The Spot's design, which was influenced by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, [85] evolves throughout the film as he gains more confidence and control of his abilities, beginning with a style that looks like an "unfinished sketch [with] blue construction lines that evoke a comic book artist's rough drawing before the work goes to an inker". The film was supported by another single, " Mona Lisa" by Dominic Fike, released on June 2, 2023—the day of the film's premiere. In the film, Miles goes on an adventure with Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman across the multiverse where he meets a team of Spider-People known as the Spider-Society, led by Miguel O'Hara / Spider-Man 2099, but comes into conflict with them over handling a new threat in the form of the Spot.

on its fourth weekend, topping the box office once again amidst competition from No Hard Feelings, a new release, and The Flash and Elemental, both holdovers. Lord and Miller said that they had told Sony the sequel would be the same size as Into the Spider-Verse, but it ended up having the largest crew of any animated film ever, with around 1,000 people working on it. They further stated that difficult working conditions caused by the constant revisions caused over 100 artists to leave the project before its completion. On June 23, 2023, Vulture reported that four people who worked on the film alleged that production had faced difficulties due to numerous requests from Lord for changes to already finished animation, as well as the need for him to approve animation layouts early in production. Featuring not just the six alternate universe ‘Spider-Men’ but an incredible panoramic view of New York City as seen from the iconic Brooklyn Bridge.Daniel Kaluuya as Hobie Brown / Spider-Punk: [22] A Black British, punk rock version of Spider-Man from Earth-138 who uses his guitar as his main weapon.

That being said, there's a lot of key characters in this film, and there's a story in this film that has an arc of its own that we needed to complete. One artist said that production on Beyond the Spider-Verse, the film's sequel, had not progressed, and that there was "no way that" it would be completed in time for its scheduled March 2024 release window.Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled at PostTrak gave it a 93% overall positive score, with 82% saying they would "definitely recommend" it. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was released on digital download by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on August 8, 2023, and on Ultra HD Blu-ray, Blu-ray, and DVD on September 5. Spectacular showrunner Greg Weisman was not informed about the inclusion of his show's character and expressed doubts he would even be featured in the film itself. The remaining seven cards are coloured photographic credits and poster artwork showing different scenes from the movie. Brian Tyree Henry as Jeff Morales: [11] Miles' African-American father and a police officer, who was recently promoted to captain.

Miguel explains to Miles that each of the Spider-People's stories throughout the multiverse entails "canon events", such as the deaths of a police captain close to Spider-Man and an uncle figure to Spider-Man, as well as other string of events that define a Spider-Man; and straying from these events threatens reality and may cause that universe to collapse, which in turn will collapse the entire multiverse as a consequence. Disney signed for "pay 2 window" rights for the films, which would be streamed on Disney+ and Hulu as well as broadcast on Disney's linear television networks.Meanwhile, Abid Rahman from The Hollywood Reporter compared Miles' introduction to the Spider-People in the trailer to the "vibe" of Citadel of Ricks and highlighted the reference to the Spider-Man pointing meme. In November 2022, Daniel Kaluuya was confirmed to be voicing Hobart "Hobie" Brown / Spider-Punk in the film.