As Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse continues recording, Jake Johnson says there are sequences where “theaters are gonna explode.” The film is slated for June 2027, and fans are already filling the silence with theories—about a Miles standoff, bold animatio
Jake Johnson didn’t just talk about making Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse—he leaned into the kind of promise that makes you picture audiences reacting in real time.
When the cast is currently recording their parts for the upcoming installment. Johnson said the sessions are “going great.” Then he added that what’s already in motion could hit harder than people expect. He described “a couple sequences” he has been recording that he believes will “blow people away.”.
He singled out two moments first—one he says made him think “Man. this thing’s really special. ” and another that sparked a different kind of excitement when “Oscar Isaac’s character” arrived alongside “Jason Schwartzman’s guy.” Johnson said he reacted with. “Man. these are pretty good characters. ” adding that he thinks audiences will love that one too.
But the line that has stuck with fans came last. Johnson said there are “a few sequences that I think the theaters are gonna explode.”
That’s not a casual compliment. especially for viewers still replaying the earlier films for the same reasons they can’t stop talking about them: Miles’ leap in Into the Spider-Verse. the Spider-Men chase in Across the Spider-Verse. and the way Oscar Isaac’s Miguel O’Hara and Jason Schwartzman’s Spot expanded and bent the universe.
For Johnson, the wait has a clear finish line. Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse is scheduled to come out in June 2027—so whatever those “theaters” moments are, they’ll stay off-limits until then.
So the world does what it always does while it waits. It watches the cliffhanger and starts guessing.
Across the Spider-Verse ended with a reveal that the Miles people know was in a universe where his variant was the Prowler instead of Spider-Man. Theories now circle around that setup: standoffs, reversals, and the kind of character collisions that can turn a plot twist into a gut-punch.
One fan-voiced idea—building on that ending—is a fight between Miles and a new Prowler that leads to a reunion. potentially complicated further if Peter B. Parker finds his Miles during the chaos. In this version of the future. it’s not just action that lands—it’s the possibility of something “dramatic. ” “likely emotional. ” and “super cool. ” the kind of moment that would send an audience into real freak-out territory.
Another theory is about spectacle and craft rather than just who punches whom. Into the Spider-Verse is often treated like a turning point for animation, and Across the Spider-Verse pushed that even further. With that history on the shelf. the speculation now leans toward Beyond doing it again—using multiple animation styles at once. and possibly even pulling in live-action elements in the middle of a massive battle.
And then there’s the wild card pitch—the one that sounds impossible until you remember the multiverse and how often these films toy with the edges of what a “cameo” can mean. The idea: one to three live-action Spider-Men could show up. with Tom Holland. Andrew Garfield. and/or Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Men potentially appearing. The reasoning goes back to what the audience already knows they’re capable of: Spider-Man: No Way Home united the three Peters. and there have been bits of live-action inside the Spider-Verse movies already. which makes the leap feel less far than it would in a different franchise.
Johnson never named the exact moments he was talking about. He only promised they were big enough that audiences would react as a room.
But with his cast description—“going great,” “blow people away,” and “the theaters are gonna explode”—the anticipation isn’t just building. It’s starting to behave like a countdown.
June 2027 can’t come soon enough for anyone trying to decide what they’re going to see when the credits finally roll.
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