Earlier this week, we learned of plans for Noir, a new Spider-Man TV series coming to Amazon's Prime Video. While it's still early days, the project will see Nicolas Cage suit up after first playing the title character in 2018's animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
There was no mention of Silk: Spider Society during Amazon's Upfronts earlier this week and, yesterday evening, we learned that the streamer has scrapped plans for the series.
The Hollywood Reporter has since chimed in, confirming that Phil Lord and Chris Miller remain attached to Sony's small screen Spider-Verse. The filmmakers "were handed control of the studio’s Marvel slate" as part of a deal first made with the studio in 2019.
"Plans for the interconnected Marvel slate of Sony shows remains in place, sources say, though only Noir will be part of that now unless another buyer for Silk emerges," the trade adds.
There was no mention of Silk: Spider Society during Amazon's Upfronts earlier this week and, yesterday evening, we learned that the streamer has scrapped plans for the series.
The Hollywood Reporter has since chimed in, confirming that Phil Lord and Chris Miller remain attached to Sony's small screen Spider-Verse. The filmmakers "were handed control of the studio’s Marvel slate" as part of a deal first made with the studio in 2019.
"Plans for the interconnected Marvel slate of Sony shows remains in place, sources say, though only Noir will be part of that now unless another buyer for Silk emerges," the trade adds.
- 5/17/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
Two years after Silk: Spider Society was officially announced, the live-action Spider-Man series has been scrapped.
Silk: Spider Society was poised to become the first of several live-action Marvel shows based on Sony Pictures’ library of Spidey characters, but that honour will (likely) now go to Noir, the recently announced series starring Nicholas Cage.
Based on characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos, the series would have followed Cindy Moon, a Korean-American woman bitten by the same spider that bit Peter Parker, as she escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family on her way to becoming the superhero known as Silk. As to why the series has been scrapped, that’s unknown, but Deadline believes the lengthy development period didn’t do it any favours.
Related Silk: Spider Society: Sony’s Spider-Man Spin-Off series ordered by MGM+ and Amazon
Sony originally tasked Lauren Moon (Atypical) with writing the...
Silk: Spider Society was poised to become the first of several live-action Marvel shows based on Sony Pictures’ library of Spidey characters, but that honour will (likely) now go to Noir, the recently announced series starring Nicholas Cage.
Based on characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos, the series would have followed Cindy Moon, a Korean-American woman bitten by the same spider that bit Peter Parker, as she escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family on her way to becoming the superhero known as Silk. As to why the series has been scrapped, that’s unknown, but Deadline believes the lengthy development period didn’t do it any favours.
Related Silk: Spider Society: Sony’s Spider-Man Spin-Off series ordered by MGM+ and Amazon
Sony originally tasked Lauren Moon (Atypical) with writing the...
- 5/17/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
At its first upfront presentation this week, Amazon announced a green light for Noir, based on the Marvel comic, with Nicolas Cage set to star. Noir was to be the second in a suite of live-action Spider-Man Universe series for MGM+ and Prime Video. However, there was no mention at the upfront of the first, Silk: Spider Society.
That is because that series, which had been in the works for about five years and greenlighted for two, is not moving forward. I heard the final decision was made a few days ago.
The project’s showrunner, well regarded Walking Dead alum Angela Kang, remains under an overall deal at Amazon MGM Studios where she will work on other projects. Amazon’s commitment to the suite of live-action series based on the Sony Pictures Universe of 900 Spider-Man & Co. Marvel characters also remains in place. Rights to the Silk character, created by Dan Slott and Humberto,...
That is because that series, which had been in the works for about five years and greenlighted for two, is not moving forward. I heard the final decision was made a few days ago.
The project’s showrunner, well regarded Walking Dead alum Angela Kang, remains under an overall deal at Amazon MGM Studios where she will work on other projects. Amazon’s commitment to the suite of live-action series based on the Sony Pictures Universe of 900 Spider-Man & Co. Marvel characters also remains in place. Rights to the Silk character, created by Dan Slott and Humberto,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The writing was basically on the wall for this one.
Amazon’s Marvel drama Silk: Spider Society — from producers Sony Pictures Television — is no longer moving forward at the streamer. Sources say Sony TV, which owns rights to a fraction of the Marvel universe that features more than 900 characters, plans to shop the drama series from former Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang. Kang, who departed her pact with AMC for what sources say is an eight-figure deal with Amazon, remains housed at the streamer and will continue to develop projects for the company.
Reps for Amazon and Sony declined to comment.
The decision to scrap Silk comes a mere two days after Amazon, during its first in-person pitch to Madison Avenue ad buyers, announced a Sony-produced Marvel series Noir, starring Nicolas Cage.
Noir, like Silk, is poised to launch first on Amazon’s linear network, MGM+, before debuting on the streamer.
Amazon’s Marvel drama Silk: Spider Society — from producers Sony Pictures Television — is no longer moving forward at the streamer. Sources say Sony TV, which owns rights to a fraction of the Marvel universe that features more than 900 characters, plans to shop the drama series from former Walking Dead showrunner Angela Kang. Kang, who departed her pact with AMC for what sources say is an eight-figure deal with Amazon, remains housed at the streamer and will continue to develop projects for the company.
Reps for Amazon and Sony declined to comment.
The decision to scrap Silk comes a mere two days after Amazon, during its first in-person pitch to Madison Avenue ad buyers, announced a Sony-produced Marvel series Noir, starring Nicolas Cage.
Noir, like Silk, is poised to launch first on Amazon’s linear network, MGM+, before debuting on the streamer.
- 5/16/2024
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
X-men Editor Sheds New Light On Why Jonathan Hickman Abandoned The Krokoa Age After Relaunching Team
Secret Wars writer Jonathan Hickman rebooted the X-Men in 2019 with House of X and Powers of X, two titles which saw the mutants figure out immortality and create a new base on the island of Krakoa.
The game-changing storyline completely changed the role of mutants in the Marvel Universe and is set to wrap up this summer, roughly five years after it began. However, Hickman left the X-Men line much sooner than any of us expected, meaning we never got to see his full vision for the heroes.
Talking to Aipt about the "Krakoa Age," X-Men Senior Editor Jordan D. White admitted that much of what Hickman hoped to do with the team quickly proved to be off-limits to him.
"There were plans to use [Namor] - that’s why Jonathan set things up," he explains. "He fully intended to use him in probably a few different places. But that’s...
The game-changing storyline completely changed the role of mutants in the Marvel Universe and is set to wrap up this summer, roughly five years after it began. However, Hickman left the X-Men line much sooner than any of us expected, meaning we never got to see his full vision for the heroes.
Talking to Aipt about the "Krakoa Age," X-Men Senior Editor Jordan D. White admitted that much of what Hickman hoped to do with the team quickly proved to be off-limits to him.
"There were plans to use [Namor] - that’s why Jonathan set things up," he explains. "He fully intended to use him in probably a few different places. But that’s...
- 5/14/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
This Spider-Man article contains spoilers.
Every comic book fan knows about the night that Gwen Stacy died. The two-part story from 1973’s Amazing Spider-Man #121–122 stands as a watershed moment in comics, not only upping the stakes of Spider-Man’s inability to balance his personal and heroic lives, but also giving permission for superhero comics to push the envelope in a way that had not been done since the pre-Comics Code days.
For most of Spider-Man’s history, Gwen fell into the same category as Thomas and Martha Wayne or (pre-Superboy punch) Jason Todd. She existed only to die, to give tragic backstory to our hero. Decades before Major Force killed Alex DeWitt in Green Lantern #54, Gwen was the patron saint of fridged girlfriends. Her death hangs over the entire story of Spider-Man, even when played by the sparkling Emma Stone in The Amazing Spider-Man movies. The writers know we expect...
