Prior to Marvel and Sony reaching a deal that would see the wall-crawler join the MCU, Sony had big plans for a Shared Spider-Man Universe with movies being developed for The Sinister Six, Venom and an ‘female Spider-Man film’. It has been rumoured that those plans were still on the cards, and Sony chairman Tom Rothman has confirmed these plans.
“We’re working on a lot of that stuff”, he told Collider when asked about spin-off movies. “There’s a concerted effort, so I think there will be real news as opposed to speculated news before too long.”
He added: “We wrapped filming the new Spider-Man about a week ago. There’s a little pick-up shooting being done now but [it’s] pretty much done. It’s fantastic… we’re really excited about it.”
The most persistent rumour is that Venom will be the target for the first spin-off movie, but reports last week about Nightwatch featuring in Spider-Man: Homecoming could hint at another direction.
A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Tom Holland), who made his sensational debut in Marvel Studios’ “Captain: Civil War,” begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging superhero in “Spider-Man: Homecoming.”
Spider-Man: Homecoming sees Tom Holland and Marisa Tomei reprising their roles from Captain America: Civil War as Peter Parker/Spider-Man and Aunt May, alongside Marvel veterans Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark and Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan. New additions to the cast include Michael Keaton (Birdman), Michael Barbieri (Little Men), Zendaya (K.C. Undercover), Angourie Rice (The Nice Guys), Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus), Martin Starr (Silicon Valley), Donald Glover (Community), Laura Harrier (One Life to Live), Kenneth Choi (Captain America: The First Avenger), Hannibal Buress (Broad City), Isabella Amara (The Boss), Jorge Lendeborg, Jr. (Graceland), JJ Totah (Glee), Abraham Attah (Beasts of No Nation), Michael Mando (Better Call Saul), Selenis Leyva (Orange Is the New Black), Bokeem Woodbine (Riddick), Tyne Daly (Cagney & Lacey), Garcelle Beauvais (Hollywood Today Live), Tiffany Espensen (Kirby Buckets), Michael Chernus (Orange is the New Black), Jona Xiao (Halt and Catch Fire) and Martha Kelly (Baskets). The film is set for release on July 7th, 2017.
Originally published October 11, 2016. Updated April 13, 2018.
