Julia Carpenter is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . Created by Jim Shooter and Mike Zeck , the character first appeared in Secret Wars #6 (October 1984). Julia Carpenter was known as the second Spider-Woman , later as the second Arachne , and then as the second Madame Web .
147-603: Julia Carpenter as Spider-Woman appears in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), and the Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) film Madame Web (2024) under her maiden name "Julia Cornwall", portrayed by Sydney Sweeney . As Spider-Woman, the character debuted in issue 6 of the first Secret Wars limited series in 1984. She was among the villains and was unknown to all other characters. Since that series, she has appeared as
294-655: A "secret development process" at Sony, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless wrote a script for a film based on Morbius, the Living Vampire . By June 2018, Jared Leto was set to star as the title character, with Daniel Espinosa directing the film. Filming began at the end of February 2019, in London , and was confirmed to have completed by June. Morbius was released on April 1, 2022. The mid-credits scenes of Morbius see Michael Keaton reprising his role as Adrian Toomes / Vulture from Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), with
441-429: A "suitable partner" for planning them. By September 2020, Sony was in talks with Amazon Prime Video for the latter to be the streaming distributor for Sony's "suite" of Marvel-based television series, similar to Marvel Television's group of series that streamed on Netflix . The negotiations with Amazon were said to be complex, with "major issues that need to be resolved" due to the complicated distribution rights for
588-609: A cameo appearance as Peter Parker / Spider-Man for the film, but Marvel Studios asked Sony to exclude the scene from the final film. By August 2018, Sony was actively planning to crossover Spider-Man with their own Marvel films, describing the character and Venom as "already in the same universe... we are looking forward to the two of them eventually facing off in the future". Sony was also open to more of their characters appearing in MCU films in exchange for more MCU characters appearing in their own films. In December, Venom writer Jeff Pinkner
735-488: A chain of events leading to the destruction of the universe. In the final issue, Dr. Strange changes the past so that the reunion never happens, thus erasing all the events of the series. February 2013 saw the debut of The Fearless Defenders , a series written by Cullen Bunn with artwork by Will Sliney . Bunn said that he had wanted to write the series, which centers on a new team of Valkyrior , led by Valkyrie and Misty Knight , after writing Fear Itself: The Fearless . It
882-554: A complex relationship with his father which sets him on a path of vengeance and motivates him to become the greatest and most feared hunter. Richard Wenk was hired to write a screenplay based on Kraven the Hunter in August 2018. Art Marcum and Matt Holloway had re-written the script by August 2020, and J. C. Chandor entered talks to direct; he was confirmed in May 2021 when Aaron Taylor-Johnson
1029-552: A conclusion to Steve Gerber's Omega the Unknown series in two issues of The Defenders , at the end of which most of the original series' characters were killed. While Gerber seemed unhappy with Grant's conclusion, it nevertheless tied up the loose ends of the comic series, and is considered "canon" by Marvel. Writer J. M. DeMatteis took over the series with issue #92. He and Mark Gruenwald co-wrote The Defenders #107–109 (May–July 1982), which resolved remaining plot points from
1176-456: A custom selection of heroes chosen for the mission at hand. At various times, War Machine , Darkhawk , Thunderstrike , Wolverine , the second Spider-Woman , Ant-Man , Iceman , Nomad , and many others were members. At the end of its existence, the group had a somewhat regular composition, including Cadaver, Sepulchre , Joshua Pryce, and Doctor Druid. In the Ultimate Marvel universe,
1323-513: A deadly adversary. After their work on Morbius , Sony hired Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless in September 2019 to write a script centered around Madame Web. In May 2020, S. J. Clarkson was hired to develop and direct Sony's first female-centric Marvel film, which was reported to be the Madame Web film. The studio was looking to attach a prominent actress such as Charlize Theron or Amy Adams to
1470-456: A duplicate of the serum that provided Julia with her powers, and these returned several days after it was administered to her. With the Shroud's help, Julia underwent intense physical therapy and was soon able to walk again. It was during this time that she and the Shroud fell in love. A government strike team led by Ms. Marvel, including Wonder Man and Araña , attacks Julia at her home just as she
1617-637: A founding member of the Secret Defenders in their first mission alongside Darkhawk (whom she would later recommend for West Coast Avengers membership), Wolverine and Nomad . When the West Coast Avengers disbanded, Julia joined their spin-off team Force Works , whose primary enemies included the alien Kree and long time Iron Man foe the Mandarin . She had a relationship with Moonraker during this time. Julia's main enemies in her solo adventures were
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#17330929462261764-694: A spin-off film they had been developing centered on the character Venom , looking to capitalize on the release of the first reboot film, The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). That June, producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach discussed Venom and The Amazing Spider-Man in reference to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and how the different franchises set in that world crossed over with The Avengers (2012). Tolmach stated, "Hopefully all these worlds will live together in peace someday." In December 2013, Sony revealed plans to use The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) to establish their own expanded universe based on
1911-653: A starring character in Avengers West Coast and Force Works as well as a supporting character in the third Spider-Woman series, whose main character was Mattie Franklin . Julia starred in her own four-part Spider-Woman miniseries which explained her origin and the origin of her enemies, Death Web . A secretive government group called The Commission decided to create their own superhero. Val Cooper met college friend Julia Carpenter in Julia's hometown of Denver , and convinced her to be part of an "athletic study." She
2058-511: A team afterward. Editor Stan Lee , wanting to write all of the Silver Surfer's stories personally, had asked other writers not to use the character, and suggested that Thomas use Doctor Strange instead. Thomas has also speculated that Lee came up with the team's name: "The 'Defenders' is far too passive a name for my taste. I prefer more aggressive-sounding names like the 'Avengers' or the 'Invaders,' so Stan probably came up with that one." Due to
2205-695: A team outside the Initiative with the Son of Satan , She-Hulk , Krang , and Nighthawk ( S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Joaquin Pennyworth). The team reappears in the mini-series Vengeance (2011). In the 2009 ongoing Hulk series (Issues #10–12), Red Hulk assembles a counter team of supervillains called the Offenders , which includes Baron Mordo , Terrax the Tamer , and Tiger Shark , and fights past versions of their enemies. During
2352-520: A team. In June 2022, Lord and Miller said that Sony intended for Sony's Spider-Man Universe and the Spider-Verse films to connect to the MCU via the multiverse . Vinciquerra stated in March 2019 that the universe would be expanding to television with a set of Marvel projects developed specifically by Sony Pictures Television . At the time, the studio was "essentially internally auditioning" characters from
2499-507: A world in which everything comes together", but Holland was restricted by his contract with Marvel Studios at that time. By August 2019, Marvel Studios and the Walt Disney Company had spent several months discussing expanding their deal with Sony, with the latter looking to include more films than were originally agreed upon while keeping the same terms of the original agreement. Disney expressed concern with Feige's workload producing
