Towards the end of last month, the man announced as the director of Sony’s Spider-Man spin-off the Sinister Six, Drew Goddard, announced that he was leaving the Netflix Daredevil television series that he was attached to. This consequently sparked rumours that work on the Sinister Six movie was being bumped up the schedule.

This is a move that would make sense to many given the ending of Amazing Spider-Man 2 all but aptly setting up a Sinister Six film by introducing The Gentleman, previously known as the Man in the Shadows, as well as Dane DeHaan’s Harry Osborn/Green Goblin seemingly arranging for a team to be put together.

This ending would create complications for an Amazing Spider-Man 3 film, as it would be difficult to postpone or escape the apparent creation of the Sinister Six. The only option for a third Amazing Spider-Man film would have been to introduce one or two new members of the Sinister Six individually with all six of them then getting together in the Sinister Six spin-off, or to have a one-off villain whilst the Sinister Six is formed in the background/sidelined as a storyline. Whereas the Sinister Six spin-off seems like the natural progression of the storyline, leading off from the narrative at the end of Amazing Spider-Man 2 perfectly.

Then there was the hidden end credits sequence that was revealed by Shazam-ing Alicia Key’s Amazing Spider-Man 2 sound-track song ‘It’s On Again’ during the end-credits (or at any other time). This sequence seemed to reveal teaser images for each member of the Sinister Six with Rhino, Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Vulture, Kraven/Black Cat and Electro/Shocker/Mysterio/Chameleon all being hinted at. Again this easter-egg makes more sense if the Sinister Six movie is next.

However the latest news all but guarantees that Sony also share the same mind-set and are going forward with a Sinister Six movie for June 2016 becauase they’ve reportedly delayed Amazing Spider-Man 3 until 2017 leaving a big gap in their schedule for 2016. A big gap that should, and I’m going to say it, will be filled by the Sinister Six.

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