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In the comics, Ben Reilly is a clone of Spider-Man created to kill the hero. However, he later teams up with him but by then things have gotten incredibly tragic and awful. We’ve covered the character a bunch, and you can read about him at these links. But his possible inclusion opens up just a whole new Pandora’s box of emotional complexities for the film’s characters, if the movie decides to go there.
Recent toy leaks have also revealed that Spider-Punk might be in the film and, as previously revealed, Jessica Drew will be joining as yet another Spider-Person. If all these are to be believed, we now have two returning Spiders (Miles and Gwen) and four new ones (Miguel, Ben, Jessica, Punk). Then there’s also the villains, of which we know the Spot, who you can also see on the Trouble box, as well as Vulture, as revealed in the early footage screened a few months back. All in all, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is going to have 240 characters in it, as opposed to 40 in the first movie.
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io9 has reached out to Hasbro for official images and Sony did not comment on characters that may or may not be in the film. But the film is scheduled for release June 2, 2023 and its sequel, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, will be out March 29, 2024.
Update 8/17/2022, 3:10 p.m.: We’ve updated the article with Sony’s response.
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