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Spider-Man Villains Movie 'Sinister Six' Gets Nov. 2016 Release Date


As part of the move, Sony pushed back "The Amazing Spider-Man 3" by two years to 2018.

Watch out Avengers, X-Men and Justice League.

Sony is entering the fray of comic-book super-teams.

The studio has dated The Sinister Six, a movie that features an all-star lineup of Spider-Man villains, for Nov. 11, 2016. As part of the move, Sony moved back its The Amazing Spider-Man 3 by two years to 2018. Amazing Spider-Man 3 and 4 had already been dated for June 10, 2016, and May 4, 2018, respectively.

The studio will move Uncharted into the June 10, 2016, spot. The Seth Gordon-helmed film is an action-adventure based on the best-selling PlayStation video game series that follows the adventures of treasure hunter Nathan Drake.

Sony is very high on Drew Goddard's take on the Sinister Six material, which is described as a rough script at this point. Goddard will write and direct the Spider-Man spin-off.

"With Sinister Six in the hands of writer-director Drew Goddard, we feel extremely confident placing the film on a prime date in 2016,” said Doug Belgrad, president of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group.

First introduced in 1964, the original members included Electro, Doctor Octopus, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, Vulture and Sandman. Electro, played by Jamie Foxx, was already introduced in Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 this summer.

It is unclear which villains this incarnation will feature. Among the possibilities include Green Goblin, played by Dane DeHaan in The Amazing Spider-Man 2. The film's third act dropped so-called Easter eggs for the fans that hinted at potential future villains for the franchise. For instance, Doc Ock's mechanical arms were seen in the background of one scene. The movie also introduced The Rhino (Paul Giamatti) in its last scene.

Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are producing Sinister Six.

As for Uncharted, the latest draft of the screenplay is being written by David Guggenheim, and the film will be an Arad/Atlas Entertainment production, produced by Charles Roven, Arad, Alex Gartner and Ari Arad. The video game series was developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment America.

"June 10 is a great date for Uncharted," Belgrad added. "It's just the right place for this exciting action-adventure film."

 

[jaypesoz]

Damn, Garfield's gonna be mid 30's by the time that happens but I guess Tobey was around the same age for SM3. At least they'll be able to show that a lot of time's passed since Gwen's death.

Although, I fully expect to see him cameo in the spin-off's. Him being at the end of the S6 movie would be equivalent to the buzz that happened when Vin Diesel showed up at the end of Tokyo Drift.

 

[antidope]

2018???????????????? THey cant be serious....................

 

[rillo561]

Tried a few times to watch this, and I can't get into it.

 

[lamekilla]

I'm not mad at the 2018 date. It'll give some of y'all time to appreciate the greatness that was ASM2

 

[blacklion23]

I recently saw ASM2 for the second time at the $1 movie theater here. Opinion still the same, good but far from great.

 

[mastamind033]

No problem with them pushing it back

 

[kvsm23vs24]

2018 ain't that bad. TDR was released 4 years later after TDK

 

[mrdozo]

wow, very exciting.

So the S6 film wont have an antagonist?
It'll be just terror and violence running a muck without any justice?

 

[WASPS ANDD ASPS]

^ i hope so.

 

[KingdomFlatbush]

Lol 2018

Lol pushing ASM3 back in favor of a villain spin-off

These ****** ain't Marvel Studios


I appreciate Drew Goddard's acumen as a writer and director though.

 

[ryda421]

they should have at least developed some of the og sinster six villians before just tossing them in for wow factors. avengers definitely messed everything up. no one is even trying to do any character build up. just pushing everything out like it's a factory line

 

[tay1]

People already downtalking a film they have no concrete info about. The S6 film could open up many more types of stories. **** doesn't always have to revolve around the hero.

 

[calypso chanta]

....but spiderman 2 was bad tho. lol don't really have any expectations of this series.

 

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'Spider-Man' Fatigue: What's Behind Sony's Release Date Retreat

The once-invincible franchise moves to the back burner after "Amazing Spider-Man 2" barely tops $700 million.

It came as no surprise Wednesday that Sony announced it is moving into comic book superteam territory with The Sinister Six, the Spider-Man studio's answer to Disney's Avengers, Fox's X-Men and Warner Bros.' Justice League. All are franchises that spin off "universes" of multiple movies.

What came as a shock was the fact that in the process of dating Sinister Six, Sony bumped its next Amazing Spider-Man installment back by two years, from 2016 to 2018.

The unexpected move puts an unwelcome spotlight on Sony's web-slinger, once considered the most robust comic book property in Hollywood. But after this summer's disappointing Amazing Spider-Man 2 showed signs of franchise fatigue, the Marvel superhero has moved from the fast track to the back burner. ASM3 has been shifted from June 10, 2016, to an indeterminate date in 2018 (Uncharted, based on the hit PlayStation video game, will take its place). ASM4, which was scheduled to open May 4, 2018, is off the schedule altogether, with Disney quickly scooping up the prime date for an untitled Marvel movie, likely Avengers 3.

There's no shame in $705 million at the box office. But when the film in question is part of the Spider-Man franchise — the fifth-highest-grossing film series and the most successful comic book franchise of all time — that's cause for concern on the Sony lot and for Sony co-chairman Amy Pascal, who has masterminded the franchise since it began with Spider-Man in 2002.

