Sony Developing Live-Action Spider-Man Spin-Off Silk

Sony is in the process of developing a live action Spider-Man spin-off film focusing on the Marvel Comics character Silk. The Wrap reports that Amy Pascal is producing the film, which will be a part of Sony’s Marvel-licensed character universe along with Venom, Silver and Black and Nightwatch. That means it will not be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.S

Silk was created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos and first appeared in 2014’s Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 3) #1. Cindy Moon is a Korean-American who was bit by the same radioactive spider that bit Peter Parker. Cindy gained similar powers as Spider-Man, including organic webbing that first manifested when she accidentally webbed up her parents. A man named Ezekiel Sims came and trained her in the use of her powers, until he discovered she was being tracked by a being named Morlun who hunts people who possess “totemic power” of the Spider Totem. Ezekiel then locked her in a bunker where she was protected from Morlun, only to have her emerge thirteen years later and encounter Peter who had become Spider-Man.

Since then, Silk has become a major part of the “Spider-Verse” family the of Marvel Comics universe, playing a big role in events like Spider-Verse and Secret Wars, appearing in Spider-Gwen as well as starring in her own book for a while.