Summary:
- The Spider-Verse franchise is making big strides, with its two movies making it to the top 100 films of all time, provided by Rotten Tomatoes.
- This accolade puts extra pressure on the threequel, Beyond the Spider-Verse, which is expected to end the trilogy on a high note.
- The cliffhanger ending of Across the Spider-Verse already sets up the events for Beyond the Spider-Verse.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse” is gearing up to be a spectacular finale for Miles Morales’ Web-Slinger, but fans will have to be patient a little longer as its release date has been pushed back. This delay, while disheartening, means the team behind this beloved animated trilogy, led by Lord and Miller, can fine-tune every detail. The stakes are incredibly high after the suspenseful cliffhanger in “Across the Spider-Verse” left audiences craving more.
The Spider-Verse series isn’t just a hit; it’s an award-winning phenomenon. Its previous installments not only snagged Oscars and Golden Globes but also performed exceptionally at the box office, with “Across the Spider-Verse” raking in a whopping $690.9 million.
With “Beyond the Spider-Verse,” expectations are sky-high, especially after a recent accolade added more pressure: “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” was recently crowned the greatest superhero film ever by Rotten Tomatoes, ranking 21st in their list of the 300 best movies of all time with a 97% critic score.
Its sequel, Across the Spider-Verse, wasn’t far behind, placing at number 81 with a 95% critic score. It’s always a rare sight to see two installments of the same franchise land in the top 100 best films ever, let alone a superhero one, a genre that doesn’t always sit so well with critics.
This recognition makes the upcoming third installment crucial in cementing the Spider-Verse trilogy as one of the all-time greats.
The end of “Across the Spider-Verse” left us hanging on the edge of our seats. Miles Morales finds himself in a starkly different universe — one where his father died and his alternate self became the Prowler instead of Spider-Man, as the radioactive arachnid from this universe bit our Miles instead.
Caught in a web of danger, Miles is kidnapped by his alternate self, and desperately needs a rescue. Luckily, Spider-Gwen successfully assembles her own Spider-Gang team, with Peter B. Parker, Spider-Ham, Penni Parker, Pavitr Prabhakar, and so on, setting the stage for what promises to be an epic conclusion.
If Beyond the Spider-Verse can somehow end this cliffhanger on a high note, it will perfectly conclude the Spider-Verse franchise as one of the best trilogies of all time, a feat that very few films can do. However, in order to do so, it will have to be even more spectacular than the last two moves combined, a nigh impossible task.
For now, it’s best to trust in Phil Lord and Chris Miller‘s magic, as the duo weave their wands for the upcoming Spider-Verse threequel.
