It’s strange to think that there was a time when Marvel was in financial trouble. But this was the case back in 1996, when the company filed for bankruptcy and sold off the movie rights to some its most valuable assets. Among them was the jewel in its superhero crown–Spider-Man– sold to Sony Pictures.
While this was in an era before superhero movies were box office titans, within a few years, Sony had its first Spider-Man movie in production. The film, released in 2002 and directed by Sam Raimi, was a box office success, and was followed by two successful sequels. By the end of the decade Marvel had launched its own hugely popular superhero universe, but there was still one thing missing–everyone’s favourite wallcrawler.
This all changed after the commercial disappointment of 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the second film in Sony’s new run of Spidey films. Plans for further spin-offs and sequels were abandoned, and a 2015 deal with Marvel parent company Disney ensured that Spider-Man could now feature in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
But just because Sony didn’t have live-action Spidey for a few years, it didn’t mean it had to stop making Spider-Man related films. That original 1996 deal wasn’t just for one character–it included hundreds of heroes and villains from decades of Spider-Man comic books. In 2017 Sony announced that it planned to make a movie based on Venom, the fan-favorite alien symbiote that previously appeared in Raimi’s Spider-Man 3. While there may have been some fans who wondered if a Venom movie without Spider-man could work, the $856 million worldwide box office gross proved that it definitely could.
Venom was followed by Spider-Man: Enter the Spider-Verse, an animated film that was both a huge commercial and critical success, as well as the winner of 2019’s Best Animated Movie Oscar. As a result, Sony has started development on a variety of Spider-man related movies and TV shows. It can be hard to keep track of exactly what is in the works, so we’ve rounded up all the announced and reported projects have been announced so far. Of course, not all these will necessarily happen–there have already been a couple of previously reported movies that have been cancelled or changed into different projects. But it’s very likely we’ll be watching films in the Spider-verse for many years to come.
Synopsis: Oh Jun-u wakes up and finds a note from his mom that says his family went on vacation without him. He turns on the TV and the news anchor says that an outbreak is spreading nationwide, with the infected showing signs of cannibalism. Suddenly wifi is disconnected and what Jun-u can only hear is his father’s message that he must stay alive. The world goes crazy and everything is destroyed by the zombies. After more than 15 days without any social connection, Jun-u notices a laser beam coming from outside of his balcony window. Kim Yu-bin who lives on the other side of the apartment complex is the one with the laser pointer. They try to communicate using hand signals, determined to find ways to escape from an apartment complex which is now full of zombies.
Synopsis: Two years after defeating a satanic cult led by his babysitter Bee, Cole continues to be haunted by the horrific events of that night. Everyone in his life thinks he has lost his mind since Bee and all of her friends disappeared, making Cole’s story hard to believe. He is still hopelessly smitten with his best friend and next-door neighbor Melanie – the only one who believes his story – who convinces him to forget the past and come to a party thrown at a nearby lake. But when old enemies unexpectedly return, Cole will once again have to outsmart the forces of evil and survive the night.
Synopsis: After an accident leaves him confined to a wheelchair and wallowing in depression unable to face his new life, Angel decides to channel his rage, getting even with those who, in his eyes, has betrayed him. Particularly the woman who left him when he needed her the most.
Synopsis: While visiting her fiancé’s mother in southern Italy, a woman must fight the mysterious and malevolent curse intent on claiming her daughter.
Synopsis: A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from a band of vampires.
Synopsis: Hubie Dubois (Adam Sandler) thanklessly spends every Halloween making sure the residents of his hometown, Salem, celebrate safely and play by the rules. But this year, an escaped criminal and a mysterious new neighbor have Hubie on high alert. When people start disappearing, it’s up to Hubie to convince the police (Kevin James, Kenan Thompson) and townsfolk that the monsters are real, and only he can stop them. Hubie Halloween is a hilarious family film about an unlikely hero with an all-star cast including Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta, Noah Schnapp, Steve Buscemi, and Maya Rudolph, produced by Happy Madison.
Synopsis: When high school freshman Kelly Ferguson (Tamara Smart) reluctantly agrees to babysit Jacob Zellman (Ian Ho) on Halloween, the last thing she expects is to be recruited into an international secret society of babysitters who protect kids with special powers from monsters. To keep Jacob safe from harm, Kelly teams with no-nonsense chapter Vice President Liz Lerue (Oona Laurence), tech genius Berna Vincent (Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson), creature expert Cassie Zhen (Lynn Masako Cheng), and potions master Curtis Critter (Ty Consiglio) to defeat a Boogeyman known as “The Grand Guignol” (Tom Felton), a glamorous witch named “Peggy Drood” (Indya Moore) and their legion of mysterious monsters. Based on the first installment of Joe Ballarini’s popular scary book series of the same name, A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting is directed by Rachel Talalay, produced by Ivan Reitman and Amie Karp, with Naia Cucukov, Tom Pollock, and Ilona Herzberg executive producing. Alessio Scalzotto, Tamsen McDonough, Ashton Arbab, Crystal Balint, and Ricky He also co-stars in this action-packed adventure about working together to overcome your fears.
Synopsis: After a whirlwind romance in Monte Carlo with handsome widower Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), a newly married young woman (Lily James) arrives at Manderley, her new husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English coast. Naive and inexperienced, she begins to settle into the trappings of her new life but finds herself battling the shadow of Maxim’s first wife, the elegant and urbane Rebecca, whose haunting legacy is kept alive by Manderley’s sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Kristin Scott Thomas). Directed by Ben Wheatley (High Rise, Free Fire) and produced by Working Title Films (Emma, Darkest Hour), REBECCA is a mesmerizing and gorgeously rendered psychological thriller based on Daphne du Maurier’s beloved 1938 gothic novel.
Synopsis: Cadaver is a Norwegian psychological horror film that takes us on a journey where humanity is being put to a test and stars among others Gitte Witt, Thorbjørn Harr, Thomas Gullestad) and Kingsford Siayor. In the starving aftermath of a nuclear disaster, Leonora (Gitte Witt), Jacob (Thomas Gullestad), and their daughter Alice (Tuva Olivia Remman) are on the edge of survival. One day, the local hotel invites survivors to attend a theatre play, with a meal included, as a charitable effort to help those in need. Left with no choice, the family of three decide to go to the hotel, where the director, Mathias (Thorbjørn Harr), introduces the entire hotel as the stage. Attendees are given masks to help separate them from actors, but the play takes an eerie turn when audience members start to disappear. The line between reality and theatre quickly gets blurred, until Alice disappears in front of Leo and Jacob, and there’s no longer room for doubt: Something is very wrong with Mathias’ hotel.
Synopsis: Addicted to technology, a group of teens attends a rehabilitation camp in the forest, but a sinister force there intends to take them offline forever. From 1-2-3 Production.
Synopsis: After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggles to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
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