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It has been known for a while that Sony has been wanting to get into the TV and streaming space with many of its Spider-verse characters. But all talks about its shows were happening with Amazon for Prime Video releases, instead of having another partnership with Disney for Disney+. And now things are official as Prime Video will be the exclusive home for Sony’s Marvel shows. In fact, the first of those series has already been announced withSilk: SpiderSociety, but the fans aren’t completely sold on it.
The Sony-Amazon Deal
With MGM under its belt, Amazon was already sitting pretty. But now according toThe Hollywood Reporter, they’ve formed a new bond withSonyand are currently working on a slate of several original TV series based on the Spider-verse characters. As perTV Line,Silk: Spider Societywill be the first of a“suite of live-action television series based on the Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters, which includes over 900 characters,”(per MGM+).
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Silk: Spider Society – The Series
Angela Kang (The Walking Deadshowrunner) will oversee the Silk series andSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Versedirectors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller will act as executive producers. The show is centered around Cindy Moon, a Korean-American girl who also gets bitten by the same radioactive Spider that turned Peter Parker into Spider-Man. So, in a similar fashion, we’ll be following Cindy Moon’s journey as she“escapes imprisonment and searches for her missing family on her way to becoming the superhero known as Silk.”
We could expect this series to introduce some other Spider-Verse characters for Sony-Amazon to make spinoffs out of. And another important thing to note is that before streaming globally on Amazon’s Prime Video platform,Silk: Spider Societywill first air domestically on the Epix-transformed network MGM+.
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Fan Reactions to the ‘Silk’ Announcement
Sony has a bad history of mishandling its prime IP. The first 2 Spider-Man movies were good, but thenSpider-Man 3andThe Amazing Spider-Manmovies felt problematic (to put it kindly). Then Marvel started handling Spider-Man and he became a goldmine. Meanwhile, Sony began to cash in on their other Spider-verse characters. They’ve done well withVenom, butMorbiushas been horrible. So, all the fans aren’t totally sold on the new announcement(s) as they don’t want another Morbius to look at!
Here are the craziest fan reactions to Sony’s next move in handling their Spider-verse characters:
lost me at “sony”
— Chance (@i2econdChance)July 26, 2025
Not supportive of Angela Kang though!
…..from the Showrunner of ‘The Walking Dead’….pic.twitter.com/F0WK2TuBE6
— 🇵🇸 OrionAnakari⚡ (@OrionAnakaris)August 15, 2025
Not just Sony, but people aren’t confident about Amazon either (especially afterTheRings of Power):
Amazon+ Sony = Why I have a bad feeling about this
— Ionuț (@Yoonut15)August 17, 2025
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Some people are optimistic…
Sony finally doing something interesting with their IP other than turning Spider-Man villains into “heroes”, cautiously optimistic here🤷🏻♂️
— Callum (@Atrialic)August 15, 2025
What about her connection to Spider-Man?
They might stray away from Peter Parker and give Cindy her own space in the Spider-verse. Meaning, she could be the ‘Spider-Man’ of her universe. But all we can hope is for them to handle the character in a way that’s true to the comics.
Source:The Hollywood Reporter
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