Daniel Kaluuya Swings Over To 'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' As Spider-Punk

"Get Out" and "Black Panther" star Daniel Kaluuya ("Nope," "Black Mirror") is joining another Marvel comic book superhero franchise. Per The Hollywood Reporter, He's the latest actor to join the "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" franchise as the voice of Spider-Punk in the upcoming sequel, "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse."

Kaluuya joins the cast for the upcoming sequel, which arrives later next year.

Kaluuya has been cast in the role of Hobart "Hobie" Brown, aka Spider-Punk. The character debuted in 2015, created by Dan Slott and Olivier Coipel, and first appeared in "The Amazing Spider-Man" Vol. 3 Issue No. 10.

Spider-Punk is a British punk rock version of Spidey from the U.K. who also became a spider hero. He first appeared in Marvel Comics' original version of the "Spider-Verse" storyline.

Kaluuya joins the growing cast for the film, which will see Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, and Oscar Isaac returning to their respective roles of Miles Morales aka the new Spider-Man, Gwen Stacy aka Spider-Woman/Spider-Gwen, and Miguel O'Hara aka Spider-Man 2099. New to the cast is also Issa Rae as Jessica Drew aka Spider-Woman.

In the upcoming sequel, Miles Morales joins a new team of Spider-Heroes to save the multiverse from a powerful villain and reunites with Gwen Stacy.

Kaluuya broke out with his acclaimed role in Jordan Peele's 2017 film, "Get Out," earning an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in his role. He later earned an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in last year's "Judas and the Black Messiah."

He later re-teamed with Peele once again for this year's "Nope," which also became a hit. The film grossed $123 million at the domestic box office and $170 million worldwide since it opened in theaters in July. He was also featured in Marvel Studios' 2018 film, "Black Panther," which grossed $700 million domestically and over $1.3 billion worldwide.

While the "Spider-Verse" franchise is based on Marvel's comics, it's not technically connected to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, since the films are produced by Sony Pictures and not Marvel Studios and The Disney Company. This is dissimilar from the Tom Holland-starring live-action "Spider-Man" movies, which are connected to the MCU and produced by Marvel Studios and head Kevin Feige.

However, the connection with the other live-action "Spider-Man" spinoff films, such as "Morbius," "Kraven the Hunter," "Venom," and "Madame Web" is a lot murkier. The "Venom" movies were hits. However, "Morbius" bombed at the box office and with critics. Granted, Eddie Brock and the Venom symbiote did travel to the MCU dimension in "Venom: Let There Be Carnage."

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"Kraven the Hunter" arrives in theaters on October 6, 2023. "Madame Web" is due out on February 16, 2024. Hip-hop artist Bad Bunny also stars in the "Spider-Man" spinoff " El Muerto, which releases in theaters on January 12, 2024.

"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" is directed by Justin K. Thompson, Joaquim Dos Santos, and Kemp Powers. It's produced by Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, and Christina Steinberg. The film arrives in theaters on June 2, 2023.

The next sequel, "Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse," arrives in theaters on March 29, 2024.