Spider-Punk Is Getting His Personal Animated Film

Spider-Man Day 2025 has come and gone, bringing some nuggets about Tom Holland’s live-action return in Spider-Man: Brand New Day subsequent 12 months. However right now brings information of a Spider-Man film we’re really much more enthusiastic about: a standalone animated film centered round Spider-Punk, co-written by Daniel Kaluuya, who voiced the character in Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse and the upcoming Spider-Man: Past the Spider-Verse.

Deadline broke the information of the Oscar-winning actor’s new mission (recently, all his headlines have been concerning that weird but intriguing Barney movie he’s acquired within the works), which is alleged to be “in early improvement.” Kaluuya would co-write with Ajon Singh; “plot particulars are underneath wraps, and there are not any different offers in place right now.” It’s additionally not confirmed that Kaluuya would voice the character, however it’s a must to assume that’s within the playing cards.

Spider-Punk has been round since 2015’s The Wonderful Spider-Man #10, when he was created by author Dan Slott and artist Olivier Coipel for a Spider-Verse comics crossover. Because the commerce reminds us, Hobie Brown is “a model of Spider-Man who leans right into a extra anarchistic, anti-establishment perspective than Peter Parker’s model. Residing on Earth-138, the character is fueled by his need to assist take down corrupt techniques.”

A Spider-Punk film feels like simply the Spider-Film we want proper now, in different phrases. What do you consider this information?

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