Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is web-slinging onto digital platforms on August 8.
Sony Pictures confirmed in a press release on Tuesday that Spider-Man fans can download the second chapter of the Spider-Verse saga on any digital streaming platform they’re subscribed to next week. The digital release comes with exclusive bonus features, including commentary from the filmmakers, lyric videos of the songs featured in the movie, and a deleted scene with Miguel O’Hara, AKA Spider-Man 2099.
If they want to wait for the Blu-ray and 4K UHD versions of Across the Spider-Verse, they will be released on September 5.
Across the Spider-Verse has performed tremendously well at the box office since its theatrical release two months ago — even more so than Into the Spider-Verse. Miles Morales and friends raked in over $500 million worldwide, compared to $400 million for their first film.
The summer success and popularity of Across the Spider-Verse is not without controversy, though. Several animators came forward with claims of unsustainable working conditions imposed by producer Phil Lord during the making of the film, including numerous revisions and 11-hour workdays, seven days a week, forcing 100 animators to leave the project as a result. Viewers also complained about sound mixing issues during the movie’s first week of its theatrical run, saying they had trouble hearing the dialogue over the music, although the studio later fixed the issue.
Still, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is no doubt a success both critically and commercially. In our 8/10 review, we said it “surges with visual inventiveness and vibrance in an undeniably strong evolution of the style established in Into the Spider-Verse.”
Cristina Alexander is a freelance writer for IGN. To paraphrase Calvin Harris, she wears her love for Sonic the Hedgehog on her sleeve like a big deal. Follow her on Twitter @SonicPrincess15.