2646-643: Is a resistance against Morgan le Fay who has conquered half of Earth. In the Iron Man: Fatal Frontier storyline taking place on Earth-10429, a version of the Defenders consisting of Captain America, the Hulk, and Thor encountered Rescue, this reality's version of Ho Yinsen . After a brief fight over a misunderstanding, Rescue joins up with the Defenders. During the " Secret Wars " storyline, different versions of
2793-419: Is also developing several live-action television series set in the same shared universe, including Spider-Noir . Sony officially announced their new shared universe—based on various Marvel Comics properties and characters commonly associated with Spider-Man —in May 2017, with the title "Sony's Marvel Universe". By August 2018, it was being referred to as "Sony's Universe of Marvel Characters" internally at
2940-460: Is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel Entertainment . Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing , the films are based on various Marvel Comics characters and properties commonly associated with Spider-Man . Sony Pictures , which owns the film rights to Spider-Man, began work on an expanded universe using supporting characters from
3087-408: Is grappling with his past life as the only superhero in the city. In February 2023, a television series based on the character Spider-Man Noir entered development from Sony and Amazon, with Oren Uziel writing the series and executive producing with Pascal, Lord, and Miller. Development was put on hold in May by the writers' strike and was set to resume after it ended. Lord and Miller said there
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#17330929462263234-567: Is in great danger. Although Spider-Man is concerned about Morbius, Madame Web states that Morbius is not the problem. She tells Spider-Man to return to Horizon Labs for a great tragedy lies in his future. She even tells Spider-Man that Silver Sable did not perish in the fight at Doctor Octopus ' underwater hideout. Julia later detected that a new spider-based character has connected to the Web of Life as it shows that former Hobgoblin Roderick Kingsley
3381-580: Is seen wearing a modified version of her original costume, with belts and straps and silver duplicates of the Black Widow 's gauntlets. She is a member of a superhero team whose members include Punisher , Daredevil , and Rhino . A monstrous spider-like version of Arachne originates from a dark reality where Death has no power called the Cancerverse, and is killed by Ronan the Accuser when she attempts to invade
3528-462: Is subsequently defeated by Araña with surprising ease due to her instability from losing her daughter. After being rendered unconscious by Araña, she awakens aboard the Minicarrier 13 where Ms. Marvel endeavors to help Julia find Rachel. Arachne became a member of the new Canada-based team Omega Flight and was given the option of having outstanding charges dropped in exchange for her participation on
3675-470: Is the center of a moral web that would be destroyed if he killed Kraven, advising him that this murder, however justified, would turn him into a ruthless destroyer. After burying Kaine and Madame Web in a potter's field , she explains her new purpose to Spider-Man and Araña before teleporting away. When the population of Manhattan develops spider-powers during the Spider-Island storyline, Julia observes
3822-471: Is then captured by the Kravinoffs, along with Anya Corazon and Madame Web as Kaine (who was dressed as Spider-Man) is sacrificed to resurrect Kraven the Hunter . When Madame Web was mortally wounded by Sasha Kravinoff, she transferred her prophetic powers (and blindness) to Julia, to become the new Madame Web. Julia's first action in this role is to prevent Peter from killing Kraven, explaining to Peter that he
3969-626: Is thought to have warned many more heroes of impending arrests. It is also revealed that she is romantically involved with the Shroud , an opponent of the Superhuman Registration Act. Julia's status is discovered when a captured Prowler reveals under interrogation that she tipped him off. The Shroud, who had been captured by Ms. Marvel, reveals that Julia was paralyzed for several months after she lost her powers, even though all of her other injuries had healed. The Shroud's company had synthesized
4116-561: The Age of Ultron to keep Ultron from being created, a splinter timeline called Earth-26111 is created. In the new timeline, the Defenders became the world's premier superhero team after the disbanding of the Avengers. The new Defenders line-up consisted of Doctor Strange, Captain America , Wolverine, Janet Van Dyne as Captain Marvel , Thing , Scott Summers as Cable , Hulk , and Star-Lord . The group
4263-505: The X-Men Forever comics, Julia is Spider-Woman in her classic black-and-white costume, and a core member of the Avengers. However, she displays the powers of Jessica Drew as she is able to fire venom-blasts at Gambit when the X-Men are ordered to be arrested. She is also able to fly by unknown means as she does not have the glider-webs Jessica Drew uses to glide. In a possible future, Julia
4410-522: The Commission on Superhuman Activities in espionage and hand-to-hand combat. Although she lost her powers at one time, she regained them through a duplicate serum . She has heightened senses, and feels vibrations as does a spider in its web. Her senses allow her to detect a hollow area under a solid steel floor by walking over it. In addition to her own powers, Julia now possesses the powers of Madame Web , including telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, and
4557-656: The Dragon of the Moon controlling Moondragon. The remaining mutant members leave the team to join X-Factor . Gillis has claimed that killing off the other members of the group was a directive from the editorial staff to free up the surviving members for usage in X-Factor , pointing out that he shortly after revived several of these seemingly-deceased members in issues of Solo Avengers , in Strange Tales vol. 2 #5–7, followed by issues #3–4 of
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4704-598: The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) due to the spell cast by Doctor Strange in Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Footage of Tom Holland as Peter Parker / Spider-Man and J. K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson from the MCU is shown in the scene. Suffering from a rare blood disease, Michael Morbius tries a dangerous cure that afflicts him with a form of vampirism , which puts him at odds with his surrogate brother, Lucien / Milo Morbius. Following
4851-596: The Silver Surfer and Iron Fist . The new series follows the reunion of the Defenders in Fear Itself: The Deep . During the battle against the Death Celestials the characters Black Cat , Nick Fury , and Ant-Man join the team. The series was cancelled at issue #12. Despite the prophecy supposedly being a hoax, the central storyline of the series involves a reunion of the original four Defenders setting off
4998-468: The Son of Satan and Luke Cage , and many temporary members. The publication was retitled near the end of the run as The New Defenders but featured none of the original members and only Valkyrie, Beast and the Gargoyle of the former long-term members. The concept was modified in the 1993–95 series Secret Defenders, in which Dr. Strange assembled different teams for each individual mission. The original team
5145-556: The Spider-Man films by December 2013. The studio planned to use The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) to launch several spin-off films focused on Spider-Man villains from the comics, including a Venom film. After the relative critical and financial disappointment of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , these plans were abandoned and in February 2015, Sony announced a deal to collaborate with Marvel Studios on future Spider-Man films and integrate
5292-552: The Superhuman Registration Act , and she and Wonder Man aid Ms. Marvel in the training of novice superheroes. Julia is shown to be a double agent ; when she first responded to Iron Man's request, she thought it would be an opportunity to help people escape registration; she is shown to have tipped off Hobie Brown, the Prowler , moments before a S.H.I.E.L.D. capekiller squadron arrived at his home to arrest him, and she
