Overview
- Deadline and multiple outlets reported Tuesday that Prime Video (Amazon MGM Studios) and Sony Pictures Television are closing in on a formal series order for a live-action adaptation of Marvel’s Clone Saga focused on clones Ben Reilly and Kaine Parker.
- Kelvin Yu, creator of American Born Chinese, is attached as writer and Amy Pascal, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are expected to executive-produce, though neither studio has publicly confirmed the greenlight.
- Reports say the show could debut first on Amazon’s MGM+ linear channel before streaming on Prime Video, continuing the multi-title development deal between Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television.
- Sources offer conflicting accounts of the story direction: one version would follow Ben and Kaine discovering their clone origins and confronting other clones, another would substantially rework their origins and character identities; a separate single-source claim that Ben will appear as the Scarlet Spider remains unverified.
- Rights limitations that forced changes on prior Sony/Prime projects make Peter Parker’s involvement uncertain, a fact that increases pressure to simplify or alter the Clone Saga’s complex 1990s plot and shapes how fans and executives view the project’s risk and potential impact on Sony’s TV slate.