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Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#276: May 21st 2020 at 12:18:48 PM

Sony did announced a Silk film a while back, but there hasn't been any further developments since then.

Frankly, the way they announce movies and never go into development, it's a miracle Venom and Morbius (especially Morbius) got made.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#277: May 21st 2020 at 12:55:17 PM

[up] Nah, I know how they announced a Silk movie way back.

Maybe Disney and Sony re-negotiating their plan to share Spider-Man changed Sony's plans for Silk?

Actually, the way they announce any kind of movie and never have them go beyond development really makes it a wonder they're still hanging on as a movie studio.

Remember how Sony was developing a live-action reboot of Masters of the Universe? Or an animated Ghostbusters movie by the animators of the Clash of Clans commercials? Or even a live-action adaptation of Robotech?

That MOTU movie is probably headed for Netflix, that cartoon Ghostbusters movie probably died when the female-led reboot underperformed, and Robotech is a whole other can of worms that nobody in the legal business wants to touch.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on May 22nd 2020 at 11:47:50 AM

Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#279: Aug 19th 2020 at 3:35:57 PM

[up] Just found out about that. For a full minute or two, I actually read that as Olivia Wilde was going to be Spider-Woman.

Whoops. tongue

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
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#280: Aug 19th 2020 at 6:10:40 PM

If Booksmart, her directorial debut movie, is any indication, I feel like she'll do a Spider-Gwen movie.

The legend has returned.
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#281: Aug 20th 2020 at 12:07:28 PM

J.C. Chandor, also known as the director of Triple Frontier, is being heavily considered to direct Kraven the Hunter movie.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Aug 20th 2020 at 3:08:00 PM

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#283: Sep 3rd 2020 at 2:27:38 PM

[up]

No network or streaming service is currently attached, but sources say Amazon is in talks to acquire the project, along with other potential Marvel series based on characters Sony controls.

Erm. I know it's probably not set in stone right now, but I guess it makes Gina Prince-Bythewood's comments about these Spidey-themed TV shows appearing on Disney+ appear more like a joke than anything...

It still feels like Hollywood is jumping the gun a little too fast with these kinds of projects. I don't know. My head hurts right now.

Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#284: Sep 3rd 2020 at 2:56:30 PM

I never took her Disney+ comments like they were seriously in talks. I considered it more like "they're looking for a premium streaming service along the lines of Disney+".

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#285: Sep 4th 2020 at 9:42:27 AM

[up] Honestly, that makes sense. She probably mentioned Disney+ because of the Marvel shows coming soon (hopefully).

There's actual precedence to Sony Pictures Television buddying with Amazon. They've had some good vibes with Amazon with shows like The Boys and the too-good-to-last-longer-than-two-seasons The Tick.

Weirdly though, this somehow started a rumor that Amazon would be interested in buying out Sony's movie and tv division for their resources or whatever...

But I don't believe a word of it. tongue

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#286: Sep 4th 2020 at 7:40:20 PM

[up] Is it any stranger than the Coca-Cola Company owning Columbia and its subsidiaries?

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#287: Sep 5th 2020 at 10:58:15 AM

[up] Okay, you got me. Coca-Cola owning Colombia is still more bizarre.

(Man, I keep tuning out how a freaking soda company owning a movie studio actually happened. How did people from the 80's even respond to it? Was it similar to how Comcast went from being a cable-phone provider to owning NBCUniversal or something?)

Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#288: Sep 14th 2020 at 4:19:19 PM

Anya Corazon Spider-Girl movie potentially on development!

This was the same source that said with months of anticipation that Silver & Black was going to be scrapped in favor of a tv show and they were right! Trying not to get too hyped, but God, if this is true I'm gonna cry!

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#289: Sep 15th 2020 at 9:40:28 AM

Olivia Wilde talks about directing Spider-Woman.

What's interesting is how she mentions mentions Kevin Feige in the video. So could Spider-Woman be a Marvel Studios/Sony collab after all?

Akirakan Since: Feb, 2015 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#291: Oct 1st 2020 at 12:17:07 PM

Context for [up]: The Hollywood Reporter announced that Electro will appear in Marvel Studios' Spider-Man 3.

He will be played by...Jamie Foxx? Who already played him in The Amazing Spider-Man 2?!

What the what?! surprisedsurprisedsurprised

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#293: Oct 1st 2020 at 2:01:28 PM

[up] If we were, this would've come from Cosmic Book News or We Got This Covered, not The Hollywood Reporter.

Actually, calming down a little, it's entirely possible that MCU!Electro might just be a rebooted Electro, not the one from ASM2, like how J.K. Simmons appeared as a MCU version of JJJ despite already being the character in the Sam Raimi trilogy.

Yeah, SM3 being wedged between WandaVision and Multiverse of Madness makes it possible that it's the Electro from ASM2, but one should not abuse the multiverse as a concept too lightly.

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#294: Oct 1st 2020 at 2:11:17 PM

I'm sorry. I should have been clearer. I don't doubt that the source is accurate. It just seems to me like an unexpected and unwanted casting.

Also, IIRC, "Am I being punked?" was a Running Gag on Spectacular Spider-Man, where the phrased was used by various characters.

Edited by Hodor2 on Oct 1st 2020 at 4:11:31 AM

AmazingSpiderHam Since: Sep, 2020
#295: Oct 1st 2020 at 2:14:42 PM

Much like Ryan Reynolds with Deadpool, Foxx is one case where the character could well benefit from the same actor doing a new take with a better script. I don't have a problem with that.

Edited by AmazingSpiderHam on Oct 1st 2020 at 2:15:02 AM

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#296: Oct 1st 2020 at 2:43:28 PM

As I said over in the MCU thread, Foxx was pretty good in the role when he got decent material to work with, and the first third of the movie before everything went off the rails was fairly good - so this could turn out pretty well, and I have no complaints.

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#297: Oct 1st 2020 at 2:55:35 PM

I don't have anything against Foxx. It's more that I wasn't a fan of how cartoonish the movie made the character, especially because it was like an inferior version of Spectacular's take, in which Dillon started as a normal (if somewhat surly) guy and was driven to villainy and insanity after Peter did his usual quipping and attacking when he should have helped him.

Since Foxx more often plays cool/badass characters, I'd be up for a very different take on Electro that's more in line with his comic version.

Incidentally, looking up the character on Wikipedia, I was amused that some of Electro's first villainy involved stealing energy from Stark Industries (please don't do that, movie).

But more interestingly, he also attacked JJJ and at one point was also hired by him to attack Spider-Man.

TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#298: Jan 11th 2021 at 2:48:07 PM

Morbius got moved to October 8, 2021.

Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Jan 11th 2021 at 2:48:59 AM

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#299: Jan 11th 2021 at 2:50:11 PM

Think they can rise some kind of hype by then?

Wake me up at your own risk.
TargetmasterJoe from Velocitron Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: I like big bots and I can not lie
#300: Jan 11th 2021 at 2:58:31 PM

[up] Maybe? October and vampires go hand-in-hand with each other, right? note 


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