Every comic book fan knows about the night that Gwen Stacy died. The two-part story from 1973’s Amazing Spider-Man #121–122 stands as a watershed moment in comics, not only upping the stakes of Spider-Man’s inability to balance his personal and heroic lives, but also giving permission for superhero comics to push the envelope in a way that had not been done since the pre-Comics Code days.
For most of Spider-Man’s history, Gwen fell into the same category as Thomas and Martha Wayne or (pre-Superboy punch) Jason Todd. She existed only to die, to give tragic backstory to our hero. Decades before Major Force killed Alex DeWitt in Green Lantern #54, Gwen was the patron saint of fridged girlfriends. Her death hangs over the entire story of Spider-Man, even when played by the sparkling Emma Stone in The Amazing Spider-Man movies. The writers know we expect...
- 4/24/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
“Somewhere, deep within the deep vastness of outer space, an incredible figure hurtles thru the cosmos, a being whom we shall call the Silver Surfer, for want of a better name!” That typically verbose bit of narration by Stan Lee comes from Fantastic Four #48, in which it accompanied the powerful imagery of Jack Kirby in his prime.
Since that moment, the Silver Surfer has become a major part of the Marvel Universe, appearing not only in countless comics but also in many film and television adaptations. The upcoming Fantastic Four MCU movie promises to continue the tradition, and director Matt Shakman has announced that the character has been cast. However, it’s not comicdom’s original Silver Surfer, Norrin Radd, whom actor Julia Garner (Ozark) will be portraying. Rather it’s Shalla-Bal.
Certainly, some people will gripe about this major change from canon, beginning with the fact a female actor...
Since that moment, the Silver Surfer has become a major part of the Marvel Universe, appearing not only in countless comics but also in many film and television adaptations. The upcoming Fantastic Four MCU movie promises to continue the tradition, and director Matt Shakman has announced that the character has been cast. However, it’s not comicdom’s original Silver Surfer, Norrin Radd, whom actor Julia Garner (Ozark) will be portraying. Rather it’s Shalla-Bal.
Certainly, some people will gripe about this major change from canon, beginning with the fact a female actor...
- 4/4/2024
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Spider-Man has evolved into several versions in the course of Marvel Comics. While most are equally compelling, one version of the Spider-Man story is extremely fascinating. In Dan Slott’s Superior Spider-Man Vol. 4: Necessary Evil, the friendly neighborhood Spidey turns evil in the most enthralling way possible.
Superior Spider-Man. Image: Marvel Comics
If it is hard for you to imagine Spider-Man being evil, this story might change all the perspectives. In the comics, there is a story called Spider-Man: Dying Wish where Peter Parker visits Otto Octavius and the narrative turns into one of the darkest twists in the Spider-Man comics.
The Thrilling Story of Spider-Man’s Dying Wish
Amazing Spider-Man #699. Image: Marvel Comics
Spoiler Alert! Spider-Man: Dying Wish storyline by Dan Slott, Richard Elson, and Humberto Ramos immediately invited huge controversy. In the story, while everything’s finally going his way, Peter Parker visits his long-time nemesis...
Superior Spider-Man. Image: Marvel Comics
If it is hard for you to imagine Spider-Man being evil, this story might change all the perspectives. In the comics, there is a story called Spider-Man: Dying Wish where Peter Parker visits Otto Octavius and the narrative turns into one of the darkest twists in the Spider-Man comics.
The Thrilling Story of Spider-Man’s Dying Wish
Amazing Spider-Man #699. Image: Marvel Comics
Spoiler Alert! Spider-Man: Dying Wish storyline by Dan Slott, Richard Elson, and Humberto Ramos immediately invited huge controversy. In the story, while everything’s finally going his way, Peter Parker visits his long-time nemesis...
- 3/21/2024
- by Lachit Roy
- FandomWire
Exclusive: The writers room for the new MGM+/Prime Video series Silk: Spider Society is tentatively slated to reconvene in mid to late January, sources tell Deadline.
It would be one of the last series whose writers rooms were up and running when the WGA strike started May 2 to reopen.
The delay prompted Wgaw to notify Amazon Studios last month “that their failure to recommence a number of writing rooms after the strike is a violation of the Strike Termination Agreement (Sta) between the WGA and AMPTP and Article 7 of the Mba,” the guild told Deadline in a statement, adding that “studios are obligated to return writers to work ‘upon termination of the strike,” which happened Sept. 27, and that “the Guild will bring legal action against Amazon and any other studio that violates the Sta to recover compensation, interest on late payments, and benefit contributions due as a result of the delay.
It would be one of the last series whose writers rooms were up and running when the WGA strike started May 2 to reopen.
The delay prompted Wgaw to notify Amazon Studios last month “that their failure to recommence a number of writing rooms after the strike is a violation of the Strike Termination Agreement (Sta) between the WGA and AMPTP and Article 7 of the Mba,” the guild told Deadline in a statement, adding that “studios are obligated to return writers to work ‘upon termination of the strike,” which happened Sept. 27, and that “the Guild will bring legal action against Amazon and any other studio that violates the Sta to recover compensation, interest on late payments, and benefit contributions due as a result of the delay.
- 12/8/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
This article appears in the new issue of Den Of Geek magazine. Get your copy here.
Pretty much the first thing Dan Slott says in our interview is, “I got to write Doctor Who fanfic and got paid for it!”
It’s a feeling that permeates not only our interview but the book Slott is here to talk about, a whopping 66-page special for Titan Comics called Once Upon A Time Lord. Slott seems like a kid who has been locked in the candy store by mistake and intends to scarf down as much candy as he can before someone notices.
But there has been no mistake—Dan Slott is one of the most respected and prolific comic writers working right now, with runs on the Fantastic Four, the Silver Surfer, and, most famously, Spider-Man behind him. Indeed, Slott’s runs include the epic “Spider-Verse” comic event that inspired the wildly successful ongoing movie trilogy.
Pretty much the first thing Dan Slott says in our interview is, “I got to write Doctor Who fanfic and got paid for it!”
It’s a feeling that permeates not only our interview but the book Slott is here to talk about, a whopping 66-page special for Titan Comics called Once Upon A Time Lord. Slott seems like a kid who has been locked in the candy store by mistake and intends to scarf down as much candy as he can before someone notices.
But there has been no mistake—Dan Slott is one of the most respected and prolific comic writers working right now, with runs on the Fantastic Four, the Silver Surfer, and, most famously, Spider-Man behind him. Indeed, Slott’s runs include the epic “Spider-Verse” comic event that inspired the wildly successful ongoing movie trilogy.
- 10/14/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
New York, NY— This October, Otto Octavius is back as the Superior Spider-Man! Teased last week, the spider-team that redefined the Amazing Spider-Man will reunite to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the most monumental and shocking Spidey story in a generation in Superior Spider-man Returns #1! Superior Spidey creators Dan Slott and Ryan Stegman will be joined by superstar artists Mark Bagley, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Humberto Ramos to deliver a Spider-Man story Superior to all others in this giant-sized one-shot.
The era of Superior Spider-man that kicked off when a dying Doctor Octopus swapped his mind into Peter Parker’s body was a mega hit with fans in 2013. Determined to prove himself better in every single way, Doc Ock ruthlessly made his way through Spider-Man’s legendary rogues’ gallery, shocking fellow heroes with his violent approach to crimefighting before learning harsh lessons about great responsibility. Did Doc Ock have his fill...
The era of Superior Spider-man that kicked off when a dying Doctor Octopus swapped his mind into Peter Parker’s body was a mega hit with fans in 2013. Determined to prove himself better in every single way, Doc Ock ruthlessly made his way through Spider-Man’s legendary rogues’ gallery, shocking fellow heroes with his violent approach to crimefighting before learning harsh lessons about great responsibility. Did Doc Ock have his fill...
