In a recent interview with a small group of journalists, Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, revealed details on Marvel Studios’ future and plans for the next seven years (via Variety). Among other revelations about the reduced output from Marvel Studios to focus more on quality over quantity, as well as talk about recasting the X-Men and other prominent Avengers after the release of Avengers: Secret Wars (2027), Feige also spoke definitively about the future of the highly anticipated character, Miles Morales.
Given that fans had been clamouring for Miles Morales to appear in the MCU soon, Feige sought to quash rumours, stating outright that the progress of that “is nowhere”. According to Feige, until Sony Pictures, to which the character rights belong, completes Morales’ three-run journey in Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, Marvel Studios has “been told to stay away”. Even so, that will not be anytime soon.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is due for a 2027 theatrical release. However, despite its original release date of 4 June 2027, it has since been pushed back by three weeks to 25 June 2027. The rationale for the delay is due to Sony having determined that it would be a more strategic choice to push it back to 25 June, when 100 percent of schools in the United States would be on summer break, as opposed to a mere 65 percent on 4 June. This, therefore, allows Sony to capitalise more on their school-aged moviegoing demographic.
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is the third instalment of the trilogy that began in 2018 with Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, followed by 2023’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. It will be the highly anticipated conclusion to the popular animated web-slinging franchise that stars Shameik Moore (Wu-Tang: An American Saga) as Miles Morales, Hailee Steinfeld (Sinners, Hawkeye) as an alternate universe version of Gwen Stacy, and Jake Johnson (New Girl, Tag) as Peter B. Parker.
At CinemaCon in March, the introductory premise of the third instalment was disclosed to have protagonist Miles as a fugitive as he desperately evades every other Spider-Man variant in the multiverse, in a precarious situation where even Gwen and his other friends will be unable to aid him in saving his family, that has consistently been the foundation of his core.
With the conclusion of the trilogy, it remains possible that Miles Morales will eventually join the MCU, though it will not be any time soon. In the meantime, to see the end of his character arc, fans will have to patiently endure the arduous wait until 25 June 2027.
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