Spider-Man spinoff coming to Amazon expands Sony’s Spider-Verse

Sony will add another Spider-Man film to its movie release list, but this time it’s going to streaming platforms and not cinemas. Silk: Spider SocietyVariety reports that a new series, “The Superhero Cindy Moon”, will be available on Amazon Prime Video (formerly known as Epix) and MGM Plus (formerly called Epix).

Cindy Moon, a classmate of Peter Parker was once also bit by the radioactive Spider that gave him his powers. Moon can control her powers just as well as Peter, and is eventually sent to prison. She then becomes a superhero. Silk. Former employees are developing the series. Walking DeadAngela Kang (showrunner) Into the Spider-VerseProducers Chris Miller and Phil Lord

Silk is joined, in Sony’s growing library of Spider-Man adjacent characters, by Venom, Carnage, and Morbius, along with the upcoming movies for Madame Web, El Muerto, and Kraven the Hunter.

The Spider Society: SilkIt may surprise you that Amazon is landing, considering how closely Sony and Disney are on Spider-Man. However, it appears the producer would like to keep its spinoff franchises as far away from the MCU. And since Sony doesn’t have its own streaming service, Amazon and MGM Plus are as likely as any other bidder.

Amazon and MGM Plus’ partnership with Sony apparently extends even further than just Silk too; it’s just the first of multiple series coming under the agreement among the three companies. There’s no word yet on when any of the other series under this agreement with be revealed, or even when Silk itself will be released, but it’s probably safe to expect it around 2024.