- 7/20/2023
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
This post contains light spoilers for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Among the many pleasures of the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was its celebration of all things Spider-Man. The 2018 film filled the screen with webheads, letting audiences delight in all of the variations of people and creatures who can do anything a spider can. Into the Spider-Verse made fast fans of Hailee Steinfeld’s Gwen Stacy aka Ghost Spider and Nicolas Cage‘s tough-talking Spider-Man Noir. Across the Spider-Verse continues this tradition with Oscar Isaac as conflicted antagonist Spider-Man 2099, but the real breakout is the movie’s loudest, rudest character: Spider-Punk.
Voiced by Daniel Kaluuya (in an accent closer to his native English), Spider-Punk is Hobie Brown, the Spider-Man of Earth-138. Draped in the trash aesthetic of 70s UK punk, Hobie battles against oppression with a commitment to anarchy and disruption. Spider-Verse directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers,...
Among the many pleasures of the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was its celebration of all things Spider-Man. The 2018 film filled the screen with webheads, letting audiences delight in all of the variations of people and creatures who can do anything a spider can. Into the Spider-Verse made fast fans of Hailee Steinfeld’s Gwen Stacy aka Ghost Spider and Nicolas Cage‘s tough-talking Spider-Man Noir. Across the Spider-Verse continues this tradition with Oscar Isaac as conflicted antagonist Spider-Man 2099, but the real breakout is the movie’s loudest, rudest character: Spider-Punk.
Voiced by Daniel Kaluuya (in an accent closer to his native English), Spider-Punk is Hobie Brown, the Spider-Man of Earth-138. Draped in the trash aesthetic of 70s UK punk, Hobie battles against oppression with a commitment to anarchy and disruption. Spider-Verse directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers,...
- 6/8/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
This post contains spoilers for "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."
"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" is a film that fully explores the ramifications of having endless alternate versions of a character, examining both the thematic and story opportunities of having hundreds of Spider-People with mostly the same origin meet up, resulting in a movie that interrogates the very idea of canon and asks what exactly constitutes Spider-Man.
Despite how big the scope of "Across the Spider-Verse" is, it never forgets it is still a movie about Miles, and also about Gwen. Their coming-of-age stories continue, with Gwen fully coming to her own and getting her own "Spider-Man 2" moment as she is at her lowest point emotionally, while Miles is trying to reject the idea that Spider-Man can't always save everyone. This helps ground the film as it doesn't matter how much spectacle there is as long as things return to the emotion of the main characters.
"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" is a film that fully explores the ramifications of having endless alternate versions of a character, examining both the thematic and story opportunities of having hundreds of Spider-People with mostly the same origin meet up, resulting in a movie that interrogates the very idea of canon and asks what exactly constitutes Spider-Man.
Despite how big the scope of "Across the Spider-Verse" is, it never forgets it is still a movie about Miles, and also about Gwen. Their coming-of-age stories continue, with Gwen fully coming to her own and getting her own "Spider-Man 2" moment as she is at her lowest point emotionally, while Miles is trying to reject the idea that Spider-Man can't always save everyone. This helps ground the film as it doesn't matter how much spectacle there is as long as things return to the emotion of the main characters.
- 6/5/2023
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse took the franchise to a whole new level with notable Marvel Comics characters such as Spider-Punk / Hobart “Hobie” Brown making their movie debut. Nonetheless, this is not the first screen appearance of the character. Comic book enthusiasts were introduced to Spider-Punk in January 2015 with the release of Dan Slott’s The Amazing Spider-Man #10. The character made its first screen appearance in a cameo in the Ultimate Spider-Man animated television series episode “Return to the Spider-Verse: Part 4.” In Ultimate Spider-Man, Spider-Punk (voiced by Drake Bell) is one of the many alternate-reality Spider-Men under the...
- 6/5/2023
- by Banks Onuoha
- TVovermind.com
There isn't a superhero who's captured the hearts and aspirations of comic book readers more fervently than Stan Lee and Steve Ditko's Spider-Man. Ever since the character's introduction 61 years ago in the fifteenth issue of Marvel Comics' "Amazing Fantasy," the web-slinger has hooked 'em young with the universal origin story of Peter Parker, a nerdy teenager transformed by a radioactive arachnid (and the preventable murder of his Uncle Ben) into a quip-happy, crime-fighting dynamo. Every kid can relate to Parker's journey, and, as we grow older, our inner-child's fondness for the wall-crawler only deepens.
Though Spider-Man belongs to all of us, the character's massive popularity left open the possibility of an iteration that directly appealed to non-white fans. Finally, in 2011 (40 years after DC introduced the Black character John Stewart as a new member of the Green Lantern Corps), Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli thrust Miles Morales, a...
Though Spider-Man belongs to all of us, the character's massive popularity left open the possibility of an iteration that directly appealed to non-white fans. Finally, in 2011 (40 years after DC introduced the Black character John Stewart as a new member of the Green Lantern Corps), Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli thrust Miles Morales, a...
- 5/30/2023
- by Jeremy Smith
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for Amazing Spider-Man #26.
In 1940, Mlj Publishers had a problem. Their standout artist Jack Cole (best known as the creator of Plastic Man) had left the company, abandoning the hit series Pep Comics and its star the Comet. Without Cole’s pencils, the Comet didn’t pop in the same way, and the company needed something drastic to save its sales. So in Pep Comics #17, a thug guns the Comet down, inspiring his brother to become a new hero called the Hangman.
The first superhero death in comic books set the trend for all that followed. Pep killed off the Comet not for any story reason, but because they wanted to goose sales. And not only does his death launch another hero, but he doesn’t stay dead for good — Mlj (now Archie Comics) brought back the Comet in the 1960s and the 1980s, eventually licensing him to DC Comics.
In 1940, Mlj Publishers had a problem. Their standout artist Jack Cole (best known as the creator of Plastic Man) had left the company, abandoning the hit series Pep Comics and its star the Comet. Without Cole’s pencils, the Comet didn’t pop in the same way, and the company needed something drastic to save its sales. So in Pep Comics #17, a thug guns the Comet down, inspiring his brother to become a new hero called the Hangman.
The first superhero death in comic books set the trend for all that followed. Pep killed off the Comet not for any story reason, but because they wanted to goose sales. And not only does his death launch another hero, but he doesn’t stay dead for good — Mlj (now Archie Comics) brought back the Comet in the 1960s and the 1980s, eventually licensing him to DC Comics.
- 5/17/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
When you think of a team of explorers created in the 1960s, known for their colorful costumes and compelling interpersonal dynamics, who comes to mind? You might say the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise, created by Gene Roddenberry and introduced in the first episode of Star Trek in 1966. But if you wanted to go back a few years further, you might think of the Fantastic Four, the quartet from Stan Lee and Jack Kirby who kicked off the Marvel age of heroes with Fantastic Four #1 in 1961.
While the original Enterprise crew hasn’t had the spotlight for a while now, and the Fantastic Four haven’t quite enjoyed the pop culture saturation of their Marvelous counterparts, the two teams are primed for a comeback. The Kelvin Universe movies starring Chris Pine as Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock may be in limbo at the moment, but these characters...
While the original Enterprise crew hasn’t had the spotlight for a while now, and the Fantastic Four haven’t quite enjoyed the pop culture saturation of their Marvelous counterparts, the two teams are primed for a comeback. The Kelvin Universe movies starring Chris Pine as Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock may be in limbo at the moment, but these characters...
- 2/27/2023
- by Joe George
- Den of Geek
Long ago, before the Marvel Cinematic Universe's gargantuan interconnecting list of films and Disney+ shows, there existed Universal Television's "The Incredible Hulk" series. Although it seems quaint in comparison to today's mega-budget superhero fare, Kenneth Johnson's science-fiction drama hybrid was a major ratings hit and was one of the earliest success stories regarding a live-action comic book adaptation. The popularity of the series, as well as the strange legal tension between Marvel Comics and its licensing partners, is why Stan Lee rushed to create a She-Hulk before Johnson could.
