Spider-Women (film)

Spider-Women is an upcoming American computer-animated superhero film based on Marvel Comics characters, produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation in association with Marvel. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is set in a shared multiverse called the "Spider-Verse" which features different alternate universes, and is a spin-off from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and it's upcoming sequel. The film is to be directed by Lauren Montgomery from a screenplay by Bek Smith.

Sony began development on several spin-offs from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse before that film's release in 2018. One of these was a female-centric project with Montgomery and Smith attached.

Cast

 * Hailee Steinfeld as Gwen Stacy / Spider-Gwen: A "free-spirited" superhero.

Development
By the end of November 2018, ahead of the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse the next month, Sony Pictures Animation had begun development on several spin-offs from the film, due to the "incredible buzz" surrounding the project. One of the spin-offs, described as "gaining traction" at the time, was a Spider-Women film focused on three generations of female, Spider-related characters. The popular character Gwen Stacy / Spider-Gwen from Into the Spider-Verse was expected to be one of these characters, though no final decision had been made. Bek Smith was set to write the film, with Lauren Montgomery in talks to direct and Amy Pascal returning from the first film as producer. The other producers of the first film—Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, Avi Arad, and Christina Steinberg—were all also expected to return for the spin-off in some capacity. The project's female focus was attributed to the Me Too movement and the successful film Wonder Woman (2017), which already inspired other female superhero films. The next month, Pascal confirmed that Hailee Steinfeld's Spider-Gwen would be featured in the film alongside Cindy Moon / Silk and Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman, and said that the sequel to Into the Spider-Verse would serve as a "launching pad" for the film since it also includes Spider-Gwen. Pascal also clarified that the version of Silk that would appear in the film would be distinct from the previously announced live-action film about the character that was in development at the time.