5439-711: The Ultimates , and the Valkyrie was rewritten as having powers and skills akin to her Earth-616 counterpart, along with expertise in sword fighting, some degree of enhanced strength, and training by Thor. The Defenders return in Ultimate Comics: New Ultimates #1 (May 2010) with the original members now possessing superhuman abilities that fit their namesakes. It is revealed that Loki gave them these powers (Valkyrie included), to steal Thor's enchanted hammer Mjolnir . Following Wolverine 's murder of Hank Pym during
5586-435: The " Spider-Verse " multiverse , in which different incarnations of Spider-Man can be brought together; Sony was excited by the possibility of crossovers between the live-action and animated films after seeing the quality of Into the Spider-Verse . In June 2022, Lord and Miller said that Sony intended for their Spider-Man Universe and the Spider-Verse films to connect to the MCU via the multiverse . In Spider-Man: Across
5733-524: The "Defenders" brand as "The Secret Defenders". The new team first appeared, unofficially, in Dr. Strange #50 and later Fantastic Four #374, before being officially introduced in Secret Defenders #1. The series' premise originally was that Doctor Strange would organize various teams of heroes for certain missions, with him as the leader. Members included Wolverine , Darkhawk , Spider-Woman , Spider-Man , Hulk, Nomad , Ghost Rider , and others. This lasted for
5880-473: The "Spider-Verse" since it encompassed many characters separate from Spider-Man. Despite this, Sony announced in August 2021 that the franchise had been renamed "Sony's Spider-Man Universe" (SSU). In January 2010, Sony announced that the Spider-Man film franchise would be rebooted after director Sam Raimi decided to no longer continue his version of the franchise. By March 2012, Sony was still interested in
6027-487: The "common thread" throughout the shared universe, Sony said this was not necessarily the case as they wanted Venom to be standalone, but said Venom would have "key points of intersection" with other films. Following the successful release of Venom , Pascal said some of Sony's "previously shelved plans" could now come to fruition, including a crossover based on the villainous Sinister Six team. In March 2019, Sony Pictures Entertainment chairman Tony Vinciquerra said
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6174-516: The "next seven or eight years" of the shared universe had been planned. Feige stated in June 2017 that because Venom was solely a Sony project, Marvel Studios had no plans to have it crossover with the MCU. However, producer Amy Pascal soon clarified that Sony intended to have their new Marvel-based films take place in "the same world" as Spider-Man: Homecoming , describing them as "adjunct" to that world. She said that Venom would have connections with
6321-576: The "planning stages" of a third Venom film. Sony confirmed the film was in development at CinemaCon in April 2022. In June, Hardy revealed that Kelly Marcel was writing the script and that he was co-writing the story with her, and Marcel was set to direct that October. Filming began in late June 2023 in Spain, but was halted the next month due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike . Filming resumed in November following
6468-527: The 2011 " Fear Itself " storyline, Doctor Strange forms a new version of the Defenders with Lyra (daughter of Hulk), Namor , Loa (a student of the X-Men ), and the Silver Surfer to confront Attuma who has become Nerkkod, Breaker of Oceans. Many past Defenders appear in the last issue. Marvel launched a new Defenders series in December 2011, written by Matt Fraction and drawn by Terry Dodson. The new book features Doctor Strange , Red She-Hulk , Namor ,
6615-453: The 900 it could access to decide which medium they would appear in, with Sony Pictures Television chairman Mike Hopkins describing their progress in selecting characters for television as "pretty far down the road". Hopkins elaborated that Sony planned to have several series set in the shared universe that could "pollinate between each other", and that they would be released by a yet-to-be-determined network partner. An announcement of this partner
6762-676: The Avengers into custody at the Vault without a trial. Spider-Woman once again found her loyalties divided; she had a change of heart and eventually chose to aid the Avengers by breaking into the Vault and freeing them, battling the Guardsmen and thus becoming a fugitive from the law herself. Alongside Spider-Man, she battled the Wrecking Crew as a government assignment. In another adventure she also teamed with Iron Man , to battle renegade A.I.M. agents named
6909-708: The Cognoscenti. The series was canceled with Secret Defenders #25. In 2001–02, the Defenders reunited in Defenders (vol. 2) #1–12 created by Kurt Busiek and Erik Larsen , immediately followed by The Order #1–6, in which Yandroth manipulated Gaea into "cursing" the primary four Defenders (Doctor Strange, the Sub-Mariner, the Hulk, and the Silver Surfer) so that they would be summoned to major crisis situations. These members were then mind controlled by Yandroth into forming
7056-692: The Defenders are a group of amateur vigilantes who dress up as superheroes. None of them have superpowers, although they claim to be experienced in crimefighting. Henry Pym is invited to join them, and he accepts, adopting a new identity, Ant-Man, to avoid the potential legal problems of using his growth serum, as it has become the official property of the government. Their members include Ultimate versions of Power Man , Hellcat , Nighthawk , Valkyrie , Black Knight , Son of Satan and Whiz-Kid . The Ultimate Defenders are much more interested in becoming celebrities rather than actually stopping crimes or saving lives. Since The Ultimates (vol. 3), Pym has rejoined
7203-503: The Defenders are featured: The Justice League two-part episode "The Terror Beyond" features Doctor Fate , Aquaman , Solomon Grundy , and Hawkgirl banding together to fight an ancient supernatural entity called Icthulhu. According to series developer Bruce Timm , the team was meant to be an explicit homage to the Defenders, with each member paralleling a different Marvel hero (Doctor Fate / Doctor Strange, Aquaman / Namor, Solomon Grundy / Hulk, and Hawkgirl / Nighthawk ). This homage
7350-578: The Duck in Marvel Treasury Edition #12 (1976). Due to Marvel's shuffling of editors-in-chief, a brief run by Gerry Conway abruptly ended in mid-production on issue #45. David Anthony Kraft and Roger Slifer volunteered to write the series, but issue #45 had no written plot, having been drawn by Giffen following a story conference with Conway. Kraft and Slifer were unable to contact either Conway or Giffen, and so had to puzzle out Conway's plot from
7497-481: The Earth-616 reality. The Ultimate Marvel equivalent of Spider-Woman posed as Julia Carpenter for a time. Julia exists in the alternate future of Earth-982 . She has retired as Spider-Woman, and seeks Peter Parker's aid in order to convince Jessica Drew's child, Gerry Drew to halt his identity as Spider-Man, due to his terminal illness. Sony%27s Spider-Man Universe Sony's Spider-Man Universe ( SSU )
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#17330929462267644-547: The MCU and their standalone Marvel-based films. Venom was followed by Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) and Morbius (2022), both of which have mid-credits scenes that feature elements from the multiverse concept to link the SSU with the MCU, while Sony's animated Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) is also connected to the SSU. These were followed by Madame Web and Venom: The Last Dance in 2024, which both feature additional characters related to Spider-Man in
7791-439: The MCU, and confirmed that the character would be integrated with Sony's own shared universe moving forward, saying "he will play off the other characters" that the studio owns the rights to. In response to backlash from fans following the announcement, Vinciquerra added that "the Marvel people are terrific people, we have great respect for them, but on the other hand we have some pretty terrific people of our own. Kevin didn't do all
7938-448: The MCU, and one that sends them back to their own universes. The mid-credits scene of Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) shows Venom being transported into the MCU from his universe by the first spell, and the mid-credits scene of No Way Home shows Venom being transported back to his own universe by the second spell. A small part of the Venom symbiote is left in the MCU. Feige said there
