Before Sony reached an agreement with Marvel regarding the Spider-Man license, their designs for a Spidey Cinematic Universe were fairly obvious. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 pretty much spent its entire runtime world-building and setting up sequels, spin-offs and all the rest, and though Sony were certainly capable of marshalling the character's lore on the big-screen, there was a sense that it was all just a little too soon.
With the MCU having over ten years' worth of history to its name, it should - in theory - be easier for Marvel to navigate the blueprint set by Sony. This would mean the Sinister Six (or even the Superior Foes of Spider-Man) could receive a spin-off of their own, but it's important not to get too carried away. That was, of course, what undid Sony's first Spidey reboot, and with the chance to build something truly brilliant, Marvel would do well to exercise caution from here on in.
That doesn't mean they should be too coy with references however, and considering the Sinister Six have never been done on the big screen, the opportunity to be the studio who did them first is surely to great to pass on.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
