'Silver & Black' movie cancelled, Sony announces two standalone movies on Marvel characters Silver Sable and Black Cat
Sony's Marvel title 'Silver & Black' is being split into two separate movies, the first among both which is likely to be titled as 'Black Cat'. The original movie was supposed to revolve around the war boss, Silver Sable against the burglar Black Cat. Although Gina Prince-Bythewood will no more direct the film, she will still be the producer of the two films separately.
Sony which already has access to almost 900 Marvel characters, also intends to grow that franchise, so it will probably take over another female director to helm the 'Black Cat' movie. Sony is also taking other Marvel projects which includes Daniel Espinosa's 'Morbius' starring Jared Leto, along with 'Silk', 'Jackpot', and 'Nightwatch' for which the studio is yet to hire screenwriters.
As Variety has reported, Sony is interested in developing standalone projects around the Spiderman universe characters, and 'Black Cat' is the first step to that project. Sanford Panitch who oversees Sony's Marvel films said, "We believe Black Cat is enough of her own character with a great backstory and a canon of material to draw from to justify her own film."