8085-445: The Marvel properties the studio had the film rights to, including Venom. Arad and Tolmach would produce the films as part of a franchise brain trust that also included Alex Kurtzman , Roberto Orci , Jeff Pinkner , Ed Solomon , and Drew Goddard , and The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 director Marc Webb . However, after The Amazing Spider-Man 2 underperformed and with Sony "under tremendous pressure to perform",
8232-413: The SSU. Reid Scott , who previously portrayed Dr. Dan Lewis in the first two Venom films, voices the head of Imperium. Serkis portrays the character Knull , the creator of the symbiotes, in the film. Marcel said that while The Last Dance concludes the story arc of Eddie and Venom, it sets up Knull for future appearances within the SSU and is the beginning of that character's story. Kraven has
8379-664: The Seekers, who sought to capture Valerie Cooper doing undercover solo work. In gratitude for her earlier assistance with the Avengers, Iron Man worked with the government to get her pardoned. Later, one of her assignments led her to California looking for a team of Asian supervillains called the Pacific Overlords . She met and assisted the Avengers West Coast against the Pacific Overlords, and battled U.S. Agent . She
8526-546: The Spider-Man Noir series were shut down when the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike in May 2023 . After the strike ended in late September, Amazon Studios delayed re-opening the writers' room for Spider Society so executives could re-evaluate the series and its already written scripts, and that series was placed on hold by late November. Because of this, staff writers were still contractually obligated to
8673-471: The Spider-Man Noir series, titled Spider-Noir , with Nicolas Cage reprising his role as the character from Into the Spider-Verse . Amazon returned the rights to Spider Society to Sony so that the studio could shop it to other potential networks. Amazon remained committed to their Marvel series with Sony, while Kang retained her overall deal with Amazon and was set to continue working on other projects for their studio. The Hollywood Reporter noted it
8820-577: The Spider-Verse (2023), the sequel to Into the Spider-Verse , the character the Spot visits Mrs. Chen (played by Peggy Lu , reprising her role from the Venom films), during which Sony's Spider-Man Universe is referred to as "Earth-688". Venom was revived by Sony in March 2016, envisioned as a standalone film unrelated to Sony and Marvel's new Spider-Man films, which would launch its own franchise and shared universe. In May 2017, Sony confirmed that Venom
8967-558: The Spider-Verse and was aware of Sony's plans for its shared universe. He described them as "very cool. Fans wouldn't be annoyed with what they're doing." He added that MCU films such as Iron Man (2008) and Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), which he was also involved in, were considered risks due to the lack of familiarity that general audiences had with those properties, but they both went on to be successful. He said this could also happen to lesser-known Spider-Man characters. In August, Sony
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#17330929462269114-518: The United States on Amazon Prime Video , and will consist of eight episodes. Spider-Noir is set in an alternate universe based on 1930s New York City. A comic book tie-in to Venom , serving as both a prequel and a teaser for the film, was released digitally by Marvel on September 14, 2018, with a physical version available to those who purchased tickets for the film from AMC Theatres . Written by Sean Ryan and illustrated by Szymon Kudranski,
9261-422: The Valkyrie story by Kraft and Hannigan published three years earlier. As of issue #125, The Defenders was retitled to The New Defenders as the original four members (Doctor Strange, the Silver Surfer, the Hulk, and Namor) are forced to leave the team, in response to an alien prophecy that states that these four, operating as a group, would be responsible for destroying the world. While The Beast reforms
9408-455: The ability to sense the presence of psionic powers in others. However, she has lost her eyesight in the process of gaining these new powers. Despite her blindness, she is able to stalemate Spider-Man (with his new training in martial arts taught to him by Shang Chi , but lacking his Spider-Sense) using her clairvoyance in battle. When, in the Secret Wars storyline, Spider-Man first laid eyes on
9555-463: The aid of the Silver Surfer and the Hulk to stop a potentially devastating weather control experiment, inadvertently freeing a small island nation from a dictator and facing the Avengers under the name of the "Titans Three". The Defenders first appeared as a feature in Marvel Feature #1 (December 1971), where the founding members gather to battle the alien techno-wizard Yandroth and remain as
9702-623: The alien symbiote Venom that bonds with Brock and gives him superpowers. The long-in-development Venom film was revived by Sony in March 2016 as the start of the new shared universe. A year later, Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner were writing the screenplay. In May 2017, Sony announced that Tom Hardy would star as Eddie Brock / Venom in the film, to be directed by Ruben Fleischer . Kelly Marcel later joined as an additional writer. Filming took place from October 2017 to January 2018, in Atlanta , New York City , and San Francisco . Venom
9849-476: The animated film during that year, Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman said it would "co-exist" with the live-action Spider-Man films, though Sony stated it would "exist independently of the projects in the live-action Spider-Man universe". The animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) is set in an alternate universe from the Marvel Spider-Man reboot, but introduces the comic-based concept of
9996-463: The arachnid-based team called Death Web , which consisted of three supervillains who were created by The Commission, using a variation of the same serum which transformed Julia. When Mike Clemson, founder of Death Web, captured Spider-Woman's daughter Rachel, he blackmailed her into fighting Spider-Man. Even though she nearly killed Spider-Man, she would not commit an act of murder, and Spider-Man helped her rescue Rachel. Eventually, Julia walked away from
10143-423: The authorities and the public as they commit robberies. Kraft and artist Ed Hannigan explained some of the Valkyrie's backstory in The Defenders #66–68 (December 1978 – February 1979). At Kraft's request, Hannigan helped write issue #67 but found that he could not handle both writing and artwork at once, and so transitioned to being just the series's writer with the following issue. Steven Grant wrote
10290-405: The banner of The Defenders. Announced on August 24, 2018, the creative teams were respectively: In August 2021, Marvel launched a new Defenders series. Written by Al Ewing with art by Javier Rodriguez, this new version of the team features Doctor Strange, Silver Surfer, Masked Raider , Red Harpy and Cloud. Before the publication of the fifth and final issue of the 2021 series it was teased that
10437-399: The character being transported from the MCU to the SSU due to a spell cast by Doctor Strange in Spider-Man: No Way Home . Despite these connections, the producers intended to tell a standalone origin story for Morbius as they did with Venom . Cassandra "Cassie" Webb is forced to confront her past while trying to survive with three young women with powerful futures who are being hunted by
10584-457: The character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). This relationship produced Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), while Sony separately re-developed Venom (2018) as a stand-alone film with its own fictional universe . Sony and Marvel Studios renegotiated their deal in 2019 to share the Spider-Man character between
10731-566: The characters in Giant-Size Defenders #3 (January 1975) and became the writer of the main title with issue #20 the following month. He wrote the series until issue #41 (November 1976). Part of Gerber's oeuvre was reviving forgotten characters; he brought back three pre-Marvel characters, now organized as the Headmen , as well as the Guardians of the Galaxy . The Defenders met Gerber's Howard
