--- description: Director duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller ('The Lego Movie,' 'Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs') will write and produce the movie title: Animated Spider-Man Film to Hit Screens in 2018 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdac66f7ac37b5aa8/6987ec7355a8595dcaa89b77/89858891.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # An Animated _Spider-Man_ Movie Will Hit Screens in 2018 by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 23, 2015 5:46 AM CUT  Cover of magazine Strange, September 1972, with Spider-Man Cover of magazine Strange, September 1972, with Spider-ManApic—Getty Images by [Sabrina Toppa](/author/sabrina-toppa/) ## Sabrina Toppa Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 23, 2015 5:46 AM CUT Fans of the original _Spider-Man_ cartoon and graphics can rejoice — an animated feature film will [hit](http://variety.com/2015/film/news/spider-man-animated-movie-coming-in-2018-1201477933/ "undefined") the screens in 2018, Sony said Thursday. The $4 billion _Spider-Man_ franchise has spawned a devoted following, and the movie will bring the web slinger back to the animation landscape, Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman [announced](http://deadline.com/2015/04/sony-animated-feature-with-lego-filmmakers-1201414743/ "undefined") at CinemaCon. Director duo Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, who together helmed _The Lego Movie_ and _Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs_, will write and produce the fully animated film. Live-action film production will meanwhile continue from Marvel and Sony, including a reboot film slated for July 28, 2017, and a Spider-Man appearance in _Captain America: Civil War_ in May 2016. But to see the animated version, loyal fans of the crime-fighting superhero need to wait until July 20, 2018. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3832406/spiderman-animated-film-2018-phil-lord-christopher-miller-marvel-sony/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3832406/spiderman-animated-film-2018-phil-lord-christopher-miller-marvel-sony/"},"headline":"An Animated Spider-Man Movie Will Hit Screens in 2018","datePublished":"2015-04-23T05:46:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:22:51.877Z","description":"It's back to Spidey's graphic roots","url":"https://time.com/3832406/spiderman-animated-film-2018-phil-lord-christopher-miller-marvel-sony/","keywords":["movies","Marvel","Legos","Spider-Man"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdac66f7ac37b5aa8/6987ec7355a8595dcaa89b77/89858891.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sabrina Toppa","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/sabrina-toppa/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdac66f7ac37b5aa8/6987ec7355a8595dcaa89b77/89858891.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cover of magazine Strange september 1972 with Spider Man","caption":"Cover of magazine Strange september 1972 with Spider Man","creditText":"Apic—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3832406/spiderman-animated-film-2018-phil-lord-christopher-miller-marvel-sony/","name":"An Animated Spider-Man Movie Will Hit Screens in 2018"}}]}] ```