Is a new Spider-Verse heroine turning to the dark side courtesy a classic Spider-Man femme fatale
Marvel announced Silk will return with a new volume this Fall and fall in with Black Cat.
After a decade in an isolated bunker Cindy Moon is on a mission to find her missing family members. When Robbie Thompson and Stacey Lee launch Silk with a new number one, Cindy meets Felicia Hardy.
Here’s a quick recap: Spidey will first appear in a Marvel Universe film. Sony will then release a new Spider-Man movie July 28, 2017 co-produced by Marvel Studios Kevin Feige and his team with Amy Pascal, who has overseen the Spider-Man franchise since 1999.
Sony and Marvel will collaborate on a “new direction” for Spidey.
Marvel and Sony are “exploring opportunities to integrate Marvel Comics Universe characters into future Spider-Man films.”
Sony is looking to “go back to Spidey’s roots and put the character back in high school” which would mean a new actor in the role according to Variety. The report claims Sony is moving ahead with a spinoff starring the Sinister Six and film that features a female hero from the Spider-Verse.
Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do #2 courtesy Marvel
Sony is looking at launching a female superhero movie in 2017 according to Deadline. The studio controls the Spider-Man films rights. Sinister Six hits 2016. The Amazing Spider-Man 3 was moved to 2018.
Lisa Joy Nolan has been tapped to write a script with Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach producing according to the report.
The web of Spider-Man is getting bigger as Sony bets on the webslinger’s universe of villains.
“We are expanding the ‘Spider-Man’ universe into ‘The Sinister Six’ and ‘Venom,’ so that we have ‘Spider-Man’ movies every year,” says Sony co-chair Amy Pascal in a new Variety story.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 opens May 2nd. Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) takes on Electro, Rhino but Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan) will transform into the Green Goblin and not to mention Harry Osborn (Chris Cooper) may or may not an off-camera nemesis. B.J. Novak has been revealed as Alistair Smythe, creator of the Spider-Slayer robots. The trailer clearly shows some hardware from classic Spidey villains like Doc Ock and Vulture in the vaults of Oscorp. Continue reading AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Movie Universe
2014 will be superstar year for comic book and sci-fi fans with Marvel movies, a new Doctor Who, The Walking Dead returns and Godzilla’s comeback!
But a geek can dream – here’s what I hope to see or announced in 2014.
1. All New Cast for X-Men: Apocalypse!
Bryan Singer revealed he’s on board for 2016 film set to star the First Class cast. After the time twisting elements of X-Men: Days of Future Past – it’s a perfect opportunity for Professor Xavier (James McAvoy) to start over and discover a young Cyclops, Jean, Storm and even the impossible task of recasting a wild loner named Logan!
Wolverine #11 courtesy Marvel
2. Hugh Jackman in Wolverine and Kitty Pryde.
I know I’m countering my previous wish but if Hugh Jackman and director James Mangold return for a solo Wolverine movie I hope it’s based in part on this other classic tale by Chris Claremont set in Japan. Ellen Page as Kitty could join Jackman in this supernatural tale of family, honor and demons.
3. Daniel Craig returns as James Bond 007 in SPECTRE!
Don’t “Khan” it! Producers have the rights to bring back the classic S.P.E.C.T.R.E. and their sinister leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, back to the big screen for the first time since the Sean Connery era! I want to see Craig’s Bond kill and seduced his way up the S.P.E.C.T.R.E. food chain until a final showdown with the bald, bad criminal genius with a fondness for white kitties.
4. Fantastic Four teaser in X-Men: Days of Future Past!
I think Fox’s Marvel movie team (including Mark Millar) have a “Fantastic” teaser moment in the post-credits sequence for us! How about Dr. McCoy calling on a young Reed Richards in class or Logan and Ben Grimm sharing a brew?
The Massive #1 courtesy Dark Horse Comics
5. The Massive will become a movie or television series!
Brad Pitt as sniper/professional soldier turned conservationist Callum Israel and executive producing a big-screen version of Brian Wood’s epic series of pacifist environmentalists now fighting for survival and searching for their sister ship in a post-apocalyptic world. With Naomi Campbell as Mary, Callum’s tough devoted lover and Dwayne Johnson as Mag, Callum’s fellow soldier turned activist.
6. Rian Johnson
The director of Looper should be up for any superhero movie he wants! How about Doctor Strange?
