Sony's SILK: SPIDER SOCIETY Series Has Been Put on Hold
Sony’s upcoming Marvel series project Silk: Spider Society has reportedly been put on hold. This is a series that I’ve actually been excited about because Silk is a cool Spider-Man and it’s being produced by Phil Lord and Chris Miller.
According to a report from The Ankler, Amazon Studios is being threatened with a lawsuit, after the studio continued to put shows "on ice" following the end of the Writers Guild of America strike earlier this fall. Silk: Spider Society is said to be one of several shows that the studio has continued to pause work on. There may be other behind-the-scenes issues going on with the project as well, but it will eventually get made.
A previous report from TVLine says that the live-action Silk series was definitely still in the works. It’s being developed by The Walking Dead's Angela Kang who is set to write, produce, and showrun Silk: Spider Society. As of right now, there are no casting details and it doesn’t even have a release date.
Silk: Spider Society series will tell the story if follow Cindy Moon, who has previously been described in casting descriptions for the series as a Korean-American between 19 and 29 years old who is a kid from Queens who is on her own for the first time. Although she's a total beginner in law enforcement and fighting crime, she is said to love the feeling of beating up criminals to let her frustrations out, and has an affinity for '80s and '90s pop culture. She also struggles with her identity and heritage, but she tries to focus on her family, friends, and relationships.
Amazon’s Katherine Pope previously said in an interview: "It's a huge focus certainly for all of us here, and for me in particular. I was already a fan of Angela Kang, so I'm really, really excited to be working with her on Silk. She's just brilliant and a total pro. This is also an example of working really closely with Tom Rothman and Sanford Panitch, and the motion picture group, to make sure that we are in lockstep with them and also executing at the same level. They've done such an incredible job with that franchise, so we want to make sure we're executing at that level."
Lord and Miller also previously said in a joint statement: "We are so grateful to everyone at Sony Pictures Television for choosing to partner with us and expand our enduring relationship with the studio. Together we aim to make groundbreaking work of the highest quality and integrity, and to place that work in convenient proximity to your eyeballs and earholes, wherever you may be."
I’ve got high hopes for this Sill series and I hope the creative team delivers a great story and an awesome show!