Sony has scrapped the Black Cat & Silver Sable movie in favor of two solo films.

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Variety reports Sony is interested in developing standalone projects centered on popular Spider-Man characters moving forward. As such, Black Cat & Silver Sable is being reworked into two separate movies, with the first project likely focused on Black Cat.“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,” Sanford Panitch said, the executive overseeing Sony’s Marvel films.Gina Prince-Bythewood, who was set to write and direct Silver & Black, will likely depart the movie. However, she will still produce both standalone projects, with Sony reportedly searching for another female director.Black Cat, a burglar named Felicia Hardy, is an anti-hero who's sometimes an enemy, ally, and even love interest of Spider-Man's. Meanwhile, Silver Sable is a mercenary and a leader of the hunter war criminals.Another Marvel project Sony is developing for its Universe of Marvel Characters, as it's being called internally, is a Morbius, the Living Vampire film starring Jared Leto in the title role Kraven the Hunter and Silk movies are in the works as well.Venom is Sony's next upcoming Marvel film, hitting theaters on October 4 in Australia, October 5 in the U.S. and UK.

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