Spider-Man: Beyond Spider-Verse Moves to June 18

Sony’s animated threequel Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse will open June 18, 2027, a week earlier than its previous June 25 date, landing on Father’s Day and Juneteenth. The film is the third installment in the Spider-Verse trilogy and picks up after the cliffhanger ending of Across the Spider-Verse; it was originally slated for March 29, 2024 but was delayed repeatedly amid reported production slowdowns and the SAG-AFTRA strikes. Directed by Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson with writing/producing involvement from Phil Lord, Chris Miller and others, Beyond will debut more than four years after Across the Spider-Verse. The new date puts Sony’s threequel head-to-head with Disney/Pixar’s original Gatto and follows Universal’s How to Train Your Dragon 2, creating a crowded family-film stretch. The franchise has strong box-office credentials — Into the Spider-Verse grossed roughly $393–394 million and Across the Spider-Verse about $690 million worldwide.