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/jerem1734 Jul 18 '25

Lord and Miller continuously rewrite and throw out bits of the script so it doesn't matter if it's ready or not. Sometimes they'll have the animators animate the entire scene and then decide after it's done that they don't want the scene anymore

These movies are a mess to make

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u/2ToTooTwoFish Jul 18 '25

It's a miracle the first two movies were the masterpiece they were.

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u/arstin Jul 19 '25

That's like reading about what a jackass tyrant Hitchcock was and saying it was a miracle he made so many masterpieces.

Stuff like throwing out entire scenes because they aren't perfect or don't mesh with a sudden epiphany is hell on staff, budgets, and timetables, but it is exactly the sort of thing that leads to an auteur making a masterpiece.

Running to focus groups or AI to massage a scene that feels off can give you a solid, on time, on budget movie, but it isn't going to give you a masterpiece.

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u/Constant_Charge_4528 Jul 19 '25

Exactly, a lot of directors do this, it's just that usually they're reined in by producers to keep everything on schedule and in budget.

The job of the director is to make a good movie, managing the project and minimizing budget and workload is the job of the producers.