Across the Spider-Verse’ Promo Spoils Massive Universal Crossover

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Of all the superhero movies to look forward to, the animated sequel Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is one of the most anticipated. With good reason, too. The previous film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was a huge hit and made almost $400 million at the box office. Unfortunately, a new photo spoils what looks like a fun cameo in the new film.

This one, according to the trailer at least, is looking more multiverse-y than its previous iteration, with even more versions of Spider-Man to get to know and love. There’s a rumored “240 unique characters” in the film, per The Direct, including rumors of real-life Tom Holland making an appearance.

The spoiler comes courtesy of a Vietnamese Facebook account claiming that Mrs. Chen, a character from Tom Hardy’s Venom, will appear in the movie. Take a look at the post below:

The photo shows antagonist the Spot, played by Jason Schwartzman, in the same store featuring Mrs. Chen from Venom. The photo’s caption says “Tom Hardy’s Universe appears in Spider-Verse 2.” Does this mean that Tom Hardy might make an appearance in the new movie as Venom? We can only hope.

The hype machine for the movie is only heating up as Epic Games also recently announced that Miles Morales will be joining Fortnite on May 22, along with Miguel O’Hara aka Spider-Man 2099.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was originally scheduled for an April 2022 release date, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The movie will now be released on June 2 of this year.

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