Despite rumors to the contrary, Sony Pictures' live-action Silk series is still moving forward at Amazon, and the Spider-Man spin-off has now enlisted a new showrunner.
According to THR, The Walking Dead's Angela Kang has been brought on to oversee Silk: Spider Society, "the first in an expected slate of Marvel TV series based on the Sony Pictures universe that features more than 900 characters."
Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) are still on board as executive producers. The show is expected to air domestically on MGM+ before moving to Prime Video.
“I’m beyond thrilled to be joining the Amazon Studios family for this next chapter of my career,” Kang said. “I look forward to working with the executive team on diverse, character-forward, watercooler shows for a global audience and am so excited to dive in to my first challenge — bringing Korean-American superhero Silk to life on screen.”
“Angela is a pro’s pro whose perspective and creativity we greatly respect and admire. She’s also a hell of a lot of fun. She loves these characters and we feel really lucky for the chance to work with her to bring Cindy Moon’s story to the world,” added Lord and Miller in a joint statement.
According to a previously-released character breakdown, Cindy Moon, aka Silk, is "a kid from Queens who is on her own for the first time. Although she’s a total beginner in law enforcement and fighting crime, she is said to love the feeling of beating up criminals to let her frustrations out, and has an affinity for ‘80s and ‘90s pop culture."
In the comics, Moon was a classmate of Peter Parker’s, first introduced in the pages of The Amazing Spider-Man #1 back in 2014. After being bitten by a radioactive spider, she gained similar arachnid-based abilities and took the superhero mantle of Silk. Tiffany Espensen actually appeared as the character in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
"Multiple" other shows are planned, but we have no idea which other Spidey-related characters they'll focus on. Stay tuned for updates.