Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: Daniel Kaluuya will swing into action as Spider-Punk

November 7th 2022, 3:44pm

Last Updated on November 9, 2022

Sider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Daniel Kaluuya, Spider-Punk

After outsmarting aliens in Jordan Peele’s Nope, Daniel Kaluuya is swinging into action as Spider-Punk for Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Justin K. Thompson, Joaquim Dos Santos, and Kemp Powers direct the highly-anticipated sequel to what some consider the best Spider-Man film ever, with Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Christina Steinberg producing.

Plot details remain a mystery. However, we know the film picks up with Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) fully embracing his role as Brooklyn’s Spider-Man. Returning for more web-slinging shenanigans across the Spider-Verse is Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), with other Spider-People joining the fray to battle a new and powerful villain.

Kaluuya will voice Hobart “Hobie” Brown, a.k.a. Spider-Punk. Swinging onto the Marvel Comics scene in 2015, thanks to writer Dan Slott and artist Olivier Coipel, Brown is a teenager without a home trying to survive an unforgiving New York City. Attitudinal and thin on patience for authoritative figures in his universe, Spider-Punk swings from one street lamp to the next with style and rebellion.

Joining Kaluuya for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is Oscar Isaac, Brian Tyree Henry, and Luna Lauren Velez. Issa Rae, Rachel Dratch, Joma Taccone, Shea Whigham, and Jason Schwartzman also star. Lord and Miller wrote the animated sequel alongside David Callaham. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is part of a planned animated film trilogy. Across the Spider-Verse releases on June 2, 2023, while the third installment, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, web-slings into cinemas on March 29, 2024.

Sony‘s Spider-Verse trilogy is one of Marvel’s most exciting ongoing Spider-Man projects. The first film in the trilogy holds a 97% Critic Score on Rotten Tomatoes, with a 93% Audience Score. Anticipation is through the roof for both films, with animation enthusiasts eager to see what new styles and tricks either sequel brings to the table.

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