Spider-Lady: Olivia Wilde Mentioned to Direct Marvel Film for Sony Footage

Olivia Wilde has reportedly signed on to direct a female-centric Marvel film for Sony Footage, with the character almost definitely — however not confirmed — to be Spider-Lady. Wilde is alleged to “fully revamp” the idea and therefore, it is unclear which Spider-Lady character — amongst Jessica Drew, Julia Carpenter, Mary Jane Watson, or Gwen Stacy — she’s going to land on for her film, if any. Finest identified for guiding the coming-of-age comedy Booksmart, Wilde will work off a script by the film’s co-writer Katie Silberman. Amy Pascal is ready to be the producer, with Rachel O’Connor as government producer.

Deadline was first to deliver phrase of Wilde becoming a member of Sony’s Marvel universe with a film on a feminine character, and famous that it was “anticipated” to be Spider-Lady. Selection confirmed Wilde’s franchise-joining shortly after. Sony Footage hasn’t supplied a remark but. Deadline additionally famous that the female-centric Sony-Marvel film has been a “excessive precedence” for the studio, and although Wilde almost turned down the provide, she ultimately accepted as a result of getting a shot at her personal feminine superhero film “was too onerous to cross up.”

Wilde made her directorial debut with final yr’s Booksmart, after being an actress for almost 16 years. Her largest sci-fi film position so far was the feminine lead Quorra within the 2010 sci-fi reboot Tron: Legacy. On TV, she is finest identified for taking part in Remy “13” Hadley on the medical drama Home between 2007 and 2012. Wilde’s different credit embody Conversations with Different Ladies, Cowboys & Aliens, The Unbelievable Burt Wonderstone, and The Lazarus Impact.

Her upcoming directorial ventures embody the psychological thriller Do not Fear Darling, during which she may even star and has additionally been written by Silberman, the biopic Excellent about American gymnast Kerri Strug, and an untitled Christmas buddy comedy movie for Common Footage, that additionally entails Silberman and Pascal. Wilde is predicted to start work on the Spider-Lady film after the Common movie.

For Sony Footage, this may be the second female-centric Marvel film to rent a lady director, after S.J. Clarkson (2018’s Collateral, The Defenders) was reportedly employed again in Might to direct a Madame Net film. Sony has lengthy been growing movies centred on Black Cat and Silver Sable too, however there was no information on them for some time now. There’s additionally a female-centric Into the Spider-Verse spin-off referred to as Spider-Ladies within the works that’s stated to have Lauren Montgomery and Bek Smith as administrators.

The Sony Footage Universe of Marvel Characters (SPUMC) — an actual mouthful, however that is the way it’s formally identified — has the Jared Leto-led Morbius subsequent up in March 2021, adopted by the Venom sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage, starring Tom Hardy and Woody Harrelson, in June 2021.

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