10878-426: The comic establishes the film's backstory for the symbiote. SKAN provided the cover art for the comic. In March 2022, Sony promoted Morbius with the third season of their promotional web series The Daily Bugle to TikTok , which had been previously used to promote Far From Home and No Way Home . The videos feature TikToker Nicque Marina as a fictionalized version of herself, reporting on events relative to
11025-581: The comics. Most films from the SSU have been received poorly; Venom , Morbius , and Madame Web received negative reviews from critics, while Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Venom: The Last Dance received mixed reviews. The franchise has grossed over $ 2 billion worldwide, although Morbius and Madame Web were commercial failures . The next film in the franchise is Kraven the Hunter , scheduled to be released later in 2024, while Sony has several more live-action films based on Marvel characters in various stages of development. Sony Pictures Television
11172-407: The company. In March 2019, a Sony Pictures Entertainment presentation referred to the "Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters" (SPUMC), and Sony later confirmed that this was the official name for its shared universe. The presentation applied the title to Marvel Studios ' Spider-Man films and the animated Spider-Verse films as well as Sony's own live-action Marvel adaptations. The title
11319-581: The connection to stop her from looking more into New U Technologies. Julia finds out Madame Web was alive from telepathic feedback resulting from the attack of the female Electro. Prowler tells Julia what New U Technologies has accomplished and tries to get her to join them. She refuses and escapes in a puff of black smoke. After Prowler escapes from Electro, Julia finds him and takes him on her boat, where they head towards New U Technologies to get his New U Pills. Julia helps Prowler break into New U Technologies and takes Prowler to his room to get his pills. Julia uses
11466-517: The crisis with Shang-Chi , preventing him from intervening until Spider-Man is accidentally attacked by the New Avengers when he tries to help out. Later, as Anti-Venom works on curing the individuals affected of their spider-powers, reflects on the need for both Venom and Anti-Venom to fix the Spider-Island problem, but also notes that for one of them, "your story ends here." At the conclusion of
11613-519: The crisis, she offers the spider-powers cure to Spider-Man himself, but he rejects it. As she departs, she apologizes for the suffering that is to come. While taking her daughter Rachel to summer school, Julia gets a vision telling her that the Great Web is unraveling. She then changes into her Madame Web gear and leaves to go speak to Spider-Man. While Spider-Man is fighting Morbius, the Living Vampire , Madame Web visits Spider-Man telling him that his life
11760-506: The culprit . He tries to defeat her and Julia is left no choice but to fight back. She knocks him down as Prowler's body continues deteriorating. Prowler was in an alley when he proves too weak to continue and he was found by the murderous Electro, Julia Carpenter arrives and fends Electro off as she tells Prowler that Spider-Man's stabilized the human and clone cells. When Electro gets the upper hand on Julia, Prowler sacrifices himself to stop Electro and dies in Julia's arms. Later, Julia talks to
11907-487: The decision to select other heroes for the team. The line-up is led by Nighthawk, with Blazing Skull , Colossus , and She-Hulk as members. The Defenders are assigned to New Jersey under the Fifty State Initiative , because the proximity to New York City demands more experienced heroes than can just be recruited from the ranks of Camp Hammond . The team is disbanded for incompetence but Richmond eventually founds
12054-470: The direction of the new shared universe was rethought. Following the November 2014 hacking of Sony's computers , emails between Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal and president Doug Belgrad were released, stating that Sony was planning to "rejuvenate" the Spider-Man franchise by developing an animated comedy film with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller . Sony executives were set to discuss
12201-584: The end of Venom as set-up for a potential sequel, which was confirmed in January 2019 when writer Marcel and star Hardy were confirmed to return. Fleischer did not return, due to commitments to Zombieland: Double Tap (2019); Andy Serkis was hired as director in August 2019. Filming took place in England from November 2019 to February 2020, with additional filming in San Francisco. Venom: Let There Be Carnage
12348-414: The end of the studios' agreement "almost certainly" meant that Holland's Spider-Man would no longer appear in MCU films, but "significantly increased" the chances of the character crossing over with the rest of Sony's own Marvel films such as the Venom franchise and the then-in-production Morbius (2022). In September, Vinciquerra stated that "for the moment the door is closed" on Spider-Man returning to
12495-566: The events of Morbius . This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in noteworthy roles. Secret Defenders The Defenders are a set of superhero groups with rotating membership appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics . They are usually presented as a "non-team" of individualistic "outsiders" who, in their prior adventures, are known for following their own agendas. The team often battle mystic and supernatural threats. Its original incarnation
12642-645: The film's credited writer for the screenplay along with Sazama, Sharpless, and Claire Parker. Madame Web was released on February 14, 2024. Madame Web is set in 2003, and features Emma Roberts and Adam Scott as Mary and Ben Parker . Mary Parker is pregnant in the film, which depicts the birth of Peter Parker . Eddie Brock and Venom go on the run when they are hunted by both of their worlds. In August 2018, Hardy confirmed that he had signed on to star in three Venom films. Andy Serkis expressed interest in returning to direct another Venom film in September 2021, and that December, Pascal said they were in
12789-515: The first several months of the title, before Doctor Strange was removed from the book, due to the character being reassigned to the " Midnight Sons " line at Marvel. After an arc where the supervillain Thanos organized a team of "Secret Defenders" for a mission, leadership of the Secret Defenders passed to Doctor Druid and the series itself abandoned the revolving-door roster in favor of Druid and
12936-742: The middle of a story arc , leaving Thomas no choice but to resolve the storyline in other series that he wrote. In the story, Dr. Strange teams with Sub-Mariner and the Hulk to protect the Earth from invasion by Lovecraftian interplanar beings known as the Undying Ones and their leader, the Nameless One . Barbara Norriss, later the host of the Valkyrie , first appears in this story. In the second arc, featured in Sub-Mariner #34–35 (February–March 1971), Namor enlists
13083-539: The next planned film in Sony's shared universe, Silver & Black , and that there was potential for Tom Holland 's Spider-Man to crossover from the MCU films to the films in Sony's universe. Holland was not contracted to appear outside of a trilogy of Spider-Man films and several other MCU films, but Sony intended to have the actor appear in their other Marvel films eventually. According to several reports, Holland spent several days during Venom 's production filming
13230-524: The non-Spider-Man MCU films already, and asked for a 25–50% stake in any future films Feige produces for Sony. Unable to come to an agreement, Sony announced that it would be moving forward on the next Spider-Man film without Feige or Marvel. They acknowledged that this could change in the future, thanked Feige for his work on Homecoming and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), and stated that they appreciated "the path [Feige] has helped put us on, which we will continue." The Hollywood Reporter added that
13377-413: The opportunity to investigate the near-abandoned facility. She is led to Madame Web, who refuses to take her medication to aid her in healing from Electro's attack. Madame Web has seen the future and refuses to be a part of it, and warns Julia to save Prowler before she dies from clone degeneration. Julia confronts Prowler in the facility, who is breaking down from clone degeneration and accuses her of being
