EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Animation is in early development on a Spider-Punk animated feature from co-writers Daniel Kaluuya (Judas and the Black Messiah) and Ajon Singh (Primetime), Deadline has learned.
Plot details are under wraps, and there are no other deals in place at this time. The natural assumption, of course, is that Kaluuya will reprise the role of Spider-Punk, which he played in 2023’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, from Sony Pictures Animation, and will reprise in the studio’s upcoming Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.
Created by writer Dan Slott and artist Olivier Coipel, Spider-Punk (aka Hobie Brown) is a version of Spider-Man who leans into a more anarchistic, anti-establishment attitude than Peter Parker’s version. Residing on Earth-138, the character is fueled by his desire to help take down corrupt systems. He first appeared during a Spider-Verse crossover event, as part of 2015’s The Amazing Spider-Man #10.
Kaluuya’s Across the Spider-Verse is the second film in a trilogy of highly lauded animated features from Sony Pictures Animation, which chronicle Spider-Man’s adventures in the multiverse. The first film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, was a hit both critically and commercially, grossing over $394 million worldwide and winning the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Across the Spider-Verse was also Oscar-nominated and even more successful at the box office, grossing over $690 million worldwide, with Beyond the Spider-Verse dated for release on June 25, 2027.
Before getting production underway on its next Tom Holland-led Spider-Man — Brand New Day, which is scheduled to hit theaters July 31, 2026 — and ahead of the release of Beyond the Spider-Verse, Sony has recently been busy further building out its live-action Spider-Man universe with Spider-Noir, a spin-off series for MGM+ starring Nicolas Cage, which is is slated to premiere next year.
An Oscar winner currently in production opposite Chris Rock in his untitled new film for A24, Kaluuya has recently been moving to expand his resume behind the camera, after making his directorial debut on Netflix’s The Kitchen, which he helmed with Kibwe Tavares. Upcoming, he’s set to to produce a live-action Barney movie under his 59% Productions banner, in partnership with Mattel and A24. He is repped by WME, B Side, and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
Singh most recently wrote and exec produced A24’s forthcoming film Primetime, starring Robert Pattinson, which is believed to take inspiration from Chris Hansen and his program To Catch a Predator. Ren Faire‘s Lance Oppenheim directed, with Square Peg, Range, and Icki Eneo Arlo producing. He is repped by WME, Untitled Entertainment, and Ziffren Brittenham.