In the '70s, Marvel Comics had sold the rights to a handful of its characters to the separate company of Universal Television. Besides the Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Namor, and the Human Torch were also on the studio's bracket. Johnson, who had already found success with Universal's "The Bionic Woman," initially wasn't interested in adapting any of these...
In the '70s, Marvel Comics had sold the rights to a handful of its characters to the separate company of Universal Television. Besides the Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Namor, and the Human Torch were also on the studio's bracket. Johnson, who had already found success with Universal's "The Bionic Woman," initially wasn't interested in adapting any of these...
- 2/25/2023
- by Andrew Housman
- Slash Film
Despite receiving generally positive reviews, Disney+ series “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law” generated controversy for a lighthearted scene in which the Hulked-up version of Tatiana Maslany’s character, Jennifer Walters, celebrates a courtroom victory by twerking with her client, Megan Thee Stallion.
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Seeing She Hulk and Megan Thee Stallion twerking is one of the things I never thought I'd see but it was definitely amazing! pic.twitter.com/G7jedYjxBV
— Carlos (@ScarletWitussy) September 1, 2022
While some complained that the scene was inappropriate in a Marvel project, Marvel writer Dan Slott — whose many comic credits include a decade writing “The Amazing Spider-Man” — offered a different take.
Read More: Megan Thee Stallion Is Joining The Marvel Cinematic Universe With ‘She-Hulk’ Role
“People upset over She-Hulk twerking for fun with a celebrity that *she* liked… …somehow have No problem with Tony Stark having a stripper pole in his private jet in ‘Iron...
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Seeing She Hulk and Megan Thee Stallion twerking is one of the things I never thought I'd see but it was definitely amazing! pic.twitter.com/G7jedYjxBV
— Carlos (@ScarletWitussy) September 1, 2022
While some complained that the scene was inappropriate in a Marvel project, Marvel writer Dan Slott — whose many comic credits include a decade writing “The Amazing Spider-Man” — offered a different take.
Read More: Megan Thee Stallion Is Joining The Marvel Cinematic Universe With ‘She-Hulk’ Role
“People upset over She-Hulk twerking for fun with a celebrity that *she* liked… …somehow have No problem with Tony Stark having a stripper pole in his private jet in ‘Iron...
- 1/5/2023
- by Brent Furdyk
- ET Canada
The comic writer for She-Hulk is claiming that the Disney+ version is accurate. That sounds about right since Dan Slott has written for She-Hulk comics for a while. The only issue now is that the series’s writing didn’t translate well. If the accuracy is spot-on, then it needs saying: Slott and Jessica Gao set this series up for the failure to come. While the show is doing better than Ms. Marvel and a couple of other series, this is a rather low bar to go by. In this manner, it would appear that She-Hulk is a win due to Gao’s
The Comic Writer for She-Hulk Claims that the Disney+ Version is Accurate...
The Comic Writer for She-Hulk Claims that the Disney+ Version is Accurate...
- 1/4/2023
- by Tom Foster
- TVovermind.com
“Black Adam” was invulnerable with Twitter users in its streaming service debut on HBO Max this past weekend, landing at the top of Variety’s Trending movies chart, presented by Samsung, for the week of Dec. 12 to 18.
The Warner Bros. film generated nearly half-a-million engagements online with fans and critics alike. The streaming debut reignited conversations surrounding star Dwayne Johnson’s recent statements the film could be the first in a new franchise, despite reported theatrical losses. The future of many DC projects is currently unknown as the company re-strategizes under new co-chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran.
My advice:
Don't think of it as a Black Adam film.
Think of it as a Dr. Fate & Hawkman buddy picture. pic.twitter.com/QJ0dN3iXgK
— Dan Slott (@DanSlott) December 18, 2022
Part of that strategy is the recasting of Superman, who makes an appearance during the end credits for “Black Adam.” This...
The Warner Bros. film generated nearly half-a-million engagements online with fans and critics alike. The streaming debut reignited conversations surrounding star Dwayne Johnson’s recent statements the film could be the first in a new franchise, despite reported theatrical losses. The future of many DC projects is currently unknown as the company re-strategizes under new co-chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran.
My advice:
Don't think of it as a Black Adam film.
Think of it as a Dr. Fate & Hawkman buddy picture. pic.twitter.com/QJ0dN3iXgK
— Dan Slott (@DanSlott) December 18, 2022
Part of that strategy is the recasting of Superman, who makes an appearance during the end credits for “Black Adam.” This...
- 12/19/2022
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
The new trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has arrived and to quote a certain webbed pigilante, “It Can get weirder!” The previous movie gave us seven different Spider-folk with two more popping up in the post-credits. While we know that this sequel will include a take on Jessica Drew Spider-Woman, Spider-Punk, and even the Spider-Man of the 1970s Japanese TV series, the new trailer bombards us with dozens upon dozens of Spider-Men.
Some of them are just random color schemes and designs. Others are deep cuts to the Marvel multiverse or at least appear to be obscure references to either Spider-Man variants or phases. Here are some that we noticed.
Here’s the trailer if you haven’t seen it already…
Now, let’s get you some pictures of Spider-Man!
Insomniac Spider-Man
Yup, that’s the ol’ PlayStation 4 Spider-Man walking around! It makes sense. Not only is this absolute Sony synergy,...
Some of them are just random color schemes and designs. Others are deep cuts to the Marvel multiverse or at least appear to be obscure references to either Spider-Man variants or phases. Here are some that we noticed.
Here’s the trailer if you haven’t seen it already…
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Insomniac Spider-Man
Yup, that’s the ol’ PlayStation 4 Spider-Man walking around! It makes sense. Not only is this absolute Sony synergy,...
- 12/14/2022
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
MGM+ and Prime Video have ordered a suite of live-action TV series based on Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters, with the first confirmed as "Silk: Spider Society", from Angela Kang, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal:
"...based on characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos, 'Silk: Spider Society' is inspired by the Marvel Comics, following 'Cindy Moon'...
"...bitten by the same radioactive spider that bit 'Peter Parker,' as she escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family on her way to becoming the superhero known as 'Silk'.
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"...based on characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos, 'Silk: Spider Society' is inspired by the Marvel Comics, following 'Cindy Moon'...
"...bitten by the same radioactive spider that bit 'Peter Parker,' as she escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family on her way to becoming the superhero known as 'Silk'.
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- 11/18/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Word first arrived in September that Sony was looking to further develop opportunities for the large amount of Marvel characters to which it owns the rights. There is now a distribution deal in place, with Amazon picking up global rights to any potential shows.
First out of the gate will be Silk: Spider Society, which will follow the adventures of Cindy Moon, a character created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos.
A Korean-American classmate of Peter Parker’s, she was first introduced in the comic books in The Amazing Spider-Man #1 in 2014. Like Parker, she is bitten by a radioactive spider, which gives her the ability to move at incredible speed, shoot webs out of her fingertips, and possess an advanced Spider-Sense (known as Silk Sense). Tiffany Espensen played the character in [Spider-Man: Homecoming](Spider-Man: Homecoming), though not the superhero version.
Angela Kang, who is now wrapping up her tenure...
First out of the gate will be Silk: Spider Society, which will follow the adventures of Cindy Moon, a character created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos.
A Korean-American classmate of Peter Parker’s, she was first introduced in the comic books in The Amazing Spider-Man #1 in 2014. Like Parker, she is bitten by a radioactive spider, which gives her the ability to move at incredible speed, shoot webs out of her fingertips, and possess an advanced Spider-Sense (known as Silk Sense). Tiffany Espensen played the character in [Spider-Man: Homecoming](Spider-Man: Homecoming), though not the superhero version.
Angela Kang, who is now wrapping up her tenure...
