Olivia Wilde to direct female-led superhero film for Sony—report
Olivia Wilde attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted by Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on Feb. 9, 2020 in Beverly Hills, California. Image: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images/AFP
A female-led Marvel film is reportedly set to be helmed by director-actress Olivia Wilde.
Sony Pictures has made a deal with Wilde to both direct and develop the film, Deadline reported yesterday, Aug. 19. Sony has yet to confirm the news.
The outlet speculated that the female-centric movie will feature Spider-Woman, which has a script by Gary Spinelli.
Spider-Woman has been the alias of a slew of characters including Jessica Drew, Mary Jane Watson and Gwen Stacy.
Wilde’s “Booksmart” collaborator Katie Silberman will pen the script. Amy Pascal, who produced Oscar-winning “Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse,” will serve as producer. Rachel O’Connor is executive producer.
Sony’s efforts in diversity include a Madame Web movie to be directed by S.J. Clarkson. Other female comic-book protagonists who could get their own movies with Sony are Black Cat and Silver Sable. Niña V. Guno /ra
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