Sony Pictures Is Reportedly Developing a SPIDER-WOMAN Solo Film
Just yesterday we learned that Sony Pictures set a release date for a new Marvel movie they were developing. Now today we are learning that the studio is currently planning a Spider-Woman solo film.
The news comes from Daniel Richtman via his Patreon, and if this rumor turns out to be true, I’d be happy to see happen! I like Jessica Drew, a.k.a. Spider-Woman, and there could be a really cool film that focuses on her. I think a film like this was bound to happen.
There is something interesting about this character as the rights to her are shared between Marvel and Sony. Marvel can use Jessica Drew in the MCU as a secret agent, but they can’t use the Spider-Woman name, any of her spider powers, or the Spider-Woman suit. Then, of course, there’s Sony, who is free to use Spider-Woman however they want.
In the comics, Jessica Drew was genetically enhanced and given super-powers by HYDRA, and she became an assassin as Spider-Woman. She later reformed and became a SHIELD agent and was also once a member of the Avengers and an Agent of SWORD.
If you’re not familiar with the character, here’s a description of what she is capable of:
As a result of a combination of a special serum derived from spider blood and a certain radiation treatment, Jessica possesses a number of superhuman powers. She has superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, agility, endurance and durability. As well as possessing the ability to focus the bioelectric energy that her body generates into "venom blasts" sufficient to stun or kill normal humans and adhere to almost any surface by excreting an unknown adhesive substance from her palms and soles. Jessica rapidly forms an immunity to all poisons and drugs and is totally immune to radiation. Her body also exudes a high concentration of pheromones which elicit pleasure in most human males while eliciting fear in most females, though she often uses a chemical "perfume" that can nullify this effect. She has also demonstrated superhuman senses in her solo series. Jessica has lost and regained her powers more than once, but she has recently emerged with her powers restored greater than ever.
In addition to her powers, Jessica is also a superb hand to hand fighter and has trained in several styles of combat, including boxing, judo, karate, and capoeira, which she learned under the training of the Taskmaster. She has also had training in fencing and the use of many other weapons, including most firearms. Jessica was trained by HYDRA and later on by SHIELD in covert operations, stealth, espionage, and information gathering, and she is also a superb athlete. She speaks several foreign languages, including Korean, Russian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German. Jessica also received vocational training in undercover detective work and sometimes carried a Walther PPK handgun.
Would you be up for a Spider-Woman movie?