Jharrel Jerome, star of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, has confirmed that production on the highly anticipated third installment, Beyond the Spider-Verse, hasn't even begun. He revealed in an interview with Decider that he hasn't yet recorded any lines, and that numerous aspects of the film are still "being figured out." This news comes as little surprise, considering the five-year gap between the first and second films.
"No, I wish," Jerome stated when asked about the commencement of production. "We haven’t started up yet. A lot of things are being figured out, but good things."
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While Jerome's role in the second film was relatively small, his character is poised to become a major antagonist in the third. Spoiler alert for Across the Spider-Verse's ending: Jerome portrays Miles G. Morales from Earth-42, a version of Miles who emerges at the film's conclusion not as Spider-Man, but as the Prowler.
This alternate Miles faced a drastically different fate. The radioactive spider that bit the main protagonist instead bit him in his reality. Consequently, he never became Spider-Man, and after the death of his universe's Peter Parker, New York fell under the control of supervillains, with Miles himself becoming one.
The narrative of this alternate Miles, and his conflict with the main Spider-Man, will likely be central to Beyond the Spider-Verse. However, fans will have to exercise patience, as Deadline suggests a release date no earlier than 2026, or potentially as late as 2028, mirroring the timeframe between the previous installments.