13524-551: The original DNA." Because of this, Sony was hoping that individual filmmakers would give each film its own distinct style rather than having a single person in charge of the universe as with the MCU's Kevin Feige . The studio also wanted to avoid "conventional comic-book movies", with the intention of dealing in different genres such as horror or comedy, potential R-ratings, and even lower-than-usual budgets, depending on each project. By March 2018, Sony's executive vice president Palak Patel
13671-589: The original four Defenders to battle Dormammu and Umar . This series focuses mostly on humor as the characters spend most of their time arguing with and criticizing one another. In 2008, Joe Casey wrote a new miniseries with a new line-up of Defenders as a result of the Super-Human Registration Act and the events of the Civil War . Nighthawk wanted a team made up of previous Defenders such as Hellcat and Devil Slayer but Tony Stark ( Iron Man ) makes
13818-424: The others. The next month, Vinciquerra said there were five or six individual series in development for the universe. By January 2020, one of these series was believed to be a version of Silver & Black after development on that film was canceled in August 2018. Gina Prince-Bythewood , who co-wrote and was going to direct the film version before it was canceled, confirmed in April 2020 that Silver & Black
13965-769: The popularity of their tryout in Marvel Feature , Marvel soon began publishing The Defenders with Steve Englehart writing and Sal Buscema penciling, while Thomas moved into the editor's seat. Despite Lee's continuing edict on the use of the Silver Surfer, he approved Englehart's pitch to include the Silver Surfer in the story. Valkyrie was introduced to the team in issue #4 (February 1973). Englehart wrote "The Avengers–Defenders War" crossover in The Avengers #116–118 (October–December 1973) and The Defenders #9–11 (October–December 1973), leaving The Defenders afterwards because he "didn't want to keep doing two team books at
14112-545: The project further in a discussion regarding several Spider-Man spin-off films at a summit in January 2015. In February 2015, Sony, Disney and Marvel Studios announced a new partnership that would see the latter produce the next Spider-Man film for Sony, and integrate the character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Sony still planned to produce the spin-off films without Marvel's involvement, but these were believed to have been "scrapped" by November, with Sony instead focusing on its new reboot with Marvel. Discussing
14259-534: The project, before hiring a new writer to craft the film with an actress in mind. By February 2022, Dakota Johnson was in talks to portray the lead character, and was confirmed to be starring that April. Filming began in mid-July, occurring in Boston and throughout Massachusetts until that September, before shooting in New York City by mid-October. Filming completed before the end of 2022. Clarkson also served as
14406-674: The real Prowler who just emerged from cryo-sleep and tells him about his clone's actions. Spider-Woman possesses superhuman strength, speed, stamina, agility, and reflexes. She also possesses the ability to spin a "psi-web" of psionic energy between two surfaces. This web, once solidified, possesses sufficient tensile strength to support a 10-ton weight. It remains in effect for up to approximately 1 hour. She can also project and release sufficient psionic energy through her hands and feet to enable her to walk on walls and ceilings. Julia's powers required considerable concentration for her to manifest them, and she found that physical gesturing aids her in
14553-403: The relationship between the two universes, but said there was a plan to clarify this and he believed it was already "getting a little more clear for people [as to] where we're headed" at that time. He added that the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021) would reveal more of this plan. In No Way Home , Doctor Strange casts two spells: one that brings characters from other universes into
14700-667: The relaunched Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme series. In 1990, the original trio reunited in The Incredible Hulk #370–371, in which it was revealed that the prophecy was a hoax. The originals then rejoined with the Silver Surfer in a story entitled The Return of the Defenders running in The Incredible Hulk Annual #18, Namor the Sub-Mariner Annual #2, Silver Surfer Annual #5, and Dr. Strange, Sorcerer Supreme Annual #2. In 1993, Marvel sought to revive
14847-531: The same time." Len Wein briefly wrote the series and introduced such characters as Alpha the Ultimate Mutant and the Wrecking Crew . Wein also added Nighthawk to the cast because, in his words, doing so "gave me a character to play with who didn't have a whole lot of previous history ... [a] character I could do anything I wanted to without worrying about how it would affect any other titles that character might appear in." Steve Gerber first worked on
14994-417: The script evaluation. In February, The Ankler further reported that, after work resumed for a few weeks, the series had paused the writers' room and let go several of its members to pursue other opportunities, except for Kang and one of the series' co-executive producers. Amazon was no longer moving forward with Silk: Spider Society by May 2024, when they instead chose to first proceed with greenlighting
15141-424: The series without pay but were unable to pursue other opportunities at that time. The WGA threatened to take legal action against Amazon Studios in response. The Ankler reported it was unclear if the continued suspension of production was related to the strike or other production issues. The following month, the writers' room was set to resume work in January 2024, which had the potential to change depending on
15288-428: The strike's conclusion, and was nearly completed by February 2024. The title was revealed the following month. Venom: The Last Dance was released on October 25, 2024. Venom: The Last Dance continues directly from the post-credits scene of Spider-Man: No Way Home , where Eddie and Venom return from the MCU to the SSU, with Cristo Fernández reprising his role as a bartender, while also portraying his version from
15435-434: The studio, including their Marvel-based series, which could potentially include characters from Into the Spider-Verse as well as live-action properties. Select projects would be produced in conjunction with Pascal. Discussing these series in August, Miller could not update where or when the series would be released but said there would be several live-action series and they would each be a unique experience with connections to
15582-469: The superhero business to concentrate on raising her daughter. Like Jessica Drew (the original Spider-Woman), Julia was attacked by Charlotte Witter and had her powers stolen. After the loss of her superpowers, Julia returned to the life of a normal mother. Julia reappeared in a story arc of the 2006 Ms. Marvel series, using the codename Arachne (which she intended to use). Her powers have clearly been restored. During Civil War , Julia registers under
15729-630: The superhuman champions. She battled the Absorbing Man , Doctor Doom , and the Hulk . She was killed and resurrected by Doom with the power of the Beyonder . After returning to Earth, Julia joined Freedom Force (a government-sponsored super team made up primarily of former members of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants who enlisted into government service to avoid prison terms). In an early mission with Freedom Force,
15876-450: The symbiote black costume that would eventually become the symbiote -charged villain known as Venom , he surmised that he had subconsciously redesigned his costume to look more like Julia's. During her brief tenure with Omega Flight, Julia began wearing a redesigned costume similar to her original one. After gaining Madame Web's mental powers, she passed her Arachne costume on to Anya Corazon , who then goes on to wear it as Spider-Girl. In
