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From Sinister Six to Silk: A List of Sony’s Unmade Spider-Man Universe Spinoffs

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Story by Cameron Bonomolo
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Uncovering the untold tales of Sony's ambitious but ill-fated plan to build a cinematic universe around Spider-Man's supporting cast and villains.
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  • Sony was so confident in Spider-Man's potential that they turned down a $25 million offer to buy Marvel's entire movie rights catalog, snagging just the web-slinger for $7 million back in 1999.
  • From the never-realized Sinister Six to the recently scrapped Silk TV series, Sony's Spider-Man Universe has been a rollercoaster of ambitious plans and high-profile flops, leaving fans to wonder if the studio will ever get its cinematic web-spinning on track.
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Cameron Bonomolo, John Calley, Sam Raimi, Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Paul Giamatti, Doug Belgrad, Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Jeff Pinkner, Ed Solomon, Drew Goddard, Marc Guggenheim, Roberto Orci, Olivia Wilde, Rachel O'Connor, Bad Bunny, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Donald Glover, Myles Murphy, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Angela Kang, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Nicolas Cage, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Christopher Abbott, Alessandro Nivola, Russell Crowe, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Marvel Studios, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Columbia Pictures, Disney, Netflix, MGM+, Amazon Prime Video, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Sinister Six, Venom, Nightwatch, Jackpot, Hypno-Hustler, Silver & Black, Silk: Spider-Society, Spider-Noir, Kraven the Hunter
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