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Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse 2 has a new trio in charge.

Variety is reporting that Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson will be helming the continuing adventures of Miles Morales.

“The crew behind the ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ set such a ridiculously high bar, and we’re humbled to take on the challenge of charting the next chapter in the story of Miles Morales,” the directing team said in a joint statement.

“We are so lucky to have Joaquim, Justin and Kemp on the ‘Spider-Verse’ team,” producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller said in a statement. “We are huge fans of Joaquim’s work — he makes his characters so heartfelt and unique, and he can tell an emotional story with an action sequence the way a musical does through a song. Justin is a maverick filmmaker who relentlessly pursues visual innovation and surprise but always in support of the emotional storytelling. Kemp’s work is incisive and ambitious and funny — with a writer’s wisdom and a director’s heart — he just knows what matters in every scene. All three of them elevate every project they take on, and they are certainly raising our game. We honestly just like them and want to be their friends and we’re hoping working on this movie together for the next few years will totally make that happen.”

At present the movie is opening in 18 months’ time, October 7, 2022.