Warning: This article contains SPOILERS for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
One of the directors behind this month’s critically acclaimed animated outing,Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, has promised much ofInto the Spider-Versefan-favorite Spider-Ham in the finale,Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. Speaking withCollider, co-director Joaquim Dos Santos was asked outright why the anthropomorphic pig variant of Peter Parker did not feature more in the latest sequel, with the filmmaker revealing that this will be rectified when we return to the madness of the Spider-Verse next year.
“That’s a good point, actually. That was some stuff that was cut pretty early on, just for time. We knew part of the joy of Gwen getting the band back together was the promise that you’ll see them more in the next one.”
Introduced to audiences in 2018’s Oscar winningSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,Spider-Ham(voiced by John Mulaney) hails from Earth-8311. In a somewhat different story to his human counterpart, Peter Porker aka Spider-Ham began life as a spider who, after being bitten by a radioactive pig, was transformed into the superhero we have all come to know and love.
After playing such a major role inSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Spider-Ham takes a back seat inSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, but is shown at the movie’s end as a member of Gwen Stacy’s new team. As a friend and ally of Miles Morales, who could use all the friends and allies he has considering where he ends up, it sounds like audiences will get a lot more Spider-Ham whenSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verseswings into theaters in 2024.
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Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Is Currently in Chaos
Alongside the promise of more Spider-Ham, Joaquim Dos Santos also provided an update on the status of production onSpider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse. And it sounds mighty chaotic.
“Chaos. We’re in chaos, much like we were with this one. These films, again, you’d think that by now it’s totally figured out, we’ve got the system down. I think the deal with each one of these films is, we break the rules every time. So we’re in the process of trying to break the rules for the third one.”
While we cross our fingers and hope that all this chaos, and the ongoing writer’s strike, do not lead to delays, we can all stillbask in the brillianceof current sequel,Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The follow-up begins with Miles Morales reuniting with Gwen Stacy, and hurls Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. However, when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders. He must soon redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.
Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, from a screenplay written by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and David Callaham,Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Versestars a large ensemble cast that includes Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Vélez, Jake Johnson, Jason Schwartzman, Issa Rae, Karan Soni, Daniel Kaluuya, and Oscar Isaac.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, is scheduled to be released on June 01, 2025.