- 11/17/2022
- by James White
- Empire - TV
Angela Kang is plotting the next stage of her career following the conclusion of The Walking Dead.
Kang has moved her overall deal from AMC to Amazon and has closed a deal to oversee Silk: Spider Society, a spin-off of Spider-Man.
Angela is set as showrunner on the series that is the first of a “suite of live-action television series based on the Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters, which includes over 900 characters,” per MGM+.
The series is based on the comic-book characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos.
The series will focus on Cindy Moon, a Korean-American woman bitten by the same spider that got Peter Parker.
It picks up with Cindy as she “escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family on her way to becoming the superhero known as Silk,” according to the logline.
“Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Sony’s recent live-action and...
Kang has moved her overall deal from AMC to Amazon and has closed a deal to oversee Silk: Spider Society, a spin-off of Spider-Man.
Angela is set as showrunner on the series that is the first of a “suite of live-action television series based on the Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters, which includes over 900 characters,” per MGM+.
The series is based on the comic-book characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos.
The series will focus on Cindy Moon, a Korean-American woman bitten by the same spider that got Peter Parker.
It picks up with Cindy as she “escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family on her way to becoming the superhero known as Silk,” according to the logline.
“Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Sony’s recent live-action and...
- 11/17/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Sony’s intricate web of Spider-Man-related projects is spinning up plans for a spin-off series focusing on Cindy Moon, otherwise known as Silk. According to reports, a cluster of Marvel characters are scuttling toward the small screen after MGM+, and Amazon Prime ordered several live-action series from Sony Pictures Entertainment. The first project swinging out of the deal is Silk: Spider Society, with The Walking Dead’s Angela Kang acting as showrunner.
The deal to bring Sony’s Spider-Verse to streaming services has been in the works for a while. Arrangements to acquire the rights were a nightmare to organize, but now that a linear network for debuts is secured, the show can get on the road. Projects like Silk: Spider Society will debut on MGM+ (which is changing its name in January), then go to Amazon Prime Video in the States. Amazon will also be the show’s international home across 240 countries and territories.
The deal to bring Sony’s Spider-Verse to streaming services has been in the works for a while. Arrangements to acquire the rights were a nightmare to organize, but now that a linear network for debuts is secured, the show can get on the road. Projects like Silk: Spider Society will debut on MGM+ (which is changing its name in January), then go to Amazon Prime Video in the States. Amazon will also be the show’s international home across 240 countries and territories.
- 11/17/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Amazon Studios and Sony Pictures Television are officially teaming up to carve out their own corner of the superhero craze. A longtime rights-holder for standalone characters such as Marvel's flagship hero Spider-Man and his rogues gallery, the studio that brought you both "Venom" films (with a third on its way), "Morbius," and eventually "Kraven the Hunter," "Madame Web" and "El Muerto" is now moving full speed ahead with multiple Marvel shows on streaming.
The major news comes courtesy of Variety, which reports that the first of many new series will debut on Prime Video with the newly-titled "Silk: Spider Society." This confirms previous rumors indicating that Sony was shopping the series around (which first began development as a feature film) to Amazon Studios, putting the Korean-American hero Cindy Moon front and center. In addition to the filmmaking duo extraordinaire of Phil Lord and Chris Miller producing the series, we now...
The major news comes courtesy of Variety, which reports that the first of many new series will debut on Prime Video with the newly-titled "Silk: Spider Society." This confirms previous rumors indicating that Sony was shopping the series around (which first began development as a feature film) to Amazon Studios, putting the Korean-American hero Cindy Moon front and center. In addition to the filmmaking duo extraordinaire of Phil Lord and Chris Miller producing the series, we now...
- 11/17/2022
- by Jeremy Mathai
- Slash Film
Amazon Prime and Epix are strapping on their web shooters. The streamer and linear channel have developed a deal with Sony Pictures Television to develop multiple television series based on characters related to Marvel Comics icon Spider-Man.
The first show ordered under this multi-series agreement is “Silk: Spider Society,” based on the Marvel Comics superhero Cindy Moon. The show will debut in the United States on the MGM+ linear channel, currently under the name Epix. Globally, the series will stream exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories.
According to Amazon, the shows being developed under the deal are based on the “Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters,” referring to the films that Sony has developed starring characters affiliated with Spider-Man — albeit without the wall-crawler himself. These films include the “Venom” series starring Tom Hardy, this year’s memed-to-death “Morbius,” and the upcoming “Kraven the Hunter” and “Madame Web.
The first show ordered under this multi-series agreement is “Silk: Spider Society,” based on the Marvel Comics superhero Cindy Moon. The show will debut in the United States on the MGM+ linear channel, currently under the name Epix. Globally, the series will stream exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories.
According to Amazon, the shows being developed under the deal are based on the “Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters,” referring to the films that Sony has developed starring characters affiliated with Spider-Man — albeit without the wall-crawler himself. These films include the “Venom” series starring Tom Hardy, this year’s memed-to-death “Morbius,” and the upcoming “Kraven the Hunter” and “Madame Web.
- 11/17/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
This’ll get your Spidey-sense a-tingling: A new, live-action series set in the Spider-Man universe is coming to MGM+.
The network formerly known as Epix has ordered to series Silk: Spider Society, TVLine has learned. The Sony Pictures Television show is the first of a “suite of live-action television series based on the Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters, which includes over 900 characters,” per MGM+.
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The network formerly known as Epix has ordered to series Silk: Spider Society, TVLine has learned. The Sony Pictures Television show is the first of a “suite of live-action television series based on the Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters, which includes over 900 characters,” per MGM+.
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- 11/17/2022
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Amazon is officially moving forward with multiple live-action shows based on the Marvel characters controlled by Sony, Variety has learned.
The first series under the deal will be “Silk: Spider Society,” which was developed by “The Walking Dead” showrunner Angela Kang along with “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Kang will serve as showrunner and executive producer on “Silk” as part of a new multi-year overall television deal she has signed with Amazon. Kang, Lord, and Miller all executive produce along with former Sony boss Amy Pascal. Sony Pictures Television is the studio, with Lord and Miller currently under an overall deal there.
“Silk: Spider Society” will debut domestically on MGM+’s (nee Epix) linear channel followed by a global launch on Prime Video. The show is based on characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos for Marvel Comics. It follows Cindy Moon, described as...
The first series under the deal will be “Silk: Spider Society,” which was developed by “The Walking Dead” showrunner Angela Kang along with “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. Kang will serve as showrunner and executive producer on “Silk” as part of a new multi-year overall television deal she has signed with Amazon. Kang, Lord, and Miller all executive produce along with former Sony boss Amy Pascal. Sony Pictures Television is the studio, with Lord and Miller currently under an overall deal there.
“Silk: Spider Society” will debut domestically on MGM+’s (nee Epix) linear channel followed by a global launch on Prime Video. The show is based on characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos for Marvel Comics. It follows Cindy Moon, described as...
- 11/17/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Sony Pictures’ universe of more than 900 Marvel characters related to the Spider-Man comic book series is coming to Amazon Prime Video and MGM+ through a suite of live-action television series.
Under the agreement, the first series produced will be Sony Pictures Television’s “Silk: Spider Society,” which will debut globally in more than 240 countries and territories on Prime Video and domestically on MGM+’s linear channel.
Based on Marvel Comics characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos, “Silk: Spider Society” follows Cindy Moon, a Korean American woman bitten by the same spider that bit Peter Parker, as she escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family on her way to becoming the superhero known as Silk.
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Under the agreement, the first series produced will be Sony Pictures Television’s “Silk: Spider Society,” which will debut globally in more than 240 countries and territories on Prime Video and domestically on MGM+’s linear channel.
Based on Marvel Comics characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos, “Silk: Spider Society” follows Cindy Moon, a Korean American woman bitten by the same spider that bit Peter Parker, as she escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family on her way to becoming the superhero known as Silk.