16023-412: The team as an official superhero team complete with government clearance. DeMatteis stayed on for only six issues of The New Defenders before turning it over to writer Peter Gillis , whose run was marked by shorter, more personal stories. Gillis recounted, "I had been working for a while at Marvel, and was constantly pumping for more work, and specifically a series of my own. So when I heard DeMatteis
16170-455: The team consisting of Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Luke Cage , and Iron Fist . The origin of the Defenders lies in two crossover story arcs by Roy Thomas prior to the official founding of the team. The first, in Doctor Strange #183 (November 1969), Sub-Mariner #22 (February 1970), and The Incredible Hulk #126 (April 1970) occurred due to the Dr. Strange series being canceled in
16317-527: The team was sent to arrest the X-Men . During this conflict with the X-Men, Julia also began to question her teammates' exceedingly brutal attitudes that they held over from their criminal pasts. Subsequently, Freedom Force was sent to arrest the Avengers after a disgruntled Quicksilver made false accusations against them. Freedom Force actually defeated the combined East and West Coast Avengers teams and helped bring
16464-464: The team would be returning after a short break in summer 2022 for another five part run. Following a message from beyond the grave from Doctor Strange, a new team is assembled featuring Blue Marvel , America Chavez , Taaia (the mother of Galactus ), Tigra , and Loki (a variant of the God of Mischief) to tackle a new cosmic threat. Defenders membership was fluid, yet a few members were relatively constant:
16611-572: The team. After a battle against the Wrecking Crew , Julia decided to stay on the team. Afterward, Julia (still calling herself Arachne) became a victim of a grudge match between Spider-Man and the Kraven family. After escaping with Spider-Man from Ana and Alyosha Kravinoff , they are confronted by the Chameleon disguised as Ezekiel Sims , who informs them of a battle between the Spider and Hunter tribes. Julia
16758-565: The three founders (Doctor Strange, Namor the Sub-Mariner, and the Hulk), the Silver Surfer, the Valkyrie , Nighthawk , the Hellcat , and the Gargoyle. Membership was clearer in the New Defenders era when the team was more formally organized. This group's composition was even more fluid than that of the original Defenders, but typically included either Doctor Strange or Doctor Druid as leader, joined by
16905-451: The unscripted artwork. David Anthony Kraft's run as writer included "The Scorpio Saga" (issues #46, 48–50) and the "Xenogenesis: Day of the Demons" storyline (issues #58–60). The "Defenders for a Day" storyline in issues #62–64 saw dozens of new applicants attempting to join the Defenders, as well as a number of villains attempting to present themselves as Defenders members in order to confuse
17052-409: The upcoming series on Prime Video. In November 2022, the series were set to debut on the television network MGM+ before streaming on Prime Video. The Silk series was titled Silk: Spider Society when it was being re-developed, while a series centered on the character Spider-Man Noir was revealed to be in development in February 2023 for Amazon. The writers' rooms for Silk: Spider Society and
17199-406: The various characters. The series were expected to be released on a traditional television platform before moving to streaming. By then, the first series intended to be part of this deal was one focused on the character Silk , who had been identified as a good candidate for a series after a film was previously being developed. Amazon was confirmed at the end of April 2021 to have the rights to stream
17346-523: The villains that were on a rampage for what happened in Pleasant Hill. They were defeated when Nitro exploded. 2018 saw a new five part crossover storyline involving the "Big Four" members of the team. Published throughout December, the plot features separate issues all sub-titled "The Best Defense" in Immortal Hulk , Namor , Doctor Strange and Silver Surfer which culminates in a final issue under
17493-460: The weaving of her psionic webs. By using psychokinetic energy, Spider-Woman can bind ambient free-floating molecules into strands of solid force. Her psi-webs can be used to wrap enemies, or focused into narrow web-lines that she can swing from. Due to their psychic nature, her psi-webs can form from a distance, and she can mentally control the movement of her webbing. In addition to her natural superhuman advantages, she has been extensively trained by
17640-433: The work... we're pretty capable of doing what we have to do here." Following a negative fan reaction at Disney's biennial D23 Expo , and at the urging of Holland who personally spoke to Rothman and Disney CEO Bob Iger , Disney returned to negotiations with Sony. Later that September, Sony and Disney announced a new agreement that would allow Marvel Studios and Feige to produce a third MCU Spider-Man film for Sony. Disney
17787-581: The world-dominating "Order"; once the Order were freed from this control by their fellow heroes (including their teammates Hellcat , Nighthawk , and Valkyrie ), the Defenders apparently disbanded. A fill-in issue set between these two series was published in 2011. A Defenders five-issue miniseries debuted in July 2005, by Keith Giffen , J. M. DeMatteis , and Kevin Maguire , featuring Doctor Strange attempting to reunite
17934-521: Was about to flee the country with her daughter. Julia is captured and summarily incarcerated. It is revealed in Ms. Marvel #13 that Julia escaped captivity during the Negative Zone prison break, and she returned to Colorado in search of Rachel. A S.H.I.E.L.D. Psy Ops team telepathically traces her to Brooklyn, where she furiously confronts and attacks Araña, demanding to know where her daughter has been taken. She
18081-429: Was added because Sony and the producers of Venom were excited by the possibility of crossovers between the live-action and animated films after seeing the quality of Into the Spider-Verse . Eddie Brock continues to rebuild his career by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady , who becomes the host of the symbiote Carnage and escapes prison after a failed execution. Woody Harrelson appeared as Cletus Kasady at
18228-483: Was asked if that film was set in the same universe as Holland's Spider-Man films, and he said, "without revealing anything that I'm not allowed to reveal, it is not impossible that in a future/upcoming Venom movie, Spider-Man will play a significant role". Pascal added, in reference to a crossover between the MCU Spider-Man films, Sony's own shared universe films, and Sony's animated Spider-Verse films, that "there's
18375-557: Was being re-developed for television. She suggested that it could be a limited series, and had the potential to be released on Disney+. That June, former Marvel Television and Marvel Studios television executive Karim Zreik was made head of television for Lord and Miller, putting him in charge of all their planned series including the Marvel-based ones. The latter were described as a priority for Sony Pictures Television, and Zreik's experience with previous Marvel television series made him
18522-462: Was cast in the title role. Filming began in late March 2022 in London, and concluded by mid-June. Kraven the Hunter is set to be released on December 13, 2024. Sony has scheduled an unspecified film to release on June 27, 2025. The following is a list of known projects that are or were in development. Spider-Noir follows an aging down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York City who
18669-467: Was confirmed and Harry Bradbeer joined to direct and executive produce the first two episodes. That July, the series was retitled Spider-Noir to better highlight its connections to the Spider-Man universe. Filming had begun by August 2024 in Los Angeles , and is scheduled to conclude in February 2025. Spider-Noir is set to debut in the United States on MGM+ before releasing internationally and in
18816-417: Was confirmed to have the rights to 900 Marvel Comics characters, and Panitch explained that "Spider-Man connects to a lot of the characters. There are villains, heroes, and antiheroes, and a lot are female characters, many of whom are bona fide, fully dimensionalized, and utterly unique. We feel there's no reason the Marvel characters shouldn't be able to embrace diversity." When asked whether Venom would act as