7. Lex Luthor in Superman vs. Batman!
Enough speculation – let’s have the charming but ruthless genius/C.E.O. manipulate the conflict between the DC titans but in a sequel having him fitted for a Lexcorp Battlesuit!
courtesy BBC and Facebook/DoctorWho
8. Doctor Who, Agent of ?
I’d like to see the Twelfth Doctor (Peter Capaldi) forced to an agent of a greater power. I always enjoyed when the Time Lords forced the Third and Fourth Doctor to go on missions for them. My first Doctor Who arc was Tom Baker on a quest for The Key to Time by the White Guardian. The Time Lords forced Baker’s Who to investigate the Genesis of the Daleks. Capaldi reminds me of Jon Pertwee, who was a UNIT scientific adviser. I liked seeing the anti-authority rebel Doctor sometimes forced to work at the whim of a higher authority.
9. Spacey cameos in Guardians of the Galaxy!
The Collector, The Nova Corps and Ronan the Accuser will appear in the big screen adventure based on Marvel’s space faring team. I’m sure if Ronan is a villain then we’ll see the Supreme Intelligence or Yon-Rogg, the Kree officer connected to the transformation of Carol Danvers into Ms. Marvel – now known as Captain Marvel.
Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do #2 courtesy Marvel.com
10. Black Cat in Amazing Spider-Man 2! Sony is spinning spinoffs starring Venom and the Sinister Six but have about Peter Parker’s femme fatale? There are some reports Felicity Jones will play Felicia Hardy – the cat burglar anti-heroine.
11. Misty Knight and Colleen Wing in Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Jessica Jones.
The tough private detectives (Knight Wing Restorations) aka the Daughters of the Dragon are integral players in the world of Murdock, Cage, Rand and Jones. Misty and Danny Rand always made one hot couple.
12. Steranko in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Stan Lee deserves every cameo he wants but how about giving the legendary Jim Steranko a role in the ABC series or flashback arc that salutes the groundbreaking Steranko era of Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
13. Fatale The hit horror/crime noir Image series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips would be a smash and (would have to be on HBO, Showtime, Cinemax.) Josephine is cursed and so is every man who falls in love with her as she runs through the decades from demonic forces and killer cults.
Black Widow and The Winter Soldier from the cover of Captain America and Bucky #624 courtesy Marvel.com
14. Captain America: The Winter Soldier
This is THE story that made be love Steve Rogers all over again. Ed Brubaker’s epic take on the Star-Spangled Avenger and his resurrected best friend is one of my all-time favorite comic book storylines. I hope this sequel is such a smash that we see a Winter Soldier/Black Widow movie based on Brubaker’s spinoff series.
There you have it – my 14 geek wishes I hope to see or have announced in 2014. What’s on your wish list? Comment below or join the conversation on Facebook or Twitter @comicsblend and check out our Best of 2013 recaps.
Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do #2 courtesy Marvel.com
Speculation is fun but sometimes Hollywood confessions make you ponder what might have been. Case in point: Imagine Anne Hathaway as Felicia Hardy aka Black Cat! Director Sam Raimi tells Vulture he wanted the now Oscar winner to play the femme fatale in Spider-Man 4 and about how his fourth Spidey film didn’t happen.
“It really was the most amicable and undramatic of breakups: It was simply that we had a deadline and I couldn’t get the story to work on a level that I wanted it to work. I was very unhappy with Spider-Man 3, and I wanted to make Spider-Man 4 to end on a very high note, the best Spider-Man of them all. But I couldn’t get the script together in time, due to my own failings, and I said to Sony, “I don’t want to make a movie Continue reading Anne Hathaway Would Have Been Black Cat in Spidey 4
When I think of a perfect union of artist and character I think of Terry Dodson and Black Cat. The Spider-Man femme fatale claws her way into a different kind of book this week. Black Cat graces the cover of Defenders #7. Matt Fraction sends Doctor Strange and his team to Wakanda which means the Black Panther (the Fantastic Four are currently having an adventure there too.)
I love every female character Dodson draws (I have a framed poster of the X-women from Uncanny X-Men #500 autographed by Terry and Rachel Dodson) but there is something about his Black Cat. Terry and Rachel Dodson are killing with The Defenders. Fraction has been taking the non-team and readers through the Marvel Universe from Wundagore to Atlantis and now into Wakanda.
Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do #2 courtesy Marvel.com
The issue teases that Black Cat will get the offer of a lifetime. For a modern-day classic check out Spider-Man/Black Cat: The Evil That Men Do limited series by Kevin Smith and the Dodsons.
Here’s hoping the Black Cat may steal Sony and director Marc Webb’s heart. I’d love to see Felicia Hardy appear in a Spider-Man movie in the future.
