“The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story” is a connecting short film before the story of Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.

At the end of March 2024, there will actually be a release of the third movie in the Spider-Verse series titled Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.

However, Sony decided to postpone the release of the animated film until 2025. Instead, Sony released a short film called The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story to make up for the delay.

This 7-minute movie still tells the story of Miles Morales’ teenage life. Below is a summary of the story and methods to watch it.

1. Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story Synopsis

The Spider Within takes place in the period between Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. The story follows Miles Morales’ struggle to deal with the heavy burdens of life that he must bear alone.

Miles needs to fulfill his duties as the superhero Spider-Man and also deal with pressure from his parents on his performance at school.

This situation made him feel extremely burdened and his life was not peaceful. Miles even faced unrelenting fear. Will Miles Morales be able to overcome his condition?

The Spider Within only features two characters, Miles Morales and his father, and the voice actors are still the same as in the previous movies.

Shameik Moore as Miles Morales/Spider-Man
Brian Tyree Henry as Jefferson Davis
Jarelle Dampier as director

2. Can Watch on Youtube

Watching this mini-sequel to the Spider-Verse franchise is not difficult. Sony Pictures Animation has uploaded the short film on their official channel on YouTube.

On March 28, 2024, the movie was officially released to the public. For those who want to watch it, you can go to YouTube and search for The Spider Within on the Sony Pictures Animation channel or directly search for it through the search feature on YouTube.