Prime Video Orders Live-Action ‘Silk: Spider Society’ Marvel Series From Sony
Prime Video is teaming up with Sony on a suite of live-action Marvel series, beginning with ‘Silk: Spider Society’, from ‘The Walking Dead’ producer Angela Kang, and ‘Into The Spider-verse’ creators, Lord & Miller.
Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters includes over 900 superheroes and villains, mainly related to Spider-man. Based on characters created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos, ‘Silk: Spider Society’ is inspired by the Marvel comics and follows Cindy Moon, a Korean-American woman bitten by the same spider that bit Peter Parker, as she escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family on her way to becoming the superhero known as Silk.
As part of her recently signed multi-year overall television deal, Angela Kang (‘The Walking Dead’) will serve as showrunner. Kang developed the series with Academy Award winning ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ producers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal who will serve as executive producers.
“Amy Pascal, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, and Sony’s recent live-action and animated reimagining of the Spider-Man franchise has represented some of the most dynamic superhero storytelling in film,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios. “Together with Angela Kang’s creative vision, we couldn’t be more pleased to bring Silk: Spider Society to our MGM+ and Prime Video customers.”
‘Silk: Spider Society’ series to debut in the USA on MGM+’s linear channel, followed by the global launch on Prime Video.
Angela Kang is a Korean-American television writer and producer currently serving as showrunner on ‘The Walking Dead’ and is executive producing the ‘Daryl Dixon’ spin-off series. Additionally, she is developing multiple projects for the studio and network as a producer, including a series adaptation of the acclaimed fantasy novel ‘Black Sun’ with the author Rebecca Roanhorse penning a pilot, and an adaptation of the near sci-fi novel ‘The Postmortal’ by Drew Magary with executive producer Scott Derrickson.
“I’m beyond thrilled to be joining the Amazon Studios family for this next chapter of my career,” adds Kang. “I look forward to working with the executive team on diverse, character-forward, watercooler shows for a global audience and am so excited to dive into my first challenge – bringing Korean-American superhero Silk to life on screen.”
This project is just the first of a “suite” of live-action Marvel shows being made as part of this new deal between Amazon and Sony. If you’re wondering why this is on Prime Video rather than Disney+, it is the same issue that Marvel had with using Spider-man in the MCU. Back in the 90s, pre-MCU, Marvel sold the live-action and animated rights to Spider-man, and various related characters, to Sony. In 2015, Marvel managed to negotiate to add Spider-man himself back into the MCU, but the characters are still under the control of Sony, allowing them to sell tv series involving the characters to anyone they choose – in this case, Amazon.
“We can’t wait to bring the adventures of Cindy Moon to life, thanks to the creative dream team of Chris and Phil, Angela and Amy, along with our partners at Marvel and Amazon,” said Katherine Pope, president of Sony Pictures Television Studios. “We know this exciting series with new and never-before-seen characters and storylines will wow audiences watching first on linear MGM+ and then around the world on Prime Video.”
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are the duo behind the critically acclaimed ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’, along with the films ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs’ and ‘The Lego Movie’. On the TV side, they produced ‘The Last Man on Earth’, ‘The Afterparty’, and ‘Clone High’.
“Angela is a pro’s pro whose perspective and creativity we greatly respect and admire. She’s also a hell of a lot of fun. She loves these characters and we feel really lucky for the chance to work with her to bring Cindy Moon’s story to the world” said Lord and Miller.
There is no premiere date yet for ‘Silk: Spider Society’ but it will premiere on Prime Video in the UK, and on MGM+ in the USA. If you want to keep track of this or any other show, add them via our Never Miss system, and you’ll be notified when they gets a UK premiere date.
