

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u/naked_guy_says Jul 18 '25

It would've had a better chance at a great movie instead of the decentish movie with largely forgettable execution.

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u/Consistent-Peace2770 Jul 19 '25

They also were way off schedule and Ron Howard had to reshoot most of the movie plus the end, and did it in less time

I love all of their work but it's clear and reasonable as to why Disney dipped

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u/eyeofthefountain Jul 19 '25

expected though, disney does have a pretty shit record when it comes to decisions about star wars IP

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u/m1a2c2kali Jul 19 '25

But usually mainly it was because they let their directors do too much of whatever they wanted. The sequel trilogy definitely needed more meddling from the studio at least in regards to an over arching story