Overview
- Drew Goddard says the 2014 Sony email breach scuttled his Sinister Six movie, recalling FBI agents swarming the studio lot.
- He spent about a year writing the spin-off within The Amazing Spider-Man continuity and has described his draft as boldly unconventional.
- Leaked documents from the hack exposed Sony’s roadmap, listing classic villains such as Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, Kraven, Vulture, Rhino, Mysterio, Sandman, Scorpion, Black Cat, Venom, and Electro as potential team members.
- Industry coverage notes the leak’s fallout, along with The Amazing Spider-Man 2’s weak returns, preceded Sony’s partnership that rebooted Spider-Man in the MCU.
- Goddard is now writing and set to direct the next Matrix film with scripting underway and no casting disclosed, as Sony pares back parts of its live-action Spider-Verse slate after several box-office failures.