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Sony teams with Amazon and MGM+ for Marvel TV slate beginning with Silk: Spider Society

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The Walking Dead is over, and showrunner Angela Kang has set now set her next gig as she will team with Sony, MGM+ (formerly Epix) and Amazon Prime Video for Silk: Spider Society, a live-action Marvel series which will lead in to a full slate of Spider-Man spinoff series. Based on the character created by […]

Andy Serkis on why he’s not directing Venom 3, Alfred return in The Batman sequel

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Always the busy man, Andy Serkis takes on projects from all over the cinematic landscape, but he’s rooted himself firmly in the hearts of several comic book movie franchises.  The filmmaker recently directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage, where he took over for the original director Ruben Fleischer, but is handing over the reigns himself […]

Bad Bunny’s Marvel movie El Muerto lands director Jonás Cuarón

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Bad Bunny is heading into Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, and his upcoming superhero movie project has finally landed itself a director. El Muerto, the first live-action Marvel movie to feature a leading Latino character, will see filmmaker Jonás Cuarón directing from a script by Gareth Dunnet Alcocer (Blue Beetle). Cuarón made his directorial debut with the […]

Sony delays its Marvel movies Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web

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After the highs of Morbius, it seems we’re going to have to wait a little longer for the next stage of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, with the studio announcing release date delays for its next two Marvel offerings, Kraven the Hunter and Madame Web. Originally slated to release in January, the Aaron Taylor-Johnson-led Kraven the Hunter […]

Aaron Taylor-Johnson says Kraven the Hunter will look different to the MCU “stage look”

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Out on the promotional rounds for his latest film Bullet Train, Aaron Taylor-Johnson has been taking the opportunity to hype his upcoming Marvel Comics adaptation Kraven The Hunter from Sony Pictures. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor spoke about shooting Kraven on location, how this process differed from Bullet Train’s soundstage production, and how the […]

Matt Smith won’t let Morbius flop affect him: “We’re not saving lives”

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The dark cloud of Morbius is still looming all over us, but it seems like one of the film’s stars has learned to shake it off. The film only grossed $73 million in the U.S. and came in well below the $200 million mark worldwide with just $163 million, and let’s not forget about the critical […]

Zosia Mamet joins Sony’s Madame Web

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As Sony begins production on Madame Web, Deadline reports that the film has added Zosia Mamet (The Flight Attendant) to its cast. There is no word on who Mamet will be playing as she joins Dakota Johnson (Persuasion) in the film. Madame Web is being directed by Jessica Jones‘ S.J. Clarkson and sees Johnson as Cassandra Webb, “a […]

Sony’s Madame Web begins production as Adam Scott joins the cast

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Sony’s fledgling Spider-Man Universe may have suffered a setback with Morbius, the Jared Leto-led movie being so bad it tanked TWICE at the box office, but that hasn’t stopped the studio from pushing ahead with its plans to squeeze every inch out of the Spidey movie rights. No sooner has the J.C. Chandor-directed Kraven the […]

Mike Epps joins Sony’s Madame Web

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Comedian and actor Mike Epps (The Hangover, The Upshaws) has become the latest addition to Sony Pictures’ and director S.J. Clarkson’s Marvel Comics adaptation Madame Web. Details on Epps’ character are being kept under wraps, but he joins a cast that includes Fifty Shades star Dakota Johnson in the title role as the Spider-Man character, […]