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Spider-Punk Animated Spinoff Reportedly in the Works at Sony, With Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Waiting in the Wings for Daniel Kaluuya

UNITED STATES, AUG 5 – Sony Pictures Animation is expanding the Spider-Verse franchise with a Spider-Punk film co-written by Daniel Kaluuya and Ajon Singh, following the $690 million success of Across the Spider-Verse.

  • Sony Pictures Animation is developing a standalone animated Spider-Punk movie co-written by Daniel Kaluuya and Ajon Singh.
  • This project follows Spider-Punk's creation in 2015 as a punk-inspired Spider-Man variant from Earth-138 who opposes corrupt systems.
  • Kaluuya, who voiced Spider-Punk in 2023's Across the Spider-Verse, is involved as co-writer though his voice return for this film is unconfirmed.
  • "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" and "Across the Spider-Verse" were critically and commercially successful, earning $393 million and $690 million respectively.
  • Sony's focus on animated Spider-Verse variants like Spider-Punk suggests a shift after shelving other Spider-Man adjacent franchises, positioning these characters for future growth.
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Newsweek broke the news in United States on Tuesday, August 5, 2025.
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