Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 is now in the works, with new adventures coming our way (hopefully) next year. The animated show brought the superhero back with a new origin story from an alternative reality, which gives fans a new opportunity to fall in love again with Peter Parker.
While we wait for the MCU's official Peter to return in Spider-Man 4, we've compiled everything we know so far about the next batch of episodes, including release date, what's next for the story, and who is joining the voice cast. With season 2 already deep in production, one of our most anticipated upcoming Marvel TV shows is closer than ever to return.
Following a thrilling finale (which you can read more about with our Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man ending explained), the Disney Plus show will have to deal with some serious consequences. As of March 2025, few details have been released about season 2, but there are hints as to where the story will take us. We'll get into that later, so make sure you've watched the full season before reading.
In case you need convincing to give it a chance, the show debuted to a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes, with our very own Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man review praising its spirit — a show that feels like a breath of fresh air, free from the constraints of the MCU.
If you want to stay ahead, here's everything you need to know about Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 release date, plot, voice cast, first-look images, and more.
Scroll on for all the info but be warned, spoilers follow for the season 1 finale.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 release date speculation
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 will arrive in 2026, according to Marvel Studios' Head of Streaming, Television, and Animation, Brad Winderbaum.
"Season 2 in '26, I think," he told Collider in February 2025. "We will have a Spider-Man season every year if I have anything to say about it. What usually happens, as you know, in animation, is that there's a bigger gap between season 1 and season 2 than in subsequent seasons, and that'll be similar in Friendly. We will have to wait a little bit more than a year for season 2, but then after that, it should come out on an annual cadence, hopefully."
Before the first season even hit our screens, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man had been renewed for season 2 and season 3. In fact, as Winderbaum revealed in an interview with The Movie Podcast, work is already well underway on the next chapter. Not only are all the scripts complete, but half of the animatics are done too.
We speculate that it will therefore arrive in early 2026, approximately a year on from the release of season 1, helping kick-start what should be another action-packed year for Marvel.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 plot speculation
Although a plot synopsis is yet to be released for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2, the first season's finale gives us some clues as to what story it might tell.
Firstly, it is very likely that Peter's father Richard Parker will feature given that he made a cameo right at the end of the first season when Aunt May pays him a visit in prison (voiced by a former Spider-Man voice actor, Josh Keaton, in a neat Easter egg for fans). But, why is he behind bars? What conspiracy is there to unravel? Why was he not mentioned at all during the first season until this scene? Where does Peter think he is? Our guess is that Peter will become embroiled in all of this, making the stakes more personal next season.
With regards to the villain of season 2, although it seems that Doc Ock is plotting his escape (we briefly see him pinning a picture of his tentacle suit design on the wall of his prison cell) our bet is that Norman Osborn will be the one to watch here. Despite being Peter's mentor in the first season, he did show his potential for villainy through Project Monolith, which he wanted to use to ensure that mankind are "revered like gods"... which isn't something a good guy will say, is it?
However, most importantly we saw Norman interacting with a blob that floated through from the alien symbiote Spidey and Strange battled during the finale. Given that the symbiote is a Venom-like character, could Venom himself arrive in season 2? It is very likely that Norman will be experimenting on this substance and given his villainous streak, we already speculate that this won't end well.
As for Peter himself, when season 2 was first announced it had the subtitle 'Sophomore Year'. Whilst that appears to have been dropped, this original title did suggest that it will follow Peter during his second year at high school, which might also be his second year as Spider-Man. This could still be true even though the subtitle is no more and would make sense, given that the first season was focused on Peter's early days as the crime fighting Spidey.
Most recently, showrunner Jeff Trammell did confirm that Gwen Stacey will be joining the cast of characters for season 2, giving us a first look at her superhero alter-ego Spider-Gwen too, so we know that she will be seeing some super-powered action in the upcoming chapter. Given that she is an important love interest in the Marvel Comics, maybe romance is in Peter's future during this season?
Is there a Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 trailer?
There's currently no trailer for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 but with production moving swiftly, it might not be long until we get a teaser for the next chapter. However, Marvel may wait until major events like SDCC or D23 to reveal the trailer, as that's where they typically preview their upcoming slates. Still, we will keep our fingers crossed that it will arrive sooner than that.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2 cast speculation
Although the first season was action-packed, no one bit the dust meaning that we should expect the majority of cast members to return for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man season 2. Furthermore, there was an exciting cameo from Richard Parker (voiced by Marvel Animation legend Josh Keaton) at the very end of the season finale, so we should expect newcomers to join the stacked cast list too.
In fact, we do know that Gwen Stacey will be joining the cast, although the voice actor who will be bringing her to life is yet to be announced. Nothing has been confirmed or is set in stone regarding any actors actually, with no official announcements yet. But based on our speculation, here's what we expect the Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man cast list to look like:
- Peter Parker/Spider-Man – Hudson Thames
- Norman Osborn – Colman Domingo
- Doctor Octopus – Hugh Dancy
- Nico Minoru – Grace Song
- Lonnie Lincoln – Eugene Byrd
- Harry Osborn – Zeno Robinson
- Pearl Pangan – Cathy Ang
- Aunt May – Kari Wahlgren
- Jeanne Foucault – Anjali Kunapaneni
- Richard Parker – Josh Keaton
- Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen – TBA
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