Sony's Silver Sable (Spider-man Spinoff)

[doctorD]

Another Spider-man Spinoff: Couldn't find a thread for this.

Chris Yost, who worked on the upcoming Marvel movie 'Thor: Ragnarok,' is writing the script.

'Spider-Man' Spinoff: 'Thor' Writer Tackling Silver Sable, Black Cat Movie (Exclusive)



Sony’s Spider-Man universe is getting a little bigger.

The studio, already in deep development on villain offshoot Venom, is now developing a feature project centered on the female characters Silver Sable and the Black Cat.

Chris Yost, who worked on the upcoming Marvel movie Thor: Ragnarok, is writing the script, building on a previous version written by Lisa Joy, the co-creator of HBO’s Westworld.

The studio is hoping to go to directors soon with an eye toward a fall start date. Matt Tolmach and Amy Pascal are producing the project, which was previously known as the "secret female spinoff project."

Silver Sable, created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz in 1985, is a mercenary who runs a company that hunts war criminals. The character has been both antagonist and ally to Spider-Man.

Black Cat, an acrobatic cat burglar whose real name is Felicia Hardy, has a long and tangled romantic history with Spider-Man in the comics. The character was cut from scripts for the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, and a "Felicia Hardy" (played by Felicity Jones) briefly appeared in Amazing Spider-Man 2, though no Black Cat connection was ever made explicit.

Sony has a new and rebooted Spider-Man movie coming this summer, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and the superhero and his universe of characters are seen as a bright spot on a rather meager slate. But the problem with having rights to the character and universe is that, while Spider-Man is the most popular Marvel character, the other standouts tend to be the villains from his rogue’s gallery.

Hence, Sony is developing Venom, based on the popular character who already appeared onscreen in Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 and who has sometimes acted as an antihero in the Marvel comics. The studio has penciled in an October 2018 release and is meeting directors on the project.

Black Cat is a major supporting character in the Spider-Man universe, though Sable is less known.

(The spinoffs are not offshoots from the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming but rather projects spun from the overall franchise and based on Marvel's Spider-Man universe.)

Yost has deep Marvel ties, having worked on not only two Thor movies, but also having gotten his start writing on Marvel animated series such as Wolverine and the X-Men. He is also known for comic book work on X-23, better known as Wolverine’s cloned daughter who is a headliner in the hit Wolverine movie Logan.

[kylor]

Let's hope that they are even remotely good.

[Underworld54]

SONY doesn't like to make money apparently.

[doctorD]

Update info:

'Captain Marvel,' 'Chaos Walking' Writers Tackle Silver Sable/Black Cat Movie (Exclusive)



Gina Prince-Bythewood, who wrote and directed 'The Secret Life of Bees,' is helming the Marvel-based feature project.

Lindsey Beer and Geneva Robertson-Dworet, two of the biggest names in geek screenwriting, have penned the most recent script for Silver & Black, Sony's movie project that centers on the Marvel Comics characters Silver Sable and Black Cat.

Gina Prince-Bythewood, who wrote and directed The Secret Life of Bees and is helming Silver & Black, is now doing a polish that she will submit to the studio.

Matt Tolmach and Amy Pascal are producing.

Silver Sable and Black Cat are established Spider-Man characters. Silver Sable, created by Tom DeFalco and Ron Frenz in 1985, is a mercenary who runs a company that hunts war criminals. Black Cat is an acrobatic cat burglar whose real name is Felicia Hardy.

Prince-Bythewood wrote the previous draft. Thor: Ragnarok’s Chris Yost and Lisa Joy, co-creator of HBO's Westworld, worked on earlier drafts.

Beer and Robertson-Dworet have become go-to scribes for studios seeking geek and genre cred.

Beer worked on Chaos Walking, Lionsgate’s upcoming post-apocalyptic thriller starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland. She has been part of several high-profile writers rooms including those of Hasbro's Transformers projects, Godzilla vs. Kong, Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek and Paramount's Ology franchise.

Robertson-Dworet worked on Tomb Raider, the reboot starring Alicia Vikander that is set to open in March, as well as Marvel’s Captain Marvel, which is currently in production.

Beer is repped by WME and Gang Tyre, while Robertson-Dworet is with WME, Management 360 and Hansen Jacobson.

Silver & Black is slated to open Feb. 8, 2019.

[Trace Buster Buster]

What the hell is "geek screenwriting"?

[CyberpunkCentral]

This will be the most unnecessary comic book movie of all time.

[P-Rock]

You can tell they are really getting desperate when they start pulling all these long forgotten superheroes nobody gives a shit about from the dusty shelves.

[CyberpunkCentral]

Originally Posted by P-Rock

You can tell they are really getting desperate when they start pulling all these long forgotten superheroes nobody gives a shit about from the dusty shelves.

It's not just that. It's also the fact that these are just Spider-Man supporting characters. They were never meant to carry their own franchise.

[phobicsquirrel]

One would think they should have done their trio instead of not and giving marvel the spiderboy. Spin offs usually were done if the main was good.

[Himmel]

This movie has been scrapped in favor of giving Silver, and Black their own solo films!!

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-man/silver__black/silver-black-has-been-split-into-two-movies-silk-and-jackpot-films-are-in-development-a162821

[Elgie]

I guess it’s good luck DC decided to do Birds of Prey instead of Gotham City Sirens?

[Mikezilla3k]

Thought this might be interesting to some. Chris Yost's unmade screenplay for "Silver And Black": https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m3X...dIlSJuWy-/view