Silver & Black to Set Up All-Female Spider-Man Universe?

Back in March, we reported that Sony Pictures was moving forward with a newSpider-Manspin-off entitledSilver and Black, which will follow the iconic comic book charactersSilver Sableand Black Cat. Christopher Yost (Thor) has come aboard to write the script, with Gina Prince-Blythewood signing on to direct last month. Today we have word thatSilver and Blackis being crafted to serve as the launching point for an entire all-femaleSpider-Manshared universe.

Splash Reportrevealed the news through an anonymous source dubbed “Colonel George Dillon,” who claims that the end ofSilver and Black, the Silver Sable will have assembled a team that includes Felicia Hardy (Black Cat), Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman), Charlotte Witter (Stunner), Sarah Ehret (Jackpot) and Cassie St. Commons (Dusk). This report has yet to be confirmed by Sony, and it isn’t even clear if Christopher Yost has finished his work on the screenplay at this time. Still, it is an interesting concept, and would also fall in line with other rumors that have swirled about Sony’s newSpider-Man spin-offs.

While Sony and Marvel came to an agreement to share the rights to Spider-Man, so he could finally be included in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Sony is planning on branching out with several new Spidey spin-offs that will not be part of the MCU. Sony has already handed out an June 10, 2025 release date for itsVenom spin-off, which Alex Kurtzman will direct from a script by Dante Harper. Alex Kurtzman was actually attached to direct Sony’s earlier incarnation of theVenomspin-off that was being set up to spin off of the studio’sThe Amazing Spider-Man 2.

This report also comes a few days after Splash Report revealed new details about theSilver and Black story, although those details have yet to be confirmed. The plot reportedly follows Silver Sable, who is hired by the government to track down Felicia Hardy, a.k.a. Black Cat, who has stolen “valuable secret information.” This is seven years after Mendel Stromm (Robot Master) and his two henchmen (The Scorpion and The Tarantula) killed her father, and Silver Sable learns that Mendel is looking for Black Cat as well, since Stromm made a deal that genetically enhanced her, and he wants his “prized experiment” back. These details have yet to be confirmed either.

That report from earlier this week also claimed that Dominic Fortune, Roxxon Oil, Sergei Kravinoff (Kraven the Hunter), Lonnie Lincoln (Tombstone) and Charles Standish will also appear, but naturally those details have not been confirmed either. The studio hasn’t announced a production schedule quite yet, so it remains to be seen when directorGina Prince-Blythewoodwill start production. This report also doesn’t confirm ifSilver and Blackwill lead into individual stand-alone movies, or if all of these characters will team up likeAvengersorJustice League.