Earlier this week, we learned of plans for Noir, a new Spider-Man TV series coming to Amazon's Prime Video. While it's still early days, the project will see Nicolas Cage suit up after first playing the title character in 2018's animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
There was no mention of Silk: Spider Society during Amazon's Upfronts earlier this week and, yesterday evening, we learned that the streamer has scrapped plans for the series.
The Hollywood Reporter has since chimed in, confirming that Phil Lord and Chris Miller remain attached to Sony's small screen Spider-Verse. The filmmakers "were handed control of the studio’s Marvel slate" as part of a deal first made with the studio in 2019.
"Plans for the interconnected Marvel slate of Sony shows remains in place, sources say, though only Noir will be part of that now unless another buyer for Silk emerges," the trade adds.
The trade goes so far as to suggest Sony could even shop Silk to Disney, presumably meaning it would be developed for Disney+ and potentially set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. We'd recommend against getting too excited about that possibility, though.
Deadline reiterates the possibility of Silk: Spider Society getting a second chance elsewhere explaining the rights have "[reverted] back to lead studio Sony Pictures Television, which is looking to shop the series to other buyers."
It was previously reported that this version of Silk spent [time] abroad doing field research in remote isolation before returning home to discover her family had disappeared. Her main motivation will be to find them, while also dealing with her over-developed sense of empathy that forces her to strongly feel the emotions of everyone around her.
Silk, also known as Cindy Moon, was created by writer Dan Slott and artist Humberto Ramos and first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3, #1 in April 2014.
She was introduced as a classmate of Peter Parker who was bitten by the same radioactive spider that gave Spider-Man his powers. However, unlike Peter, Cindy was immediately taken by Ezekiel Sims (a man who also gained spider-like abilities from the same spider) and locked away in a bunker for years to protect her from the villainous Morlun, who had been hunting down individuals with powers similar to Peter's.
Years later, during the "Original Sin" storyline, Spider-Man discovers Cindy and frees her from her captivity, leading to Cindy become the web-slinging Silk. She and Peter had a brief romance, but the less said about that particular creative decision, the better.
Stay tuned for updates on Silk as we have them.