The "Sony Hack" continues to produce tantalizing behind-the-scenes information regarding Sony's
Spider-Man franchise. The latest emails to leak online involve
Spider-Man film producer
Matt Tolmach,
Sony Pictures Entertainment chief Amy Pascal and Columbia Pictures president of production Michael De Luca. In it, Pascal informs De Luca that Tolmach would like to introduce
Venom into the
Spider-Man franchise, but doesn't think the character could support a film on his own. He would rather introduce Venom in the
Sinister Six film. And that film will feature Spidey teaming up with the Sinister Six to take down an even bigger threat. Who could be more dangerous than the Sinister Six? Tolmach would like the main villain to be either
Carnage or Venom. If it is the latter, Spider-Man will wear his
black suit in the film. He'll remove it when he can't handle being teased about the look by members of the
Sinister Six. I kid you not. And of course, whoever finds Spidey's discarded suit will then become ...
VENOM!
By the way, kudos to
Badass Digest for accurately reporting most of this information near the beginning of October, a week
before this leaked email was produced.
In the follow up email, De Luca explained to Pascal all of the options their
Spider-Man franchise had in front of them at that time. He brings up the previously-confirmed deal
Marvel Studios offered Sony, which would allow Spider-Man to join the
Marvel cinematic universe. To be more specific, Spider-Man would make a
cameo in
Captain America: Civil War. If the deal was agreed upon, De Luca reports that
Marvel would introduce A BRAND NEW SPIDER-MAN. See you later,
Andrew Garfield. De Luca seems gung-ho about the cameo. He thinks it could spark new interest in Spidey. Fans would look forward to Spidey's next film without Sony having to make a
Sinister Six film just to put fannies in the seats. Either way, De Luca would be happy with whatever direction Marvel president Kevin Feige chose for the Webhead.
That's all based on the deal with Marvel actually happening, but as of right now we know it hasn't, and De Luca addressed that grim possibility as well. Wisely, De Luca proposed
another Spider-Man reboot, but this time, it won't spend a lot of its time on Spidey's origin or his parents like
The Amazing Spider-Man films did. De Luca also thinks Venom, Carnage and Hobgoblin would be nice additions to a reboot. He especially likes
Ultimate Venom because his suit isn't formed from an alien symbiote. He'd like to explore the modern
Spider-Man comic book stories written by Michael Bendis, Michael Strascynski and Brain K. Vaughn.
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