18963-512: Was eventually offered membership in the team, and joined the Avengers West Coast. As a member of the West Coast Avengers, Julia battled some of the Marvel Universe's major foes including Doctor Demonicus , Ultron and Mephisto as well as participating in the Infinity War cosmic crossover. In addition while still a member of the West Coast Avengers, Julia was chosen by Doctor Strange to be
19110-522: Was expected within the next few months, with the networks owned by Marvel's parent Disney—including their new streaming service Disney+ —being considered alongside others. These television plans were attributed to the success of Venom and Into the Spider-Verse , which "bolstered confidence that there's an appetite for Sony's slice of Marvel". After their work on Into the Spider-Verse , Lord and Miller signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures Television in April 2019 to develop multiple television series for
19257-579: Was leaving Defenders , I was in [editor] Carl Potts ' office like a shot, and I got the gig." Though the series remained a modest hit through the Gillis/Perlin run, it was cancelled to make room in Marvel's production schedule for the New Universe line. The final issue was The New Defenders #152. In the final issue, several members (Gargoyle, Moondragon and Valkyrie), plus allies ( Andromeda , Manslaughter , Interloper ) seemingly die in battle with
19404-448: Was led by Doctor Strange and included Hulk , Namor , and—eventually— Silver Surfer . They first appeared as the Defenders in Marvel Feature #1 (Dec. 1971), before receiving their own title, The Defenders , in 1972. The group had a rotating line-up from 1972 until 1986, with Dr. Strange and the Hulk being usually constant members along with a number of other mainstays such as Valkyrie , Nighthawk , Hellcat , Gargoyle , Beast ,
19551-479: Was not considered a spin-off of any other film, and would officially begin its own shared universe. Sony was looking to build out this new universe gradually rather than rush in as they had previously tried with the Amazing Spider-Man spin-offs. In July, Columbia Pictures president Sanford Panitch explained that they were looking to "do what's the absolute best for each individual property. I just want to honor
19698-633: Was now working as Devil Spider. After having a particularly strong vision of the future of the Marvel Universe, Julia enters into a comatose state. In the finale of the Spider-Verse storyline, Julia wakes out of her coma, and distresses over the Great Web's strands being severed by the Superior Spider-Man (Doctor Octopus' mind in Peter Parker's body) in a desperate attempt to alter his fate and prevent Peter Parker from returning. Though his attempt
19845-584: Was overseeing all of the universe's films for the studio. In July, Vulture interviewed several creatives involved in the universe to try alleviate the fears of some fans concerning Sony's plans. Jonathan Goldstein —writer of the first MCU Spider-Man film, Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)—said the future of the universe would be decided by the success of Venom , and noted that other studios had struggled to replicate Marvel Studios' MCU success. Brian Michael Bendis , comic creator of many Marvel characters that Sony planned to add to its universe, consulted on Into
19992-445: Was potential for Nicolas Cage to portray the titular role in the series after he previously voiced the character in Into the Spider-Verse . In December, Steve Lightfoot was hired to serve as co- showrunner and executive producer alongside Uziel, and Cage was in talks for the title role by February 2024. The series was officially ordered and titled Noir in May 2024, when Cage's casting
20139-541: Was released on October 1, 2021. Serkis said Venom: Let There Be Carnage was set in its own world, with its characters unaware of other heroes such as Spider-Man, though the film does have some references to the wider Marvel Universe. These include the Daily Bugle newspaper, which has the same title treatment in the film as it did in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film series . The mid-credits scene transports Brock and Venom to
20286-416: Was released on October 5, 2018. The producers wanted to focus on telling a standalone story with Venom , rather than having it introduce crossover opportunities for future films. However, the film does include a post-credits scene featuring a clip from Sony's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) that reveals that Venom 's universe is part of the Spider-Verse , a shared multiverse . This
20433-414: Was reported to be co-financing 25% of the film in exchange for 25% of the film's profits while retaining the merchandising rights to the character. The agreement also allowed Holland's Spider-Man to appear in a future Marvel Studios film, while Feige stated that moving forward the MCU's Spider-Man would be able to "cross cinematic universes" and appear in Sony's own shared universe as well. This interaction
20580-462: Was reunited in a short-lived 2001 series by Kurt Busiek and Erik Larsen . In 2005 Marvel published a five-issue miniseries featuring the classic line-up by J. M. DeMatteis , Keith Giffen and Kevin Maguire . In December 2011 writer Matt Fraction and artist Terry Dodson launched a Defenders series with a mixture of classic and new members, which lasted for 12 issues. A television miniseries The Defenders premiered in 2017 on Netflix , with
20727-436: Was said to be a " 'call and answer' between the two franchises as they acknowledge details between the two in what would loosely be described as a shared detailed universe". Sony described their previous films with Marvel Studios as a "great collaboration", and said "our mutual desire to continue was equal to that of the many fans." Panitch acknowledged in May 2021 that there had been confusion and frustration from fans regarding
20874-510: Was significant coordination between the Let There Be Carnage and No Way Home teams to create the two scenes, with No Way Home director Jon Watts directing both scenes during production of that film. In the mid-credits scenes of Morbius , taking place simultaneously with the events of No Way Home , Adrian Toomes / Vulture is revealed to have been transported to the SSU by the same spell, meeting with Morbius in an effort to form
21021-462: Was suggested to him that it should run as a Defenders title, however Bunn explained that beyond the name there is "little connection" to the Defenders. In August 2017, Marvel launched a new Defenders comic book series starring Daredevil , Jessica Jones , Luke Cage and Iron Fist , based on the Netflix incarnation of the team . During the " Secret Empire " storyline, the Defenders were seen fighting
21168-627: Was thwarted, the damage caused to the Great Web had weakened every Spider's spider-sense and left Julia bereft of her precognition. During the Dead No More: The Clone Conspiracy storyline, Julia Carpenter is shown to be the one hacking into the computers of Jackal 's company New U Technologies from her hideout in Alcatraz as seen when she has a clone of Prowler as her prisoner. It is also revealed that she has been doing this with Shroud 's technology. Prowler angers Julia by severing
21315-480: Was unclear if Sony could shop the series to Disney, which had previously released several Marvel-based television series . Sony was not expected to renew its deal with Lord and Miller by August 2024 after the duo disagreed with the studio over the budget for Spider-Noir . Following a scandal, journalist Eddie Brock attempts to revive his career by investigating the Life Foundation , but comes into contact with
21462-418: Was unknowingly a test subject in their experiments. During the experiment, they "accidentally" injected Julia with a mix of spider venom and exotic plant extracts, which gave Julia powers very similar to those of Spider-Man . Not long after she was given the identity of Spider-Woman, she was drawn into the first Secret Wars , where she met Spider-Man and the Avengers for the first time, and allied herself with
21609-412: Was widely criticized, with commentators mocking its length compared to shorter franchise names like the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and DC Extended Universe (DCEU), as well as the acronym "SPUMC". James Whitbrook of io9 questioned why the term "Spider-Verse" was not being used. Columbia Pictures president Sanford Panitch stated that Sony did not want to refer to their shared universe as
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