Spider-Man spinoffs - Venom & Sinister Six

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Amazing Spider-Man: Venom, Sinister Six spinoff films unveiled by Sony

Sony Pictures has announced two Amazing Spider-Man spinoff films.

Venom and The Sinister Six will expand its comic book franchise by focusing on Peter Parker's foes.

Writers Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, Ed Solomon and Drew Goddard will be overseeing the franchise with producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach, and director Marc Webb.

Kurtzman, Orci and Pinkner are writing the screenplay for The Amazing Spider-Man 3, which Sony hopes Webb will direct.

Venom will be penned by Kurtzman, Orci and Solomon, with Kurtzman in line to direct.

The villainous team-up movie Sinister Six will be written by Goddard, who may also direct.

The Amazing Spider-Man 3 will be released on June 10, 2016, with schedules for the other films yet to be announced.

The next release from Sony will be Amazing Spider-Man 2 on April 18, 2014 in the UK and May 2 in the US.

Official Press Release:

CULVER CITY, Calif., December 12, 2013 – In a move to forge a new legacy in the story of Peter Parker on screen, Sony Pictures Entertainment, in association with Marvel Entertainment, is developing several new projects in the Spider-Man franchise, with Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, Ed Solomon, and Drew Goddard to collaborate on overseeing the developing story over several films that will be produced by Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad,president of Columbia Pictures, and Hannah Minghella, president of Production for the studio.

The five writers, along with the two producers and Marc Webb, have formed a franchise brain trust to expand the universe for the brand and to develop a continuous tone and thread throughout the films. Under the deals, the studio announced that Kurtzman & Orci & Pinkner are writing the screenplay for The Amazing Spider-Man 3, which the studio hopes Webb will return to direct; the film will go into production next fall for release on June 10, 2016. In addition, the team will build on the cinematic foundation laid by Webb, Arad, and Tolmach in the first two movies. They will expand the franchise as Kurtzman & Orci & Solomon will write the screenplay for Venom, which Kurtzman will direct; also, Goddard will write, with an eye to direct, The Sinister Six, focusing on the villains in the franchise. Hannah Minghella and Rachel O’Connor will oversee the development and production of these films for the studio.

In tapping these five writers, the studio and the producers are guiding the future of the franchise with the writer/producers who have each played significant and key roles in developing such highly successful franchises, films, and series as Star Trek, Transformers, “Alias,” “Fringe,” Men in Black, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, World War Z, “Lost,” Cloverfield, The Cabin in the Woods, and Marvel’s upcoming “Daredevil” series.

Commenting on the announcement, Belgrad said, “The Spider-Man film franchise is one of our studio’s greatest assets. We are thrilled with the creative team we have assembled to delve more deeply into the world that Marc, Avi and Matt have begun to explore in The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2. We believe that Marc, Alex, and Drew have uniquely exciting visions for how to expand the Spider-Man universe in each of these upcoming films.” Arad and Tolmach added, “This collaboration was born out of the great experience we and Marc had working with Alex, Bob, and Jeff on The Amazing Spider-Man 2. With more than fifty years’ wealth of stories in the comic books to draw upon for inspiration, the Spider-Man universe is truly boundless; in addition, the Spider-Man comics have the greatest rogues gallery of any series, and to have the chance to explore that on film is truly thrilling. Until now, we have approached each film as a separate, self-contained entity, but with this move, we have the opportunity to grow the franchise by looking to the future as we develop a continuous arc for the story. That is what Alex, Bob, Jeff, Ed, and Drew will do in this unprecedented collaboration, and we’re excited about the directions they are taking the character and the world.”

http://variety.com/2013/film/news/so...ix-1200951544/

[MichaelMyers]

All right! The more villains the better. Please no more Green Goblin psychobabble in these films....and Venom was never really that cool.

[cheebacheeba]

Please no more Green Goblin psychobabble in these films

They just haven't really ever handled the character right IMO.

and Venom was never really that cool.

Hm...I think he was a pretty good villain, both his original components knowing both Parker AND Spider-Man, putting the two together to fuel the hatred the character had for both.
The way he stalked the character and the family, while getting around the one power that would normally detect danger (did that even get touched on in the movie?), he was formidable.
Then, they went and made him an "anti-hero", the first few of which outings were not bad, such as his involvement witht he maximum carnage series, lethal protector, the sin-eater stuff...but from then on, it was kind've pretty hit and miss.
The character has become pretty obsolete now.
Though if they could capture on film the character he once was, when he was a true threat...if they could represent him well, I'd love to see it.
Each to theirs though.


As for the Sinister 6, well...not sure if/how that many villains on film together will work...perhaps if they string them throughout the series, and made sure to dedicate a portion of the film to things from their perspective and their interactions with each other, that could be cool.
I'd very much like to see the chameleon, I'm sure he's at one time been in an incarnation of this team. Kraven would be terrible IMO.

I noticed the trailer not only had a Rhino-esque character, but also seemed to hint at the likelihood of an S6, you see Oscorp doors/cells marked 1-6 with some articles that kind've point it out.
Could be interesting.