With Spider-Man: Homecoming rebooting Spidey once again on screen with the help of Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios, Sony is taking advantage of the success by launching a separate Spider-Man Cinematic Universe that kicks off with films for Venom and Silver Sable & Black Cat.
The Venom movie will star Tom Hardy, directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad) for an October 5, 2018 release.
The Silver and Black movie has Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Secret Life of Bees) attached to direct.
Sony Spider-Man Cinematic Universe
⢠Columbia Pictures president Sanford Panitch is reading the Spider-Man comics and wants to âhonor the original DNA.â
⢠Sony wants each of their movies to have a distinct style.
⢠The characters could be featured in R-rated movies or even in lower-budget offerings (a la Foxâs Deadpool).
⢠Sony isnât interested in making conventional comic book movies.
⢠Marvel Studios wonât be involved with Venom or Silver and Black.
⢠More announcements will be made in the coming months.
⢠The article makes it sound as if Spider-Man is not being ruled out to appear some time down the road as Panitch says âthere are lots of opportunitiesâ if Venom is a success.
⢠Columbia Pictures president Sanford Panitch dodged a question about a Kraven the Hunter movie.
VENOM
⢠Described as a horror film.
⢠The Tom Hardy Venom sounds like the anti-hero version as director Ruben Fleischer says: âIâve always been drawn to the more antihero superheroes. Thereâs a dark element to [Venom] and a wit that has always appealed to me.â
⢠The Venom movie will deal with the characterâs origins.
⢠Tom Hardy will play Eddie Brock.
⢠There will be a Jekyll and Hyde relationship between Eddie Brock and the alien symbiote.
⢠Getting back to the horror aspect of the Venom movie, itâs said, âVenom will draw on the work of John Carpenter or David Cronenberg while promising âmore pop and fun.â â
â˘Â (A separate report also states Carnage will be a part of the Venom movie).
⢠Silver and Black pairs Black Cat, a jewel thief, with Silver Sable, a mercenary.Â
⢠Silver and Black sounds like it will be a lot darker than Spider-Man: Homecoming.
⢠Director Gina Prince-Bythewood compares Silver & Black to buddy films such as Thelma & Louise and Midnight Run: âI wanted to tell the story of two damaged women who are at war with each other but need each other to survive,â
⢠Gina Prince-Bythewood says Silver Sable and Black Cat are âmodern and coolâ and even though âthey may wear costumes, [theyâre] very real and very grounded.â
