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Report: Sony Cancels Olivia Wilde’s Spider-Woman, Weighs Greater Marvel Character Sharing

The unconfirmed claim points to a strategic rethink after weak box office for recent Spider-Man spinoffs.

Overview

  • Industry leaker Daniel Richtman reports that Sony has scrapped the Olivia Wilde–directed Spider-Woman project, with no official confirmation from Sony, Marvel, or Wilde.
  • Richtman also claims Sony is more open to letting Marvel Studios use additional Spider-Man–adjacent characters previously kept for its own films.
  • Trade coverage had earlier noted that Sony paused several Spider-Man spinoffs after Kraven the Hunter underperformed at the box office.
  • Wilde acknowledged in a 2022 interview that she was working on a top‑secret Marvel project, though she never confirmed it was Spider-Woman.
  • Reporting never established which version of Spider-Woman was planned, with Jessica Drew and Julia Carpenter both cited in prior speculation, and separate coverage points to ongoing rumors about Marvel’s future Symbiote plans.