Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was a true cinematic achievement and a worthy follow-up to 2018’s Into the Spider-Verse. As beloved and financially successful as these movies have been, Sony is having a great deal of trouble moving forward on the sequel, Beyond the Spider-Verse. There have been troubling stories about all of the problems they’ve faced, but it seems the skies are beginning to clear because the film now has directors to lead the way.
According to the Spider-Verse Instagram account, Justin K. Thompson and Bob Persichetti will direct Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. Persichetti was a co-director on the first film, while Thompson was a co-director on the second, so you’re getting people involved in every part of the trilogy so far.
It’s way too early for plot details, but we know the last film ended with Miles Morales in an alternate reality staring face-to-face with an evil version of himself. Things can only get worse from there, right?
Beyond the Spider-Verse has faced its share of troubles just getting off the ground. There have been stories about poor working conditions affecting the VFX artists, and other rumors about large chunks of the story being thrown out. Sony has pulled the film off of its schedule and has yet to put it back on.
With the hiring of Thompson and Persichetti we could be looking at a film that’s starting over from scratch. And if that’s the case it could be a while before we see Miles’ story come to its epic conclusion.
