The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Sony is working on two new projects based on Spider-Man are in the works. The first project is the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is a bit of a surprise due to the first film won’t be released in theaters until next month.
Joaquim Dos Santos will be working as the director for the sequel and David Callaham will be working as one of the writers on the project.
The second project is stated to be a spin-off to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is said to focus on all female heroes within the Spider-Man universe. Lauren Montgomery is currently in negotiations to helm the project while Bek Smith is set to work on the script.
Amy Pascal is returning to work as the producer for both projects. Phil Lord and Chris Miller are also stated to return to work, however nothing is concrete about their involvement at this time. Avi Arad and Christina Steinberg are also said to return in some form.
No other details about the sequel are confirmed at this time so stay tuned for updates.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Eh, I don’t a Spider-Verse sequel already is that big of a surprise. It’s gotta be tracking well, and… y’know, it’s not like Sony Animation has many bright spots outside of Hotel Transylvania. Spider-Man is definitely being groomed to be another tentpole animated franchise for ’em, and they need it 🙂
The all-female thing is also not-surprising since Amy Pascal’s still around. From that female Ghostbusters reboot to now, she’s just had a weird “Hollywood boner” for the idea of an all-female (blank), and now her sights are set on Spider-Man. They spent years not developing the Black Cat movie. Then not developing the Black Cat/Silver Sable movie they kept threatening. Now it’s time for the animation division to not make an all female movie. Ugh.
I dunno, if Spider-Gwen turns out to be a fan-favorite or steal the movie in Spider-Verse, I’m sure they’ll sense enough momentum there to actually force this thing to happen, but it’s always a bad idea to just do something to get “Diversity Points” from a certain sector of Twitter instead of focusing on doing something because, y’know, you actually have a good idea for it. And judging by the lack of momentum the Black Cat movie and Silver & Black ever got, they 100% don’t have a good idea for the “Ladies of Spider-Man”, so…. y’know, It seems like an obvious bad idea.