D23 Expo dey bring di usual wahala — footage wey no suppose dey outside dey find way enter internet. Dis year, e include four-minute trailer for Sony Pictures Animation third Spider-Man film, Beyond the Spider-Verse, and Doctor Doom-heavy trailer for Avengers: Doomsday.
Make we talk about Spider-Verse first. Di leaked clip wey dey get copyright strike left and right for X and Twitter — to call am trailer na small misnomer. Di tin dey look like di opening moments of di upcoming film, not di usual supercut wey dem stitch from big action scenes. Plus, dis same trailer don show before, but only for CinemaCon, and only people wey lucky to dey there see am, including io9.
If you no want spoiler, better comot here before I yarn everything. For di Beyond the Spider-Verse leaked clip, e dey pick up where Across the Spider-Verse stop: Miles Morales dey tied up to punching bag, surrounded by im alternate-universe uncle Aaron and im alternate-universe self — di one wey no become Spider-Man, but instead become Prowler.
Despite di tension from di last film, both Miles get funny moment: alt-Miles dey give our Miles gbas gbos for not rolling di ‘r’ for im surname proper, before our Spider-Man try to explain why im dey dere. After tell am say im get only two days to prevent im papa from dying, and say canon events dey at play, Prowler no believe am, but di body glitching dey put am off, so im know say something no correct.
Before tins comot hand for Miles, im slip from di binds — im dey refer to Peter B. Parker advice for Into the Spider-Verse, say make im pay attention to dis hands — and im fight di two of dem, 2 vs 1. After dat, we see glimpses of Hobie Brown universe, Miles dey talk to Gwen Stacy, Miles dey fight Miguel O’Hara, Spot dey grow stronger, and di release date, June 18, 2027, wey we already sabi.
Some fans wey peep di trailer dey say di look suggest say na rough draft of wetin dem go expect. Dem dey point out say Prowler facial details too smooth, unlike di comic-book linework wey dey Into the Spider-Verse. Many dey posit say di trailer no don finish render. But internet dey treat dis Spider-Verse morsel like second coming — hard to blame dem because of di film numerous delays and di general worry about how long e go take to give di animated movie di care wey e deserve.
Now make we shift to live-action. Avengers: Doomsday na di second Marvel trailer wey hit internet dis morning. Dis Doomsday footage don show before for San Diego Comic-Con, inside Hall H. E get narration from di Fantastic Four, dey talk about Doctor Doom as former friend wey now don completely lost. We see Doom dey command every set piece with im cape dey fly, and Mr. Fantastic flat-out ask am wetin im dey do.
Robert Downey Jr. new accent dey explain im plan. Doom say everybody dey live life wey be other people life. Im plan? To burn away those stolen lives and give dem back. Quick montage show Thor, Steve Rogers, and Ant-Man with dem families. Then we see Thor get no-diff by Doom — Doom block Stormbreaker with two fingers — and clips from previous trailer of Avengers infighting. We end on Doom commanding Sentinels.
Christopher Miller, one of di producers, tweet say im no be fan of leaks of unfinished, not fully rendered footage. But despite di circumstances — di trailers leak for patent grainy smartphone footage and rough renderings — Marvel fans get plenty to look forward to for di coming year. Hopefully, seeing di leaks no go rob dem of di joy of seeing Avengers: Doomsday and Beyond the Spider-Verse for cinema.
