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Spider-Verse Sequel & Spin-off? Situation Review

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, Peter Ramsay, Robert Persichetti Jr., Rodney Rothman) hasn't even hit theatres yet and, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Studios are already planning both a sequel and a spin-off. According to the article, the sequel will be directed by Joaquim Dos Santos (Avatar: The Last Airbender, Voltron) and will be written by David Callaham (Expendables 2, Wonder Woman 84). Sony is also eyeing Lauren Montgomery (Batman: Year One, Voltron) to helm the spin-off.

Initial Thoughts

Sony must be very confident with their upcoming movie if their green-lighting these projects prior to its release! I imagine that Sony is dropping this news in advance in order to improve on the box-office tracking for Into The Spider-Verse which, at the moment, is crammed in a very busy Holiday line-up, alongside Aquaman (2018, James Wan) and Mary Poppins Returns (2018, Rob Marshall), which seem to be the two big contenders this year. So this news might help the movie stand out from the competition.

Sequel

I have yet to see the actual film so I can't really comment too much on the potential of a sequel. However, the fact that it already has a sequel in the works gives me hope for the quality of the film. I am a little concerned with the switching of directors. This is mainly because, from the trailers, Into The Spider-Verse looks heavily stylized in its animation. And I'm worried that the sequel could potentially lose that some of that style with Joaquim Dos. But his previous work does give me hope as Avatar and Voltron do have pretty good animation. So I have hopes for this sequel, even if I am a little sceptical.

All Female Spin-off

This is a very interesting idea. Spider-Man has one of the best group of supporting characters, just behind Batman. The film will centre around many of the female superheroes. The film will supposedly centre around heroes such as Spider-Gwen, Spider-Woman, Spider-Girl, Madame Web and Silk. All huge fan favourites that would do well in a film together. I think Lauren Montgomery is a good fit for this movie. She's directed several animated movies, one of them being the animated Wonder Woman movie from 2009 which I thoroughly enjoyed. So I believe that this film would be in good hands!

Other Spider movies?

In my earlier post, I talked about other Spider-Man related movies that Sony had planned. So far not much has been said about those projects. However, Venom has grossed nearly $900 million globally so expect a sequel for that film to be announced soon! As for the others. Black Cat and Silver Sable appear to have been shelved for the time being whilst actor Jared Leto (Dallas Buyer's Club, Suicide Squad) teased his newly shaven goatee in preparation for Morbius.

Conclusion

I'm excited to see where Sony takes its new era of Spider-Man movies. This news of a sequel has me more excited for Into The Spider-Verse although I feel like that was the plan all along. The female Spin-off can work, particularly if they get Lauren Montgomery on the project, and I would really like to see all of those characters show up on the big screen!

So that's my Situation Review for the planned sequel and Spin-off of Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. What do you think of the news? Are you excited or do you have your concerns? Leave a comment down below. And, if you liked this post then you can follow this blog for more content. Thank you for reading!
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