Sony Pictures announce Venom and Sinister Six spin-off!!!

I have been waiting for a Venom film for as long as I have been a Spider-Man fan, and that is a pretty long time!

In a move today that is said "to forge a new legacy in the story of Peter Parker on screen", Sony Pictures Entertainment announced that they will in association with Marvel being developing several new films within the Spider-Man franchise. These are sat to be being penned by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Jeff Pinkner, Ed Solomon and Drew Goddard with Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach set to produce.

The five writers along with Webb and two producers have been kicking ass in forming their new Spidey related universe. This new deal with see Kurtzman, Orci and Pinkner are set to write the screenplay for the third instalment in the Amazing Spider-Man franchise in which they hope Webb will return to direct. That film is set to release in 2016 with the release of this film they are set to expand the universe even more so with Orci, Solomon and Kurtzman writing the screenplay for "Venom" which Kurtzman himself will direct.

The next step in their franchise is to have Goddard write and direct "The Sinister Six" movie, which will focus on the biggest and baddest villains in the Spidey-verse.

Commenting on the announcement, Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures said;
"The Spider-Man film franchise is one of our studio's greatest assets. We are thrilled with the creative team we have assembled to delve more deeply into the world that Marc, Avi and Matt have begun to explore in 'The Amazing Spider-Man' and 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2.' We believe that Marc, Alex, and Drew have uniquely exciting visions for how to expand the Spider-Man universe in each of these upcoming films."

Marc Webb continues to tease "The Amazing Spider-Man 2"

Oh Mr. Webb the man with he befitting name of the film he is Directing,  you are such a tease. You guys and girls need to follow him on Twitter, him like fellow Marvel Director Bryan Singer love Tweeting us lovely pictures. The picture shows two actors dressed as FBI Agents, which leaves us here at Chris Movie Corner a little stumped, are the FBI after Spidey? Are they looking into Oscorp? Looks like we will have to wait and see, but I would rather see S.H.I.E.L.D Agents than FBI Agents damn you Sony owning Spider-Man!

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— Marc Webb (@MarcW) February 19, 2013

"Star Trek Into Darkness" poster

Here is the first official teaser poster for the upcoming Star Trek movie "Star Trek Into Darkness", the general reaction is "haven't they copied The Dark Knight?" An if I'm being 100% honest I can see why they are asking that, it does have a Nolan-esque feel about it.

I personally don't like the poster, it doesn't shout "Star Trek" when I see it. But that doesn't take away from how excited I am for this movie, growing up I didn't really like the Star Trek franchise but it was always on television due to my Dad's obsession ha ha. So earlier this year I watched "Star Trek" from 2009 an the film was incredible, if you haven't seen it I highly recommend you do then go see this one next May when it hits the big screen.

"Sleepy Hollow" TV Series in production

It's great news that Sleepy Hollow is being made into a Television Series because I personally didn't like the film, as you may already know I dislike Johnny Depp a lot. But, the good news is people bringing more Horror and Science Fiction to the small screen with "Hannibal" also being produced. According to a new report the genius' behind "Fringe" and "Hawaii Five-0" Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.

Len Wisemen ("Underworld") is reportedly already set to direct the pilot, with the series described as "a modern–day supernatural thriller based on the legend of Sleepy Hollow. It follows Ichabod Crane as he partners with Sleepy Hollow’s local female sheriff to solve the Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci mysteries of a town ravaged by the battle between good and evil."

According to another report, the project is being pitched to CBS, ABC, NBC and FOX. However Kurtzman and Orci's production company K/O Paper Production is already involved with 20th Century Fox, so it wouldn't surprise me if the show ended up on FOX. This project is in very early stages, so we'll have more information when the project moves forward.