After gaining director Gina Prince-Bythewood last summer, Netflix has announced that Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Kiki Layne (If Beale Street Could Talk) have joined the comic book adaptation The Old Guard in the film’s lead roles. An adaptation of Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez’s Image Comics series, The Old Guard revolves around “a small group of soldiers, […]
Sony to split Silver & Black into separate solo movies
As Sony attempts to grow its Spider-Man spin-off universe without the famed wall-crawler, one of its very first announced projects has come to a halt. Variety has revealed production on Silver & Black has been pulled, but rather than the project being shelved permanently it will instead undergo a change with Sony splitting it into separate projects […]
Gina Prince-Bythewood to direct comic book adaptation The Old Guard
With Sony’s planned Spider-Man spinoff Silver & Black seemingly stuck in development hell, THR is reporting that director Gina Prince-Bythewood (Cloak & Dagger, The Secret Life of Bees) is moving on to another comic book-based project in The Old Guard. An adaptation of Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez’s Image Comics series, The Old Guard revolves […]
Venom and Silver & Black directors talk Sony’s Spider-Man spinoffs
With Spider-Man: Homecoming riding high at the box office, Sony is ramping up its plans to expand the SpiderVerse with a range of spinoff movies, beginning with Venom and the Silver Sable/Black Cat movie Silver & Black. During a piece over at Variety exploring Sony’s plans for its spinoff movies, Venom director Ruben Fleischer and […]
Silver & Black director shares her excitement for the Spider-Man spinoff
Last month Sony decided to move ahead with its plans for an expanded ‘SpiderVerse’ by tapping Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) to direct Venom and Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Secret Life of Bees) to helm Silver & Black. And, speaking to Vulture, Prince-Bythewood has now shared her excitement over taking the reins of the female-led spinoff, which will revolve around […]
Sony hires Gina Prince-Bythewood to direct Spider-Man spin-off Silver & Black
Sony is really getting to work on their Spider-Man spin-offs. Just a few days ago they cast Tom Hardy and hired director Ruben Fleischer for Venom and now, according to The Hollywood Reporter, they’re fully moving forward on Silver & Black, the spin-off film featuring Spidey villains/anti-heroes Silver Sable and Black Cat. Sony has hired The Secret Life of […]