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- 11/17/2022
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
A slew of Marvel characters are heading to the small screen after MGM+, the linear network formerly known as Epix, and Amazon Prime Video ordered a suite of live-action series from Sony Pictures Television.
Spider-Man spinoff series Silk: Spider Society, which has been in the works for some time, will be the first show to emerge from the pact with The Walking Dead’s Angela Kang set as showrunner.
The deal is a culmination of a complex web of rights that meant the series will have to debut first on a linear network, in this case MGM+, which is set to be relaunched with its new name in January. MGM+ will have the first window in the U.S. and the series will then air on Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service in the States. Internationally, the series will also air on the Amazon streamer in 240 countries and territories.
Sony...
Spider-Man spinoff series Silk: Spider Society, which has been in the works for some time, will be the first show to emerge from the pact with The Walking Dead’s Angela Kang set as showrunner.
The deal is a culmination of a complex web of rights that meant the series will have to debut first on a linear network, in this case MGM+, which is set to be relaunched with its new name in January. MGM+ will have the first window in the U.S. and the series will then air on Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service in the States. Internationally, the series will also air on the Amazon streamer in 240 countries and territories.
Sony...
- 11/17/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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Angela Kang is trading zombies for superheroes.
The Walking Dead showrunner has moved her overall deal from AMC to Amazon and has signed on to oversee Silk: Spider Society, the first in an expected slate of Marvel TV series based on the Sony Pictures universe that features more than 900 characters. The series, which is exec produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), will air first domestically on MGM+ (the premium cable network currently known as Epix) and then globally on Amazon’s Prime Video platform.
“Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Sony’s recent live-action and animated reimagining of the Spider-Man franchise has represented some of the most dynamic superhero storytelling in film,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios. “Together with Angela Kang’s creative vision, we couldn’t be more pleased to bring Silk: Spider Society...
Angela Kang is trading zombies for superheroes.
The Walking Dead showrunner has moved her overall deal from AMC to Amazon and has signed on to oversee Silk: Spider Society, the first in an expected slate of Marvel TV series based on the Sony Pictures universe that features more than 900 characters. The series, which is exec produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), will air first domestically on MGM+ (the premium cable network currently known as Epix) and then globally on Amazon’s Prime Video platform.
“Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Sony’s recent live-action and animated reimagining of the Spider-Man franchise has represented some of the most dynamic superhero storytelling in film,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios. “Together with Angela Kang’s creative vision, we couldn’t be more pleased to bring Silk: Spider Society...
- 11/17/2022
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After outsmarting aliens in Jordan Peele’s Nope, Daniel Kaluuya is swinging into action as Spider-Punk for Sony’s Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Justin K. Thompson, Joaquim Dos Santos, and Kemp Powers direct the highly-anticipated sequel to what some consider the best Spider-Man film ever, with Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Christina Steinberg producing.
Plot details remain a mystery. However, we know the film picks up with Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) fully embracing his role as Brooklyn’s Spider-Man. Returning for more web-slinging shenanigans across the Spider-Verse is Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), with other Spider-People joining the fray to battle a new and powerful villain.
Kaluuya will voice Hobart “Hobie” Brown, a.k.a. Spider-Punk. Swinging onto the Marvel Comics scene in 2015, thanks to writer Dan Slott and artist Olivier Coipel, Brown is a teenager without a home trying to survive an unforgiving New York City. Attitudinal and thin on patience...
Plot details remain a mystery. However, we know the film picks up with Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) fully embracing his role as Brooklyn’s Spider-Man. Returning for more web-slinging shenanigans across the Spider-Verse is Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld), with other Spider-People joining the fray to battle a new and powerful villain.
Kaluuya will voice Hobart “Hobie” Brown, a.k.a. Spider-Punk. Swinging onto the Marvel Comics scene in 2015, thanks to writer Dan Slott and artist Olivier Coipel, Brown is a teenager without a home trying to survive an unforgiving New York City. Attitudinal and thin on patience...
- 11/7/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Nope‘s Daniel Kaluuya is the newest addition to the voice cast of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Sony’s follow-up to its experimental hit Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which grossed over 384M worldwide and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature in 2019.
The actor joins an ensemble which will also include Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Greta Lee, Issa Rae, Rachel Dratch, Jorma Taccone, Shea Whigham, and Jason Schwartzman, as previously announced.
The original feature directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman watched as the teenage Miles Morales (Moore) became the Spider-Man of his universe, then joining with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat to all realities.
The new Spider-Man will be another epic adventure transporting Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood web-slinger across the Multiverse. He’ll again join forces in the new title with Gwen Stacy...
The actor joins an ensemble which will also include Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez, Greta Lee, Issa Rae, Rachel Dratch, Jorma Taccone, Shea Whigham, and Jason Schwartzman, as previously announced.
The original feature directed by Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman watched as the teenage Miles Morales (Moore) became the Spider-Man of his universe, then joining with five spider-powered individuals from other dimensions to stop a threat to all realities.
The new Spider-Man will be another epic adventure transporting Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood web-slinger across the Multiverse. He’ll again join forces in the new title with Gwen Stacy...
- 11/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" remains not only one of the best superhero movies ever made but arguably the best Spider-Man film. Four years later, this movie remains an absolute marvel of storytelling and of animation, a film that changed the game for American animation, inspiring a stylized look that influenced everything from "The Mitchells vs. the Machines" to "The Bad Guys" and "Entergalactic."
The film, of course, was not just a fantastic superhero origin story, but the first time the multiverse was used as a main plot point in a superhero movie. Rather than just a montage with some cute filters, "Into the Spider-Verse" used the medium of animation to show the promise of the multiverse for superhero films, exploring vastly different places and characters that truly looked out of this world.
The sequel, "Across the Spider-Verse," promises to be even more ambitious, with a villain that is meant to...
The film, of course, was not just a fantastic superhero origin story, but the first time the multiverse was used as a main plot point in a superhero movie. Rather than just a montage with some cute filters, "Into the Spider-Verse" used the medium of animation to show the promise of the multiverse for superhero films, exploring vastly different places and characters that truly looked out of this world.
The sequel, "Across the Spider-Verse," promises to be even more ambitious, with a villain that is meant to...
- 11/7/2022
- by Rafael Motamayor
- Slash Film
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Daniel Kaluuya is swinging into the Spider-Verse.
The actor, last seen having a close encounter in Jordan Peele’s Nope, has joined the voice cast of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the sequel to the Oscar-winning animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Justin K. Thompson, Joaquim Dos Santos and Kemp Powers are directing the feature, which is set to hit theaters on June 2, 2023. Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Christina Steinberg are producing.
Plot details are being kept secret, but Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, is forced to reteam with Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) and a new cadre of Spider-People to face off with a powerful villain.
Kaluuya will voice the character of Hobart “Hobie” Brown, aka Spider-Punk. The character is a more recent Marvel Comics creation, having first appeared in 2015 from writer Dan Slott and artist Olivier Coipel.
Daniel Kaluuya is swinging into the Spider-Verse.
The actor, last seen having a close encounter in Jordan Peele’s Nope, has joined the voice cast of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the sequel to the Oscar-winning animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Justin K. Thompson, Joaquim Dos Santos and Kemp Powers are directing the feature, which is set to hit theaters on June 2, 2023. Avi Arad, Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Christina Steinberg are producing.
Plot details are being kept secret, but Miles Morales (Shameik Moore), Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, is forced to reteam with Spider-Gwen (Hailee Steinfeld) and a new cadre of Spider-People to face off with a powerful villain.
Kaluuya will voice the character of Hobart “Hobie” Brown, aka Spider-Punk. The character is a more recent Marvel Comics creation, having first appeared in 2015 from writer Dan Slott and artist Olivier Coipel.
