JC Chandor to Direct Spider-Man Villain ‘Kraven the Hunter’ Movie for Sony Pictures

If it’s not completely obvious by now, Sony is getting extremely aggressive about leveraging their ‘Spider-Man’ Spider-Verse (officially known as Sony Pictures’ Universe of Marvel Characters, rolls right off the tongue, I know). They don’t have as much to work with as Marvel—Sony only owns the characters within Spider-Man’s sub-universe—thus everything is Spider-centric and potentially not as diverse as you’d like with your superheroes.

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up the world rights, excluding Italy, to Luca Guadagnino’s Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams. The documentary about fashion shoe icon Salvatore Ferragamo is set for a Sept.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterSony Pictures Classics has picked up world rights, excluding Italy, to Luca Guadagnino’s Salvatore: Shoemaker Of Dreams, a feature documentary about the life of fashion icon Salvatore Ferragamo.Written by Dana Thomas and narrated by Michael Stuhlbarg, the pic is set to world premiere at Venice Film Festival out of competition on September 6.

Also Read: Luca Guadagnino to Direct Film About Scotty Bowers, Legendary Sex Procurer to the StarsThe documentary tracks Salvatore Ferragamo’s fascinating personal, artistic and business story, from his childhood in Bonito, where he made his first pair of shoes, to his journey to America to seek his fortune, from his experiences in Hollywood to his return to Italy, from the verge of bankruptcy to resurgence in his Florence factory and rise to definitive acclaim.

Manori Ravindran International EditorSony Pictures Classics has snapped up worldwide rights, excluding Italy, to Luca Guadagnino’s documentary on Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo, “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams.”The film bows at the Venice Film Festival this coming week, where it screens out of competition.

Dave McNary Film ReporterAdam Driver has signed to star in Sony Pictures’ science-fiction thriller “65,” to be written and directed by “A Quiet Place” writers Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.Beck and Woods are also producing with Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi for Raimi Productions along with Debbie Liebling.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Marisol Nichols, over the last few years, has been juggling the demands of being an actor on series including Riverdale with a side gig as an undercover agent in the fight against sex trafficking.The latter is now being turned into a television series after Sony Pictures Television optioned rights to her story.Nichols, who plays Hermione Lodge on the CW series, revealed her unusual side hustle in a long-form story in May’s Marie Claire.In the article,

Ed Meza @edmezavarSony Pictures Television Latin America is developing a new Colombian drama series inspired by popular hip hop band ChocQuibTown that will examine racism in Latin America and what it means to be Afro-Latino.Announced Sunday during the American Black Film Festival, series “Somos Los Prietos” (“We Are the Black Ones”) marks the first cross-company collaboration – referred to internally as “One Sony” – between SPT’s international production arm and Sony Music Latin, which counts

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorSony Pictures Classics will release Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw’s The Truffle Hunters on Christmas Day, Dec. 25.It was announced this week that the documentary will screen at the Toronto International Film Festival, capping off a string of previous acceptances into the Cannes, Telluride, and New York Film Festivals.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Mexican superstar Omar Chaparro (No Manches Frida series & Pokemon Detective Pikachu) has been set for the lead role in Tequila Re-Pasado, an original comedy from Sony Pictures International Productions.Spanish director María Ripoll is helming the pic, re-teaming with Sony after recently wrapping Guerra de Likes in Mexico for the studio. The new film is adapted from an original script by Judd Pillot and Gerald B.

The first full trailer for The Comey Rule, starring Brendan Gleeson and Jeff Daniels, has been released.

Also Read: Netflix Picks Up Documentary on 737 Boeing Max Plane Crashes From Director Rory KennedyThe documentary also looks at Hollywood’s great love story between Lucy and Desi, and how Ball’s relationship with Arnaz helped to transform the TV industry and has cemented Ball’s legacy long after her death in 1989.Imagine and White Horse are partnering with Ball and Arnaz’s estate.

Kraven the Hunter.” The movie hails from Sony’s universe of Marvel characters and is based on the notorious antihero from “Spider-Man.”Amy Pascal is producing the film, and Richard Wenk (“The Equalizer”) is writing the screenplay.In recent years, Sony has continued to build up its superhero slate.

The ‘Spider-Man’ universe over at Sony just keeps on growing. After last night’s surprising news that Olivia Wilde is set to helm a female-fronted superhero film in the Sony/Marvel universe, it appears the studio isn’t ready to stop now, as the forthcoming “Kraven the Hunter” feature has finally found its director.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Even with Venom: Let There Be Carnage and Morbius postponed until 2021, Sony Pictures is continuing to build up its slate of Marvel films. Sources tell Deadline that J.C.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures TV has put in development National Enquirer: The Untold Story!, a limited series inspired by the 2019 feature documentary Scandalous: The Untold Story of the National Enquirer, produced and directed by Mark Landsman.

Marvel film for Sony.According to Deadline, the project has merely been confirmed as focusing on “a female character in the universe”, but rumours point to a new film about Spider-Woman.Wilde, who made her directorial debut with the coming-of-age comedy Booksmart, confirmed the news on Twitter by posting a spider emoji, fuelling expectations.