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Spider-Verse New Details
Sony shared lots of new details about the Spider-Verse during CinemaCon. Producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller confirmed that Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will take place in six different universes. And while the first film in the series had 40 characters, they confirmed that the new film will have 240.
Spider-Verse’s El Muerto Film Starring Bad Bunny
Sony also confirmed a new live-action adaptation of a Spider-Man comic book character. There will be a film following the luchador El Muerto who inherits his ancestor’s mask that gives him super strength. The film will star Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known by his stage name Bad Bunny. The El Muerto film will hit theaters on January 12, 2024.
Super Mario Bros. Delay
This is Miyamoto. After consulting with Chris-san, my partner at Illumination on the Super Mario Bros. film, we decided to move the global release to Spring 2023–April 28 in Japan and April 7 in North America. My deepest apologies but I promise it will be well worth the wait.
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) April 26, 2022
Illumination and Universal have delayed their Super Mario Bros. film. Miyamoto apologized for the delay, but promised that the film would be worth the wait. Super Mario Bros. was set to be released on December 21, 2022 and now will be pushed to April 7, 2023.
Spider-Verse Part 2 Name Reveal
🕷 @philiplord and @chrizmillr were beyond excited to share #SpiderVerse updates during @SonyPictures' presentation at #CinemaCon.
The latest:
🕸 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – June 2, 2023
🆕 Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse – March 29, 2024 pic.twitter.com/msNzkdCzS4— Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (@SpiderVerse) April 26, 2022
Sony confirmed the title of the third Spider-Verse film. The third film will be titled Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse and the second film is called Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
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