Sony Pictures announced that the release date of its planned animated Spider-Man film has been pushed back. The movie, produced and written by The LEGO Movie's Phil Lord and Chris Miller, will now open on December 21, 2018 instead of July 20, 2018.


Lord and Miller have the option to direct the animated Spider-Man movie, but currently aren't slated to do so. They are, however, directing Lawrence Kasdan's upcoming Han Solo origin movie, which is expected to hit theaters on May 25, 2018.

Sony also announced the release dates for two of its other animated movies: The Emoji Movie and Peter Rabbit. The Emoji Movie will release on August 8, 2017, and it's rumored that Sony spent nearly seven figures to acquire the film, which was written by Eric Siegel of Men at Work and Anthony Leondis of Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters. Peter Rabbit will release on March 23, 2018.