Sony Pictures kondigt Spider-Man spin-offs Venom en Sinister Six aan

Sony Pictures Entertainment heeft vandaag aangekondigd dat ze samen met Marvel Entertainment verschillende projecten ontwikkelen in de Spider-Man franchise. Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, Ed Solomon en Drew Goddard werken samen en overzien dat het verhaal over verschillende films zal worden gespreid.

Kurtzman, Orci & Pinkner zullen het script schrijven voor The Amazing Spider-Man 3, een film waarvan de studio hoopt dat Webb zal terugkeren als regisseur. Deze film zal herfst volgend jaar beginnen met de productie en zal te zien zijn vanaf 10 juni 2016. Het team van Webb, Arad, en Tolmach zal de cinematic fundatie leggen in de eerste 2 films. Kurtzman, Orci & Solomon zullen het script schrijven voor Venom, welke Kurtzman zal regisseren. Goddard zal het script schrijven voor The Sinister Six.

Doug Belgrad, president van Columbia Pictures zei:

“The Spider-Man film franchise is one of our studio’s greatest assets. We are thrilled with the creative team we have assembled to delve more deeply into the world that Marc, Avi and Matt have begun to explore in ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ and ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’. We believe that Marc, Alex, and Drew have uniquely exciting visions for how to expand the Spider-Man universe in each of these upcoming films.”

Arad en Tolmach voegden toe:

“This collaboration was born out of the great experience we and Marc had working with Alex, Bob, and Jeff on ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’. With more than fifty years’ wealth of stories in the comic books to draw upon for inspiration, the Spider-Man universe is truly boundless; in addition, the Spider-Man comics have the greatest rogues gallery of any series, and to have the chance to explore that on film is truly thrilling. Until now, we have approached each film as a separate, self-contained entity, but with this move, we have the opportunity to grow the franchise by looking to the future as we develop a continuous arc for the story. That is what Alex, Bob, Jeff, Ed, and Drew will do in this unprecedented collaboration, and we’re excited about the directions they are taking the character and the world.”