Back in 2019, after the success of their animated movie “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse,” Phil Lord and Chris Miller signed an enormous take care of Sony to develop a collection of recent “Spider-Man” TV tasks. The first of these, “Silk,” was introduced in September 2020, however issues quickly fell silent on the collection. That is, till now. Deadline studies that “Silk: Spider Society” is coming quickly, with MGM+ and Amazon Prime Video ordering the collection.
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“Silk Society” facilities on Cindy Moon, a Korean-American lady bitten by the identical spider that bit Peter Parker. As she discovers her newfound superpowers, she searches for her misplaced household and dons her new moniker, Silk. Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos created the unique Silk character within the Marvel comics. Tiffany Espensen performs the character within the MCU.
MGM+, the community previously referred to as Epix, relaunches beneath its new title in January, and has the primary US window for the collection. Afterward, Prime Video will air it within the US. Amazon’s streamer may also air the collection internationally. As a part of the brand new multiyear deal in place with Amazon Studios for the animated collection, “The Walking Dead” showrunner Angela Kang will lead the present. She replaces “Watchmen” government producer Tom Spezialy, who was beforehand introduced as showrunner in September 2020.
Miller and Ford sang Kang’s praises in a press assertion in regards to the upcoming present. “Angela is a pro’s pro whose perspective and creativity we greatly respect and admire,” mentioned the duo. “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.”
Kang nonetheless has “The Walking Dead” spinoff on Daryl to work on, however she’s enthusiastic about transferring onto “Silk” after so a few years on the AMC staple present. “I’m beyond thrilled to be joining the Amazon Studios family for this next chapter of my career,” mentioned Kang in a press release. “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 into my first challenge – bringing Korean-American superhero Silk to life on screen.”
For Spidey followers, this information is an enormous deal, nevertheless it additionally makes one surprise simply what number of “Spider-Man” exhibits are on the horizon by way of Sony, Amazon Studios, and MGM+. Sony’s Spidey-Verse is getting lots larger very quickly, with “Kraven The Hunter” hitting theaters subsequent yr, adopted by “Madame Web,” “El Muerto,” and the newly introduced “Venom 3.” That doesn’t contact upon Olivia Wilde‘s untitled project that likely involves Spider-Woman, which may or may not be happening. The complicated deal Lord And Miller finalized for animated projects and “Silk” involves some 900 characters; that’s a whole lot of content material. Is it arguably an excessive amount of?
Hey, no less than “Silk: Spider Society” is lastly on the way in which, although. With any luck, extra information on this collection quickly.