Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse welcomed a host of new Spider-Heroes to big screens all around the world. It even showed a willingness to go big with its choices, including bizarre characters like Spider-Ham in its story. With the highly anticipated sequel coming in 2022, it's worth considering which characters from the Marvel multiverse likely won't be making the jump from the comics.
Here are all the versions of Spider-Man who likely won't be appearing in movies anytime soon.
SPIDERS-MAN
Spiders-Man is a relatively new character, introduced over the course of Spider-Geddon. Strictly speaking, Spiders-Man isn't Peter Parker. The Peter Parker of his world never gained spider powers. Instead, while on a trip to Horizon Labs, he fell into a pit of irritated spiders. Max Modell and Gwen Stacy could only watch as he was quickly consumed. But the swarm of spiders absorbed his conscious and became the Spider-Man of its world.
Beyond the character's questionable morality (he was most recently seen turned into a weapon by an alternate universe Norman Osborn,) it's unlikely the character will appear in any major films. He is, after all, a colony of spiders that is disguised as a man within a spandex suit. Spiders-Man is one of the most terrifying takes on the character, outright removing his humanity. Even when Spiders-Man feels bad about his choices and lot in life, he's still a colony of spiders pretending to be a man. That's not going to show up in a movie aimed for children, plain and simple.
SPIDER-MAN REIGN
The Spider-Man of Spider-Man: Reign is an older man than most versions of the character. This Peter Parker lived his life. But after the death of his wife Mary-Jane (caused by extended exposure to his irritated blood and other bodily fluids,) this Peter Parker gave up on being a hero. He spent years as a tired old man, working in a flower shop in the middle of New York City. But when the city is taken over by a totalitarian government secretly led by a version of Venom, he leaps back into action.
Coming across as a Marvel equivalent to the Dark Knight Returns version of Batman, This take on Spider-Man is inherently darker than any other take on the character. The revelation that Peter was accidentally responsible for the death of his wife is grim to the point of parody. He's also far more willing to kill than most versions of Spider-Man, at one point murdering his way through the Sinister Six to reach the real villain of his world: a jilted Venom symbiote. Into the Spider-Verse introduced an older version of Peter Parker, and he's more than compelling enough that it's unlikely we'll see an even worse future thanks to the Reign version of the character.
SPIDER-BOY
As a result of the Marvel vs. DC crossover, the two multiverses were briefly merged into Amalgam Comics. One character from each reality was combined with someone from the other universe, creating a slew of new characters like Dark Claw (Wolverine and Batman), Super Soldier (Captain America and Superman) and Amazon (Storm and Wonder Woman). One such combination was Spider-Boy, the fused form of Spider-Man (specifically the Ben Reily version of the character) and Superboy.
Beyond the obvious problems of incorporating a character half-owned by DC into a Marvel movie, Spider-Boy might just be too much for the Spider-Verse to handle. Spider-Boy has a convoluted backstory even for comics: an attempt to clone Super Soldier led to the death of research Peter Parker and the birth of Pete Ross, who was quickly adopted by the head of the project, Thunderbolt Ross. The character was more focused on the Superboy elements than the Spider-Man ones, with Ross becoming an agent of CADMUS and confronting a number of Jack Kirby-inspired tech and characters.
THE SPIDER
The Spider is one of the most fearsome versions of the character to ever appear from across the Marvel multiverse. Appearing in Exiles as a member of the ruthless reality hopping team Weapon X, the Spider was slowly revealed to be a twisted version of Peter Parker who had been a serial killer on his world. Things only got worse when he bonded with the Carnage symbiote, which empowered him and made him all the more fearsome.
What with this being a version of Spider-Man who's an unrepentant killer, it'd be incredibly surprising if the character actually made the transition to the big screen. Unlike the other Spider-Men on this list (who might be too frightening or too strange to make the leap to the big screen,) the Spider is just too much of a bad guy. This character eventually died a pretty rough death in the middle of a fight between Hyperion and the Exiles, and for his past actions, it was probably a justifiable end.
PATIENT ZERO
In The Marvel Universe vs. The Punisher, it's revealed that a compound capable of making people into harsher forms of themselves was accidentally unleashed into the New York City water supply. The first person to show symptoms of infection was Spider-Man. During a public battle with the Rhino, this Spider-Man seemed to just snap. He beat the Rhino to death and even started eating him in front of a massive crowd. As the infection spread and more heroes became uncontrollable killers, Spider-Man mutated even further, growing massive and stronger. Years later and now known as Patient Zero, this version of Spider-Man is one of the rulers of his New York City.
This is a version of Spider-Man who describes himself as having been "freed" from his old personality. He's a ruthless killer, although he does show more sense of self than the other infected peoples of New York City. It's not likely we'll be getting a cannibal version of Spider-Man anytime soon, even if the Marvel movies prove to be more willing to go into horror territory.