Spidey has been on a downward trajectory ever since the five-film franchise reached its apex in 2007, when Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 earned $891 million worldwide. Rebooted and rebranded The Amazing Spider-Man in 2012, the property was put in the hands of newbie director Marc Webb, with the studio shaving nearly $30 million off the budget from Raimi's third outing. But the belt-tightening has come at a price. Amazing Spider-Man earned $758 million, while May's follow-up has topped out at a disappointing $201 million domestically, earning a far more heartening $504 million internationally (including $94.4 million in China).

"If I could sum up in one thought the reason [for the slide], it's competition," a Sony source says. "Captain America being out a month before us domestically might have, to some extent, satisfied the pent-up demand for a superhero movie. And there was a lot of competition after we opened as well."

But reviews for Amazing Spider-Man 2 were lukewarm (just 53 percent fresh on Rottentomatoes), and some fans have complained that the "reimagined" Spider-Man movies are too similar to the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films they rebooted. Webb has taken his share of blame, as have go-to tentpole writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who ended their longtime partnership days before Amazing Spider-Man 2's release. Stars Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone remain largely unscathed, though Stone won't be back for a third outing (those who saw the movie know why). Jamie Foxx, whose Electro appears to die in AS2, likely won't return either for AS3 — but he might for The Sinister Six, which is set for a Nov. 11, 2016, release.

If competition proved to be Peter Parker's biggest obstacle in 2014, he was poised to face an even more daunting 2016. Within four weeks of ASM3's original June 10 release date, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America 3 and X-Men: Apocalypse all are slated to hit theaters. With that lineup of foes, Sony decided it needed more time to help the superhero reclaim his mojo. (Garfield will be at least 34 years old before his next scheduled appearance in a Spider-Man movie.)

"They are trying to build a global brand, and the property is still quite strong in a lot of the key overseas markets," says Phil Contrino, vp/chief analyst for BoxOffice.com, noting India, the U.K. and China as bright spots. "When it comes to rebooting a franchise, you're never more than one movie away from really breaking out. The potential is still there for this version of Spider-Man."

Privately, Sony admits it is seeking to freshen the brand but has no major overhaul plans, with Webb expected to return to complete the trilogy (as Raimi did with the first three films).

But if ever there was a year that Sony needed a Spider-Man on the upswing, it's 2014, following last year's dismal summer, which included box-office duds After Earth and White House Down -- and immediate calls for cost-cutting. In May, Sony Corp. CEO Kaz Hirai made clear that the climate of austerity would continue and promised that Sony Pictures would slash $300 million by the end of the fiscal year that runs through March 2016. Days later, Sony Corp. made the unusual move of promoting Nicole Seligman to the role of entertainment president. She will report to Sony Entertainment chairman and CEO Michael Lynton but not to Pascal. Longtime marketing-distribution head Jeff Blake will exit Aug. 1.

Amazing Spider-Man 2 crossing the $500 million mark overseas meant it was on par with Spider-Man 3's foreign performance. It also outperformed Man of Steel's $668 million in 2013. Still, the domestic haul is troubling and must be considered a factor in the delay.
"I would have liked Amazing Spider-Man 2 to make a lot more money for us than it did, but it made a lot of money for us anyway," Pascal said in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter.

A source said the film's final tally fell $100 million below internal predictions. It opened to a solid $91 million but dropped a staggering 61 percent in its second frame (the second-week drop has been seen across the board with the exception of Planet of the Apes). "It's part of how brutal the summer can be," Contrino says. "You open to whatever you open to, and then you just get gutted. Spider-Man opened, and then the following week Neighbors took a chunk out of it. Then Godzilla. Then X-Men. Before you know it, you've run out of gas really quickly."

 

[tay1]

 
....but spiderman 2 was bad tho. lol don't really have any expectations of this series.

I agree with you. Spiderman 2 was bad

 

[KingdomFlatbush]

Wait, are ya'll talking about OG Spider-Man 2?

Because I'll delete my account if you are

 

[Master Zik]

Anytime they push stuff back I care less and less.

 

[tay1]

 
Wait, are ya'll talking about OG Spider-Man 2?

Because I'll delete my account if you are

I am. And...

Delete your account now please!!

 

[tay1]

Anytime they push stuff back I care less and less.

They pushed BVS back tho

 

[Master Zik]

Anytime they push stuff back I care less and less.

They pushed BVS back tho

And I care even less about that movie at the moment. I'm most hype for GotG, A2, and even Ant Man more than BvS.

That thread doesn't have a whole lot that has me looking forward to it. Especially with the rumors of cast and what not.

 

[rillo561]

So Sony is doing the S6 movie?

 

[sb]

i want to see carnage and venom cot dammit 

 

[lamekilla]

I'm curious as to how Dane DeHaan and Chris Cooper's Osborne tandem will play out from here on out. 2018 might be a little too far away to save for part 3 if they wanna keep the continuity going

....unless the sinister 6 explains what happens with their story arc in detail. I need to see Felicity Jones in a leather body suit as well

 

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Can't embed Facebook vids but here's the alternate ending for ASM2 with his dad alive.