Spike Lee To Helm Spider-Man Spinoff "Nightwatch"

[Norrin Radd]

Spike Lee & Luke Cage Creator Developing Nightwatch Movie?

Spike Lee is reportedly set to direct the Spider-Man spinoff movie Nightwatch for Sony, based on a script that Cheo Hodari Coker is writing. The rumor that Sony was looking at Lee to helm a Nightwatch solo film first started making the rounds last September. That was also the first time there was any real discussion about a Nighwatch movie happening in the first place.

Sony is currently developing a slate of movies based on antiheroes and/or supporting characters from the Spider-Man comic books. The Tom Hardy-headlined Venom will be the first out of the gate this fall, and already has a teaser trailerto prove it. Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Silver Sable and Black Cat film Silver & Black is the only other Spider-Man spinoff besides Venom that has an official release date at the moment. Now, just a few weeks after reports emerged claiming that Silver & Black‘s production has been indefinitely delayed (but not canceled), it seems that Nightwatch is picking up speed on its way down the pipeline.

That Hashtag Show is reporting that Lee has been formally attached to direct Nightwatch from a screenplay by Coker, rather than the project’s previously-reported writer Edward Ricourt (Now You See Me). The site also reports that Sony Executive Vice President Palak Patel is overseeing the film’s development, but does not specify if Coker is drawing from the earlier script draft penned by Ricourt or starting afresh with his own screenplay.

Marvel Comics introduced the Nighwatch property in the 1990s, after the titular character made their printed page debut in 1993’s Web of Spider-Man #97. The series follows sometime villain, sometime antihero Dr. Kevin Trench, a physician who witnesses a costumed superhero being killed in battle… only to discover that the man is a futuristic version of himself. Nightwatch’s supersuit includes a variety of bells and whistles that include a cape that responds to his subconscious thoughts, as well as technology that boosts his strength and endurance, and allows his costume to be self-repairing.

Coker made a name for himself when he launched Marvel’s Luke Cage on Netflix two years ago, and he has since moved on to cowrite the upcoming Creed 2. The writer/producer has shown a knack for smoothly mixing genre tropes and sociopolitical commentary, making the prospect of him teaming up with Lee on Nighwatch a promising one. Nightwatch itself is similarly an intriguing sci-fi addition to Sony’s growing Spider-Man spinoff collection, to go with the body horror driven Venom, buddy adventure Silver & Black, and supernatural horror flick Morbius the Living Vampire, among other projects.

 

[Jax]

I have no idea who Nightwatch is but

 

[CHICAGO]

I ASSUME THIS A NEGRO CHARACTER?

BLACK PANTHER GONNA GET A LOT OF shyt GREEN LIT.



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[Take It In Blood]

Why does this nikka look like Spawn?





but props for Coogler for making a billie and opening the door for both black superheros and black directors do to their thing, and props to Spike for opening the door for ppl like Coogler in the first place

 

[MartyMcFly]

It's spider-man related and he's black so yeah I'm down

 

[Mr. McDowell]

Cheo is not the best writer though. Wish they got a better black writer for this.

 

[CHICAGO]

Why does this nikka look like Spawn?





but props for Coogler for making a billie and opening the door for both black superheros and black directors do to their thing, and props to Spike for opening the door for ppl like Coogler in the first place

HE DEBUTED 9 MONTHS AFTER SPAWN.

MARVEL PULLED A fukk MOVE
ON A LESSER KNOWN COMPANY.



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[MartyMcFly]

HE DEBUTED 9 MONTHS AFTER SPAWN.

MARVEL PULLED A fukk MOVE
ON A LESSER KNOWN COMPANY.



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Homie if you do the history on Marvel, you'll see their fukk moves are the reason Image exists now. This is just one of them

 

[Starman]

HE DEBUTED 9 MONTHS AFTER SPAWN.

MARVEL PULLED A fukk MOVE
ON A LESSER KNOWN COMPANY.



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I like Marvel, but this is some bullshyt!

 

[ZEB WALTON]

Spawn rip off. fukk outta here. Sony is a lost cause

 

[MartyMcFly]

I like Marvel, but this is some bullshyt!

Image Comics - Wikipedia
Whole reason Image started is because of stuff like this. They wouldn't pay guys like Jim Lee and McFarlane what they felt they were owed, and copied their characters and styles. So they said fukk it and started their own thing.

 

[Grifter]

I'd rather have a Prowler spinoff.

 

[Ol’Otis]

Should’ve chose another black director

Spike and extra like long ass movies

 

[parallax]

HE DEBUTED 9 MONTHS AFTER SPAWN.

MARVEL PULLED A fukk MOVE
ON A LESSER KNOWN COMPANY.



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Considering images line up at the time, they really couldnt say shyt

 

[mr x]