Sony & Amy Pascal Developing Marvel Comic ‘Silk’, About Korean-American Superhero

[Bigbigguy]

Sony and producer Amy Pascal are in early development on a movie adaptation of the Marvel comic Silk, about Korean-American superheroine Cindy Moon, which was created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos


In the comics, Cindy is a student in Peter Parker’s class who also is bitten by a radioactive spider around the same time as Peter. She gains abilities similar to his, though she is able to shoot webs out of her fingertips, possesses an eidetic memory, and has advanced Spider-Sense (known as Silk Sense) far stronger than Peter’s. She also has less superhuman strength than him but is faster.

While this project will mark the first stand-alone feature for Cindy Moon, it wouldn’t be the first time she appears in the MCU. The character was seen in Pascal-produced Spider-Man: Homecoming (played by Tiffany Espensen) as a member of the decathlon team along with Tom Holland’s Peter Parker. In Avengers: Infinity War, Espensen reprises her role briefly when Cindy is shown on the bus with Peter when he plants a distraction in order to get into costume.

Details are being kept under wraps, and Sony is not commenting.

This film adds another wrinkle to the ongoing push for diversity and inclusion on screen, especially in big blockbusters. Pascal is known for championing strong female-led features. Most recently, the former Sony Motion Picture boss acquired a sci-fi pitch, Genius, from screenwriter Kat Wood. It’s set in modern day with a strong female lead and is described as a thriller about a scientist who accidentally brings back a prehistoric form of human species.

Pascal, under her Sony-based Pascal Pictures banner, has an upcoming slate that includes the Spider-Man spinoffs Venom and Silver & Black, The Girl in the Spider’s Web starring Claire Foy, and the live-action Barbie movie.

Sony & Amy Pascal Developing Marvel Comic ‘Silk’, About Korean-American Superhero

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Do your thing Sony!

Get all that Spin off Spidey money you can get


Martha

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Wow, so if they use Tiffany Espensen for this movie the Spiderverse and MCU are officially connected.

 

[BXKingPin82]

told my girl and she already on some shyt.


i thought the Silk series was pretty nice tho.

 

[PikaDaDon]

Crazy how Amy Pascal still has a job after that Sony leak shyt. She's a piece of shyt. Why would anyone want to work with her?

 

[Norrin Radd]

Betting on it being animated to tie in with Into The Spider-Verse.

 

[gfunkfan]

Crazy how Amy Pascal still has a job after that Sony leak shyt. She's a piece of shyt. Why would anyone want to work with her?

I know right?
Didn't that bytch threw a sandwich at Kevin Fiege upon meeting him?

 

[Norrin Radd]

I know right?
Didn't that bytch threw a sandwich at Kevin Fiege upon meeting him?

The Lord forgiveth all

 

[Norrin Radd]

Silk Live-Action Marvel Series in the Works at Sony Pictures TV - Variety

Silk could soon be the next Marvel character to get her own TV series, Variety has learned from sources.

Variety has learned that Sony, which controls the rights to the Spider-Man universe, is developing a live-action series centered on Silk. Lauren Moon is in talks to write. Like Silk, Moon is Korean-American. Her past credits include the Freeform series “Good Trouble” and the Netflix series “Atypical.”

Phil Lord and Chris Miller are executive producing under their Lord Miller production banner along with former Sony Pictures Entertainment head Amy Pascal. Sony Pictures Television, where Lord Miller is under a rich overall deal, will produce. No network or streaming service is currently attached, but sources say Amazon is in talks to acquire the project, along with other potential Marvel series based on characters Sony controls.

Reps for Sony, Moon, Lord Miller, Pascal, and Amazon declined to comment.

It was reported in 2018 that Sony Pictures was in the early stages of development on a Silk standalone film. Later that same year, it was also reported that Sony was developing a female-led spinoff of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” that would potentially focus on Silk, Spider-Gwen, and Spider-Woman.

The character Silk’s real name is Cindy Moon, a Korean-American classmate of Peter Parker’s. She was first introduced in the comic books in “The Amazing Spider-Man #1” in 2014. Like Parker, she is bitten by a radioactive spider, which gives her the ability to move at incredible speed, shoot webs out of her fingertips, and possess an advanced Spider-Sense (known as Silk Sense). Tiffany Espensen played the character in the 2017 film “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” It is unknown at this time if she would star in the series.

Should the project move forward, which seems more than likely, it would be the latest in a growing line of Marvel live-action streaming shows. Netflix previously aired six such shows — “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” “Iron Fist,” the crossover series “The Defenders,” and “The Punisher.” Hulu also previously aired the Marvel series “The Runaways.” Other past Marvel live-action shows include “Cloak & Dagger” at Freeform and “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and “Agent Carter” at ABC.

Following the overwhelming success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe under Kevin Feige, he is now overseeing the expansion of Marvel’s TV presence with a series of Disney Plus shows built around MCU characters. First up will be “The Falcon and Winter Soldier,” followed by “WandaVision.” Others on deck include “Loki” and “Hawkeye.” Shows based on “Ms. Marvel,” “She-Hulk,” and “Moon Knight” are also in the works.

When Lord & Miller’s new overall deal with Sony was announced, it was reported that they would work with the studio to develop a suite of television series based on Sony’s Marvel characters, with Silk now being the first. The deal also allows the pair to develop their own projects for network, cable and streaming platforms, as well as develop and supervise other writers’ projects. The duo previously produced the Oscar-winning animated film “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” at Sony, for which Lord also wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay. Pascal was also a producer on that film.

 

[Ironman]

Spidey tapping into the Asian market

 

[parallax]

sony might as well make an into the spiderverse tv series at this point. youve got a fukkton of spiders and theyre not all gonna be able to be in the movies.

 

[humminbird]

this could be pretty good.
find a Korean director to make it feel like a unique Korean film
mix some of the wider spider elements maybe introduce Madame Web
Have silk fight a weaker version of the spider-verse comic villain
could be good

 

[Uno]

Don't the Chinese hate Koreans?

 

[trick]

Don't the Chinese hate Koreans?

Not at all, the Chinese consume a ton of Korean media.

 

[BXKingPin82]