Marvel’s Korean-American superhero Cindy Moon might be getting her own movie! Deadline reports that Sony and producerAmy Pascalare in early development on a film adaptation that would bring the Marvel comicSilkto the big screen.
First introduced in2014’sThe Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 3 #1,Cindy Moon has powers similar to Spider-Man. She was also bitten by a radioactive spider (and goes to school with Peter Parker), and her powers include shooting webs out of her fingertips, an eidetic memory, and the so-called Silk Sense, which is essentially a stronger version of the Spider-Sense. The film would obviously be a great step for on-screen representation, which has become a growing concern in superhero cinema in recent years.
The character made brief appearances in two previous Marvel movies, though never as her superpower self.Tiffany Espensenplayed Cindy Moon in Sony’sSpider-Man: Homecoming, joining Peter Parker on the decathlon team, and reprised her role as one of the passengers on the bus with Peter at the beginning ofAvengers: Infinity War.
Silk joins Sony’s growing roster of Spider-Man spinoff characters set to get their own film, beginning withVenom.Silver & Black, a film centered on Black Cat and Silver Sable, is also in the works but wasrecently put on pausewhile directorGina Prince-Bythewoodand the creative team hash out the script. Other projects in development includeMorbius the Living VampireandNightwatch, which hasSpike Leein talks to direct.
We’re still waiting to see exactly how Sony’s growing universe of Spidey spinoffs factors into the existing MCU, if at all. Conflicting quotes from Pascal and Marvel Studios bossKevin Feigehave cast some confusion over the matter. We’ll finally get some answers on how Sony is handling a possible Spider-Manless Spider-verse when Venom arrives in theaters on October 5.
