Previously, Prime Video announced plans for a Silk: Spider Society TV series from Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, and Christopher Miller back in in September 2020.
Pascal, Lord and Miller are serving as executive producers with The Walking Dead's Angela Kang set to serve as showrunner.
However, work on the production halted due to the WGA strike but with the strike recently ending back in September, the writer's guild was calling on Amazon to restart the show's writer's room per the terms of the strike resolution agreement.
The writers tied to the show are contractually prevented from seeking work elsewhere. And having been out of work for the duration of the strike, they were eager to return to the show and continue receiving their salaries.
When Amazon failed to promptly restart the writer's room for Silk, the WGA threatened legal action. In a strongly worded letter, the WGA stated:
WGAW has notified Amazon Studios that their failure to recommence a number of writing rooms after the strike is a violation of the Strike Termination Agreement (STA) between the WGA and AMPTP and Article 7 of the MBA. Studios are obligated to return writers to work “upon termination of the strike,” and writers’ Personal Services Agreements were extended for a period equal to the portion of the contract term that elapsed during the strike.
The Guild will bring legal action against Amazon and any other studio that violates the STA to recover compensation, interest on late payments, and benefit contributions due as a result of the delay.
Now, Deadline is reporting that Amazon will look to officially give the Silk writing team the greenlight to resume work in mid to late January.
Deadline is reporting that Amazon is currently evaluating the scripts that Angela Kang and her team completed prior to the strike. Naturally, the unspoken concern for this portion of Deadline's report is that Prime Video could make big changes based on the outcome of their evaluation.
Cindy Moon aka Silk initially appeared in Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos' The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (April 2014) . Moon, a Korean-American, was bitten by the same radioactive spider that bit Peter Parker, per the series.
Unlike Peter Parker, however, Moon was imprisoned in a research center by Ezekiel, a fictitious villain who just so happens to be the principal antagonist in the upcoming Madame Web film, portrayed by Tahar Rahim.
Given the character's connection to Ezekiel, the possibility that the project will be linked to Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) seems highly likely. The SSU presently includes Venom, Kraven the Hunter, Morbius, and Madame Web. There is also a Silver Sable film in the works along with a Spider-Man: Noir TV series.
Recently, there have been reports that Sony is looking to connect the SSU to the MCU through the typical multiversal procedural trappings.