- 11/7/2022
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Written by Dan Slott | Art by Mark Bagley, John Dell | Published by Marvel Comics
First things first. This isn’t a first issue. Yes, I know it says Issue 1 on the front, but normally that’s to tell new readers it’s a book you can safely jump aboard as a newbie. This isn’t one of those. We do get legendary Spidey creators Dan Slott and Mark Bagley, either of which would be worth jumping on board for, and we do get a storyline titled ‘End of the Spider-Verse’ which, again, would be enough to make me jump on board. If you are a new reader, though, you may need to do a little catch-up before you throw yourself into this, there’s a whole lot of stuff going on.
For everyone else, let’s go.
From the very first two pages, you can see this is a new Peter Parker for modern tastes.
First things first. This isn’t a first issue. Yes, I know it says Issue 1 on the front, but normally that’s to tell new readers it’s a book you can safely jump aboard as a newbie. This isn’t one of those. We do get legendary Spidey creators Dan Slott and Mark Bagley, either of which would be worth jumping on board for, and we do get a storyline titled ‘End of the Spider-Verse’ which, again, would be enough to make me jump on board. If you are a new reader, though, you may need to do a little catch-up before you throw yourself into this, there’s a whole lot of stuff going on.
For everyone else, let’s go.
From the very first two pages, you can see this is a new Peter Parker for modern tastes.
- 10/13/2022
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
Over the course of "She-Hulk: Attorney At Law," True Believers have been introduced to a number of interesting, obscure, and unforgettable characters. We have yet to meet Frog Man at this point in the show, but appearances from the Wrecking Crew, Titania, and Madisynn King (with Wongers) have certainly held us over until that day finally arrives. However, in the latest episode of the Disney+ series from Jessica Gao, the show makes the deepest cut to date and pulls out one of the most obtuse characters in all of the Marvel Universe and utilizes him in an absolutely hilarious way.
While Jennifer Walters is off at her high school friend's wedding, Nikki Ramos and Mallory Book are left to deal with a superhuman divorce case. Although, this assignment proves to be more difficult than anticipated when their client possesses the ability of immortality. So when it's revealed that he's a...
While Jennifer Walters is off at her high school friend's wedding, Nikki Ramos and Mallory Book are left to deal with a superhuman divorce case. Although, this assignment proves to be more difficult than anticipated when their client possesses the ability of immortality. So when it's revealed that he's a...
- 9/22/2022
- by Ben F. Silverio
- Slash Film
Written by Various | Art by Various | Published by Marvel Comics
This comic obviously doesn’t really exist. There is no Amazing Fantasy #1000, it exists only in the heads of the Marvel marketing department. Spider-Man’s 60th anniversary, however, does exist, and he’s one of a handful of characters that forced his way into mainstream pop culture many years before Marvel became the pop culture juggernaut it now is. Peter Parker is, of course, all of us when we were teenage kids. Socially awkward, tough home life, constantly short of money…take your pick, there’s something in there that everyone could relate to. The fact he gained his powers also made every kid reading think, hey, if it happened to him, it could happen to me.
Peter Parker has also had a massive influence on a lot of professionals now working in the industry, as this anniversary issue shows.
This comic obviously doesn’t really exist. There is no Amazing Fantasy #1000, it exists only in the heads of the Marvel marketing department. Spider-Man’s 60th anniversary, however, does exist, and he’s one of a handful of characters that forced his way into mainstream pop culture many years before Marvel became the pop culture juggernaut it now is. Peter Parker is, of course, all of us when we were teenage kids. Socially awkward, tough home life, constantly short of money…take your pick, there’s something in there that everyone could relate to. The fact he gained his powers also made every kid reading think, hey, if it happened to him, it could happen to me.
Peter Parker has also had a massive influence on a lot of professionals now working in the industry, as this anniversary issue shows.
- 9/6/2022
- by Dean Fuller
- Nerdly
For people in my feed who've never heard of Street Hawk, following the success of Knight Rider, it was the shameless motorcycle cashgrab. It starred Rex Smith (Daredevil in that Hulk TV movie) & Murphy Brown'S Joe Regalbuto. It had the music of Tangerine Dream and it was Awesome! pic.twitter.com/ZgSYRIobot
— Dan Slott (@DanSlott) December 10, 2021
Marvel writer Dan Slott is right. Street Hawk was awesome. And sadly, criminally ignored within the pantheon of TV action shows.
1984 was a golden year for the creation of genuine pop culture phenomena. While Ghostbusters, Gremlins and The Karate Kid debuted in cinemas, on television, Knight Rider and The A-Team were at the height of popularity. Following a successful launch for the helicopter-themed Airwolf early that year, networks jostled for the next big thing, and had everything had gone to plan, Street Hawk would have broadcast in the fall of ’84. Featuring an ethereal electronica theme tune,...
— Dan Slott (@DanSlott) December 10, 2021
Marvel writer Dan Slott is right. Street Hawk was awesome. And sadly, criminally ignored within the pantheon of TV action shows.
1984 was a golden year for the creation of genuine pop culture phenomena. While Ghostbusters, Gremlins and The Karate Kid debuted in cinemas, on television, Knight Rider and The A-Team were at the height of popularity. Following a successful launch for the helicopter-themed Airwolf early that year, networks jostled for the next big thing, and had everything had gone to plan, Street Hawk would have broadcast in the fall of ’84. Featuring an ethereal electronica theme tune,...
- 9/6/2022
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
(Superhero Bits is a collection of stories, updates, and videos about anything and everything inspired by the comics of Marvel, DC, and more. For comic book movies, TV shows, merchandise, events, and whatever catches our eye, this is the place to find anything that falls through the cracks.)
In this edition of Superhero Bits:
"Gotham Knights" gets a new villain-heavy trailer.
The Spider-Verse may be doomed in Marvel Comics.
"Titans" season 3 is making its way to Blu-ray.
Glen Powell weighs in on those Cyclops rumors.
All that and more!
Spider-Man: Blue Is Getting A Deluxe Hardcover From Marvel Next Year
"Spider-Man: Blue" is widely considered to be one of the greatest stories ever told involving Peter Parker. Now, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's beloved story is getting a deluxe hardcover treatment from Marvel Comics. In July 2023, the "Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale: Spider-Man Gallery Edition Hardcover" will hit shelves,...
In this edition of Superhero Bits:
"Gotham Knights" gets a new villain-heavy trailer.
The Spider-Verse may be doomed in Marvel Comics.
"Titans" season 3 is making its way to Blu-ray.
Glen Powell weighs in on those Cyclops rumors.
All that and more!
Spider-Man: Blue Is Getting A Deluxe Hardcover From Marvel Next Year
"Spider-Man: Blue" is widely considered to be one of the greatest stories ever told involving Peter Parker. Now, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale's beloved story is getting a deluxe hardcover treatment from Marvel Comics. In July 2023, the "Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale: Spider-Man Gallery Edition Hardcover" will hit shelves,...
- 8/24/2022
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Among the running gags of Disney+’s new Marvel series She-Hulk: Attorney At Law is that its title character — a.k.a. Jennifer Walters, cousin to Mark Ruffalo’s Hulk, who becomes big and green after their blood accidentally intermingles in a car accident — hates her own nickname.
“It’s so dumb!” she complains. “I can’t even exist without being a derivative of the Hulk.”
The comic-book version of She-Hulk has rarely had to worry about this. Despite the green skin and superstrength, she has occupied a relatively unique space within the Marvel universe.
“It’s so dumb!” she complains. “I can’t even exist without being a derivative of the Hulk.”
The comic-book version of She-Hulk has rarely had to worry about this. Despite the green skin and superstrength, she has occupied a relatively unique space within the Marvel universe.
