Olivia Wilde to Direct Secret Marvel Project and Teases ‘Spider-Woman’
On Wednesday night, it was reported that Booksmart director Olivia Wilde closed a deal with Sony Pictures to direct and develop a secret female-led Marvel project.
Fans quickly began speculating if Wilde was taking the reigns on a Spider-Woman stand-alone film, as the previous portrayal of the beloved character has only been in cartoon form, most recently with Gwen Stacey in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as Spider-Gwen.
Deadline revealed the exciting news and mentioned that the film will be written by Booksmart writer Katie Silberman with Amy Pascal producing. Rachel O’Connor will also join the project as an executive producer.
Wilde seemingly teased/possibly confirmed that her secret project would be a Spider-Woman focused film after she responded to Deadline’s tweet with a simple spider emoji.
— olivia wilde (@oliviawilde) August 19, 2020
Marvel fans are ecstatic about Wilde joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe as a director.
olivia wilde directing a marvel movie?? a spider-woman movie?? WE LOVE WOMEN OMG this is actually so exciting she’s going to do an amazing job
— the devil all the time (@SlytherinShank) August 20, 2020
They also love the idea of a future Spider-Woman live-action film and some are even beginning to share fan-casts for the role.
Now, the only other thing to do following Olivia Wilde’s Marvel directing gig is to cast Dakota Johnson, right? pic.twitter.com/H7zRDD4cFh
— Peter Gray (@ratedPDG) August 20, 2020
Now that a Spider-Woman movie is happening with Olivia Wilde directing, PLEASE CAST DAISY RIDLEY AS SPIDER-WOMAN!!! #Marvel pic.twitter.com/D4GqcQCwgX
— Daisy Cutie Ridley (@CutieRidley) August 19, 2020
While we might not know all of the details yet, we do know we can’t wait to see what Wilde has planned for the MCU. In the meantime, we will be eagerly awaiting casting news.
