spiderman across the spiderverse may not be swinging into cinemas for another few weeks but the team behind the animated movie is already thinking ahead the directors say you should be just as excited for the sequel beyond the spiderverse scheduled for release in march 2024 across the spiderverse is a movie on its own but it definitely ends on a bit of a cliffhanger codirector kemp powers tells sfx magazine in the new issue featuring star trek strange new worlds on the cover i think its a good cliffhanger we hope that its a satisfying teeup for whats coming in the third film because you want people to be excited about whats coming nextand it helps that we knew going in that this was part two of a threepart story since you already know that that third story is guaranteed you can tackle it a bit differently that being said theres a lot of key characters in this film and theres a story in this film that has an arc of its own that we needed to completetheres one sequel in particular that the team is quick to draw comparisons to i was very satisfied after the empire strikes back adds codirector joaquim dos santos and hopefully this is our empirethis comparison means that things probably wont end well for miles morales and friends the empire strikes back ends with han in trouble and luke trying to process the revelation that hes darth vaders sonspiderman across the spiderverse hits the big screen on june 2 for more check out our guide to the rest of the most exciting upcoming movies on the way in 2023 and beyond not a subscriber to sfx then head on over here to get the latest issues sent directly to your homedevicethats just a snippet of our interview available in the latest issue of sfx magazine which features strange new worlds season 2 on the cover and is available on newsstands from wednesday may 17 for even more from sfx sign up to the newsletter sending all the latest exclusives straight to your inbox