Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse Star Hasn't Recorded His Lines Yet

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 various aspects of the film are still "being figured out."

This news shouldn't come as a complete surprise, considering the five-year gap between the first and second films.

"No, I wish," Jerome responded when asked if production had commenced. "We haven’t started up yet. A lot of things being figured out, but good things."

A Look at the Multiverse: All the Spideys in Across the Spider-Verse (Full Spoilers)

53 ImagesWhile Jerome's role in Across the Spider-Verse was relatively small, his character is poised to become a central antagonist in the third film. Spoiler alert for Across the Spider-Verse: He portrays Miles G. Morales from Earth-42, a version of Miles who emerges at the film's climax not as Spider-Man, but as the Prowler.

This alternate Miles experienced a drastically different life. The radioactive spider that bit the main protagonist instead bit him in his reality. Consequently, he didn't become 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 implications of this alternate Miles' story, and its collision with the main Miles' journey, 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, with a potential 2028 release mirroring the gap between the previous films.