- 8/17/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Jenn Walters doesn't want to be patronized. The hero of Marvel's latest TV series, "She-Hulk: Attorney At Law," is a successful lawyer who is promptly launched into the spotlight when her new secret identity as a six-foot-seven green woman is revealed to the world. As the series shows it, Jenn (Tatiana Maslany) was already subject to everyday sexism even before going green, but after her Hulk status comes into the light, her unique body and, as one lawyer puts it, "sideshow" identity, makes her even more commodified and objectified.
In "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law," the hero shrugs off the haters with confidence, but unfortunately, it's harder to shrug off the series' own patronizing attempts to tackle its subject matter. With distracting CGI, hit-or-miss humor, and a flippant approach to complex topics, what could have been a groundbreaking series for the MCU is instead shaping up to be one of the...
In "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law," the hero shrugs off the haters with confidence, but unfortunately, it's harder to shrug off the series' own patronizing attempts to tackle its subject matter. With distracting CGI, hit-or-miss humor, and a flippant approach to complex topics, what could have been a groundbreaking series for the MCU is instead shaping up to be one of the...
- 8/17/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
When veteran TV writer and producer Jessica Gao (“Rick and Morty”) first came into Marvel Studios to pitch about She-Hulk — i.e. Jennifer Walters, attorney at law and cousin to Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) — it was not for a “She-Hulk” TV show.
“The first thing I ever pitched on was for the ‘Black Widow’ movie, and I actually had She-Hulk in my pitch,” Gao tells Variety. “She was my favorite character from the comics, and I just wanted to see her in the MCU. At one point, I think it was [Marvel executive] Brad Winderbaum who said, ‘It kind of feels like you’re pitching us She-Hulk movie with Black Widow in it.'”
She laughs. “Guilty as charged, but you know what, it all worked out.”
Gao ultimately became the creator and head writer of the Disney+ series “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” starring Tatiana Maslany (an Emmy winner for “Orphan Black...
“The first thing I ever pitched on was for the ‘Black Widow’ movie, and I actually had She-Hulk in my pitch,” Gao tells Variety. “She was my favorite character from the comics, and I just wanted to see her in the MCU. At one point, I think it was [Marvel executive] Brad Winderbaum who said, ‘It kind of feels like you’re pitching us She-Hulk movie with Black Widow in it.'”
She laughs. “Guilty as charged, but you know what, it all worked out.”
Gao ultimately became the creator and head writer of the Disney+ series “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,” starring Tatiana Maslany (an Emmy winner for “Orphan Black...
- 8/16/2022
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
Marvel Comics "Edge of Spider-Verse" #1, available August 3, 2022 is written by Dan Slott, Alex Segura, Karla Pacheco and Dustin Weaver with illustrations by Martin Coccolo, Caio Majado, Pere Perez and D.J. Bryant, with covers by Josemaria Casanovas, Bengel, Humberto Ramos, Skottie Young, Leinil Francis Yu and Marco Menyz:
"...the end of the 'Spider-Verse' is coming. The leading edge of the 'Spider-Verse' brought you 'Spider-Gwen' and 'Peni Parker'.
"This final edge will introduce you...
"...to some of the most important characters in the future of the 'Spider-Verse'...
"...while cutting the final strand of the web..."
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"...the end of the 'Spider-Verse' is coming. The leading edge of the 'Spider-Verse' brought you 'Spider-Gwen' and 'Peni Parker'.
"This final edge will introduce you...
"...to some of the most important characters in the future of the 'Spider-Verse'...
"...while cutting the final strand of the web..."
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- 8/3/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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Marvel Studios’ return to San Diego Comic-Con was the showstopper fans have come to expect. After months of hand-wringing from Marvel devotees about their needing a clear map of where the post-Endgame phases were headed, and concerns that Marvel Studios didn’t have an overarching plan in motion (which, come on. Of course, it did), the scope was finally made clear. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige unveiled trailers, release dates for the previously announced Blade, Captain America: New World Order, Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts, and sneak peeks at upcoming projects. He also outlined Phase 5 and 6, culminating with Avengers: Secret Wars and the conclusion of what’s now been revealed as The Multiverse Saga.
Unsurprisingly, the Marvel Studios panel delivered a lot of information to digest at once and there’s still at least eight other projects left to announced in The Multiverse Saga,...
Marvel Studios’ return to San Diego Comic-Con was the showstopper fans have come to expect. After months of hand-wringing from Marvel devotees about their needing a clear map of where the post-Endgame phases were headed, and concerns that Marvel Studios didn’t have an overarching plan in motion (which, come on. Of course, it did), the scope was finally made clear. Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige unveiled trailers, release dates for the previously announced Blade, Captain America: New World Order, Fantastic Four and Thunderbolts, and sneak peeks at upcoming projects. He also outlined Phase 5 and 6, culminating with Avengers: Secret Wars and the conclusion of what’s now been revealed as The Multiverse Saga.
Unsurprisingly, the Marvel Studios panel delivered a lot of information to digest at once and there’s still at least eight other projects left to announced in The Multiverse Saga,...
- 7/26/2022
- by Richard Newby
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Future Of The Spider-verse Revealed In New Series! This August, Dan Slott and an all-star lineup of creators introduce a host of brand-new Spider-heroes in Edge Of Spider-verse Announced earlier today at Polygon, fans will return to the Spider-verse this August in a brand-new Edge Of Spider-verse limited series! Over the course of five …
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- 5/16/2022
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
New York, NY— Announced at Polygon, fans will return to the Spider-Verse this August in a brand-new Edge Of Spider-verse limited series! Over the course of five issues, Edge of Spider-Verse will introduce brand-new Spider-heroes as well as catch up with classic favorites such as Araña, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Gwen, and Spider-Man: India! Each thrilling issue will contain three stories packed with debuts, new status quos, and seeds for an overarching saga that will set the stage for the end of the Spider-Verse, a new epic launching later this year.
“Marvel has decided to do the unthinkable, go big, and bring the saga of the comic book Spider-Verse to a fiery conclusion,” Slott shared with Polygon. “Yes, that’s right. Later this year we shall all bear witness to the end of the Spider-Verse!”
Check out designs for three of the new heroes you’ll meet in the series and...
“Marvel has decided to do the unthinkable, go big, and bring the saga of the comic book Spider-Verse to a fiery conclusion,” Slott shared with Polygon. “Yes, that’s right. Later this year we shall all bear witness to the end of the Spider-Verse!”
Check out designs for three of the new heroes you’ll meet in the series and...
- 5/12/2022
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Here’s a a sneak peek at Doctor Who: Special 2022, written by Eisner Award-Winner Dan Slott, and art by Christopher Jones (Young Justice), and Matthew Dow Smith.
Eisner Award-Winner Dan Slott’s Doctor Who Comics debut sees Martha Jones spin three sensational yarns about the Tenth Doctor in order to survive! An epic story that sees companion Martha Jones captured by the insatiable Pyromeths, and her only hope for survival is to keep them distracted with sensational untold tales of the Tenth Doctor facing off against his greatest foes– both classic and new! Witness the incredible adventures of the Tenth Doctor like never-before! You’ll be on the edge of your Tardis as she recounts three unbelievable tales of The Doctor facing off against his deadliest foes!
Bursting straight out of the long-running hit television series, this Doctor Who collection continues the time-travelling tales of the Doctor and friends. The...
Eisner Award-Winner Dan Slott’s Doctor Who Comics debut sees Martha Jones spin three sensational yarns about the Tenth Doctor in order to survive! An epic story that sees companion Martha Jones captured by the insatiable Pyromeths, and her only hope for survival is to keep them distracted with sensational untold tales of the Tenth Doctor facing off against his greatest foes– both classic and new! Witness the incredible adventures of the Tenth Doctor like never-before! You’ll be on the edge of your Tardis as she recounts three unbelievable tales of The Doctor facing off against his deadliest foes!
Bursting straight out of the long-running hit television series, this Doctor Who collection continues the time-travelling tales of the Doctor and friends. The...
- 4/22/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
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