- "I heard you've made progress."
"I've found several worthy candidates. Now that Spider-Man's taken his leave, New York'll never be the same."
"Oh, I'm countin' on that."
"Speaking of progress, seems you're looking better, son."
"Eh, comes and goes, of course, I'd just as well use it while it still can do for me. Tell me more about your "candidates"."
"How many members did you have in mind, Mr. Osborn?"
"I wanna keep it small. Make it five, and I make SIX. Everything you need is already at Oscorp. So who's our first volunteer?"
"Aleksei Sytsevich. Apparently serving a life sentence. But after I passed over our offer, he's been most eager to join us."
"Good. We'll start with him." - ―Harry Osborn and Gustav Fiers[src]
Sony's Spider-Man Universe × Amazing Spider-Man Presents: The Sinister Six (alternatively titled just The Sinister Six) is a cancelled two-part superhero film about the supervillain team of the same name. It was to be written and directed by Drew Goddard, from a story by Goddard, Greg Russo, Alex Kurtzman, Dave Callaham, and Marc Webb (who'd also produce).
It was intended as the first spin-off film of the Sony's Spider-Man Universe and an immediate sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man 3. It was originally slated to be released on May 16, 2016. It was reclarified by Marc Webb that it would instead be the other way around, in that Amazing Spider-Man 3 would've seen release first and that The Sinister Six would've ended up as a two-part film, forming a three-movie story arc.
Cast[]
- Dane DeHaan as Harry Osborn/Green Goblin
- Christoph Waltz as Dr. Otto Octavius/Doctor Octopus
- Paul Giamatti as Aleksei Sytsevich/Rhino
- Shane West as Morris Bench/Hydro-Man
- Zachary Quinto as Quentin Beck/Mysterio
- Jonathan Banks as Dr. Adrian Toomes/Vulture
- John Cena as Flint Marko/Sandman
- Emily Blunt as Elaina Cole/Scorpia
- Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spider-Man
- Felicity Jones as Felicia Hardy/Black Cat
- Shailene Woodley as Mary Jane Watson
- Chris Cooper as Norman Osborn/Goblin King
- Michael Massee and Demián Bichir as Gustav Fiers/The Gentleman (unused footage of Massee is used while the remainder of screentime and face revealed scenes are done by Fiennes)
- Sam Worthington as Herman Schultz/Shocker
- J.K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson
- Keith David as Robbie Robertson
- Zooey Deschanel as Betty Brant
- Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curt Connors (cameo)
- Stan Lee as Himself (cameo) (he was still alive at the point)
- John Leguizamo as Roderick Kingsley
- Armie Hammer as Col. John Jameson
- Chris Zylka as Flash Thompson/Agent Venom
- Campbell Scott as Dr. Richard Parker
- Embeth Davidtz as Mary Parker (flashback)
Trivia[]
- Despite the fact that The Amazing Spider-Man series was rebooted, after Spider-Man came to be in Marvel Cinematic Universe, and that Andrew Garfield was fired, this film was confirmed to be still in development (albeit is unlikely to feature the lineup as was intended for this movie, with rumors indicating it might use the incarnation lead by Boomerang during the Superior Spider-Man storyline).
- Since the remaining sequels in The Amazing Spider-Man series have been cancelled thus ending the series, it is most likely that Dane DeHaan will not be featured in the film as the events that have taken place in the previous films are no longer in continuity (at least with the MCU, while the Sony Marvel Universe has been intentionally vague).
- The team's roster varied between Green Goblin, Dr. Octopus, Kraven the Hunter, Vulture, Rhino, Mysterio, Sandman, or Scorpia (rather than Scorpion), or even Black Cat, Venom, or Electro as potential members.
- Avi Arad and Marc Webb confirmed that Norman Osborn would've returned in The Amazing Spider-Man 3, and backed by Andrew Garfield, who stated that could've extended to this film.
- Plot and script details varied that the film would have portrayed the Sinister Six, or at least one of it's members, as sympathetic (likely Harry Osborn, Felicia Hardy, or even Flint Marko) enough so that they would ultimately redeem themselves, to that Dr. Octopus would end up being the main antagonist. One draft indicated the Savage Land, which in the comics functioned as an ancient preserve to surviving prehistoric species hidden in Antarctica, would have been involved. The same Spider-Man was said to even temporarily join with the Six against an interdimensional threat brought on by Doc Ock.
- Following the reclarification by Marc Webb that The Amazing Spider-Man 3 would see release first and the two-part Sinister Six would follow, he confirmed that following the third film, Spider-Man would still be wearing the black Symbiote costume, and would separate from it near the end of Part 2, where Eddie Brock would bond to it and become Venom. In one draft, both Venom and Carnage served as antagonists and later dispelling it upon realizing it's negative influence, in which it would bond with Eddie Brock by the end of the film to set up the Venom spin-off. Another plot point would have Emma Stone returning as a resurrected amnesiac Gwen Stacy bound to the Carnage symbiote after the Venom symbiote replicated and was enacted by the still alive Norman Osborn, only to die again by the end of the film with the Carnage symbiote finding and bonding to Cletus Kasady afterwards, leading into the Venom spin-off.
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