Daniel Kaluuya is Voicing Spider-Punk in ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’

Following on from the success of 2018’s Oscar-winning ‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’, both of which will feature even more cutting edge art and animation styles.

And in the case of at least the first (though possibly both), they will also boast the voice of ‘Daniel Kaluuya, who plays Spider-Punk.

Kaluuya, of course, is already a veteran of the main Black Panther’.

The new movies continue the adventures of Miles Morales (Hailee Steinfeld) as they combat threats from across the Spider-Verse.

Both sequels are co-directed by Dave Callaham.

Alongside the returning heroes, we’ll see more from Spider-Man 2099 (AKA Miguel O’Hara, voiced by Issa Rae.

The voice cast also includes Greta Lee.

Spider-Punk, AKA Hobart “Hobie” Brown, is a more recent Marvel Comics arrival, created by writer Dan Slott and artist Olivier Coipel in 2015 via ‘The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3’ #10.

He’s described as a homeless teenager who becomes a hero to the oppressed citizens of New York in his dimensional universe.

On the villainous side, there is a deep cut from within Spidey’s rogues’ gallery.

Voiced by Jason Schwartzman, The Dot will feature a character design meant to call to mind an unfinished sketch, featuring blue construction lines that evoke a comic book artist’s rough drawing before the work goes to an inker. The design itself will evolve over the course of the film as the character changes and grows, taking on a more fearsome shape as he learns to better apply his own powers.

There will also be an appearance from more familiar The Vulture; though not the Jorma Taccone.

Aside from the knowledge that our heroes will have to face off against those villains (and, likely some characters yet to be revealed), the story for both of the sequel movies remains largely a mystery. But given the continued presence of Lord and Miller in particular, we’re anticipating an inventive, funny, emotional and visually wild ride across the two films.

We’ll have to wait for ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ as it won’t land in theaters until June 2nd next year. And ‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse' is even further away, arriving on March 29th, 2024.