After tapping star Tom Hardy and director Ruben Fleischer for its Venom movie, Sony announced this past week that it was pressing ahead with another instalment in its non-MCU affiliated Marvel Universe, hiring The Secret Life of Bees director Gina Prince-Bythewood to helm the Silver Sable and Black Cat movie Silver & Black.
Now, have your pinch of salt at the ready here, but Splash Report is claiming to have the inside scoop on plot details for the film with its latest “hot rumor”, as well as some of the other Spider-Man characters that are said to feature:
“Here are some details about the story: Seven years after Mendel Stromm (a.k.a. Robot Master) and his two henchmen (The Scorpion and The Tarantula) killed her father, Silver Sable is hired by the government to find Felicia Hardy. The Black Cat, a master hacker and thief, has apparently stolen valuable secret information. She’s hiding in the lawless and dangerous triple frontier area between Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.
Once there, Sable ask her old contact Dmitri Smerdyakov (a.k.a. The Chameleon) to locate her. But it seems, the government are not the only ones looking for the Black Cat. It seems Felicia had made a deal Stromm to save her father from a Russian prison and she’s been genetically enhanced. Now, the mad scientist wants his prized experiment back because his financier (cough Norman Osborn cough) wants a return on his investment.
There’s no appearance or mention of Peter Parker or Spider-Man. Also in the story: Dominic Fortune, Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman), Roxxon Oil, Sergei Kravinoff (Kraven the Hunter), Lonnie Lincoln (Tombstone) and Charles Standish.”
Supposing the rumour is true, it would presumably mean that the likes of The Scorpion, Kraven, Jessica Drew and Norman Osborn are now off limits to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is bound to be disappointing news for fans of the MCU (and probably Marvel Studios themselves too!).
What do you make of these plot rumours? Are you excited for Silver & Black and Sony’s new spinoff universe? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below…
Originally published May 29, 2017. Updated April 16, 2018.
