Sony Pictures' ongoing
Spider-Man revamp continues. First, the studio
pushed back from
2016 to 2018, and now, after 's
Sinister Six opens in 2016, Sony plans to release
another spinoff, this time featuring one of
Spidey's female counterparts, in 2017. Which female counterpart, you ask? Well, we
don't know quite yet. However, we do know that
Lisa Joy Nolan (Westworld) is scripting the project,
with Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach producing.
Character-wise, there are several likely
candidates: Silver Sable, Stunner, Firestar, (some
version of) Spider-Woman and . Of
course, the alter ego of that last one, Felicia
Hardy, was played by in The
Amazing Spider-Man 2, which makes her an
obvious choice to star.
Honestly, it was only a matter of time before
someone announced a female-driven superhero
movie, and it just happened to be Sony that beat
everyone to the punch. Then again, the news --
first reported by -- comes shortly after
Marvel Comics announced a gender swap for
Thor. That's not to mention Warner Bros.
unveiling the first images of Gal Gadot as Wonder
Woman in 2016's Batman v. Superman: Dawn of
Justice. So really, this was a long time coming. In other Spider-Man news, Deadline notes that
the Venom movie -- now rumored to be titled
Venom carnage - is still in development, with Alex kurtzman and Ed Solomon
and penning the script.
That film, which has Kurtzman attached to direct,
could also come out in 2017. Source:IGN.com