‘Silk: Spider Society’: Amazon Cancels Their ‘Spider-Man’ Project!!

In a development that isn’t altogether surprising, Amazon has decided to can Silk: Spider Society, one of their proposed Marvel television series from Sony Pictures Television. The decision emerged just days after Amazon‘s first in-person presentation to Madison Avenue advertisers, where it announced Noir, another Marvel series produced by Sony and featuring Nicolas Cage. Unlike Silk, Noir is set to proceed, premiering on Amazon’s linear … Continue reading ‘Silk: Spider Society’: Amazon Cancels Their ‘Spider-Man’ Project!!

‘Silk: Spider Society’: New ‘Spider-Man’ Spin-Off Series Set at MGM+ and Prime Video!!

Angela Kang, the showrunner on The Walking Dead, is moving into the superhero business. Kang has just moved her overall deal from AMC to Amazon and has just now signed on to take over the role of showrunner on Silk: Spider Society, which will be the first in a host of Marvel projects set within Sony Pictures‘ Spider-Man universe, which features more than 900 characters. … Continue reading ‘Silk: Spider Society’: New ‘Spider-Man’ Spin-Off Series Set at MGM+ and Prime Video!!

‘Silk’: Live-Action TV Series Sets Tom Spezialy as the Showrunner!!

Ash vs Evil Dead co-creator and Watchmen and The Leftovers executive producer Tom Spezialy is set to act as the showrunner on Sony‘s live-action Marvel series Silk, under his overall deal with Amazon Studios, as per a report from Deadline. As the only one of the ‘Big Five’ studios that don’t operate an in-house streaming service, Sony are forced to do things the old fashioned … Continue reading ‘Silk’: Live-Action TV Series Sets Tom Spezialy as the Showrunner!!

‘Silk’: Marvel and Sony Television Working on Live-Action Series!!

Marvel TV might be long dead—RIP Collider’s favorite angsty ninja-lawyer, Matt Murdock—but that doesn’t mean Marvel is done with TV. Variety reports that a live-action Silk series is in production, with Atypical writer Lauren Moon on script duties and Chris Miller and Phil Lord on board as producers. “Silk” is the Spider-y alter-ego of Cindy Moon—created by writer Dan Slott and artist Humberto Ramos—a Korean-American … Continue reading ‘Silk’: Marvel and Sony Television Working on Live-Action Series!!

Roberto Orci Working on a New ‘Spider-Man’ Spin-Off!!

After his take on The Amazing Spider-Man 2resulted in a franchise-stopper for the Sony/Andrew Garfield Spider-Man universe, writer Roberto Orci is back in the spider-saddle. Per The Wrap, he’s being tapped to write a brand new Spider-Man spin-off movie set within the newly developing Sony Spider-verse. While we don’t know which character Orci’s spin-off will center on, we know it will not take place in the Disney-owned MCU. Instead, it will involve … Continue reading Roberto Orci Working on a New ‘Spider-Man’ Spin-Off!!

Sony Is Developing ‘Silk’, ‘Jackpot’, and ‘Nightwatch’ Movies!!!

As part of a new report revealing Sony’s plans for their own big-screen Universe of Marvel Characters, the only other major Marvel player besides Disney themselves (once the Fox buyout goes through) is intent on bringing some obscure characters into theaters. They may have two better-known Spider-Man properties hitting the screens this fall with the release of the live-action Venom and the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, but … Continue reading Sony Is Developing ‘Silk’, ‘Jackpot’, and ‘Nightwatch’ Movies!!!

Sony To Add Another Spider-Man Spinoff To the Table With Marvel’s ‘Silk’!!!

Marvel’s Korean-American superhero Cindy Moon might be getting her own movie! Deadline reports that Sony and producer Amy Pascal are in early development on a film adaptation that would bring the Marvel comic Silk to the big screen. First introduced in 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 #1, Cindy Moon has powers similar to Spider-Man. She was also bitten by a radioactive spider (and goes to … Continue reading Sony To Add Another Spider-Man Spinoff To the Table With Marvel’s ‘Silk’!!!