Once Marvel made a deal with Sony to bring Spider-Man to the MCU everyone thought that Drew Goddard’s “Sinister Six” movie was dead in the water. But Drew has been talking openly about the film in recent interviews and he seems convinced that there’s still a possibility the film will be made. Goddard recently spoke to IGN and talked a little bit about his plans for the film. See what he had to say below.
“IGN: Do you think your Sinister Six Spider-Man project could be resurrected?
GODDARD: It’s a long game. It could still happen. It’s certainly not going to happen soon… but I’ve learned, look, Cabin in the Woods, we went into bankruptcy and had to stay on the shelf for a couple of years. It’s OK.
IGN: For many people, the number of villains in a superhero movie is in directly inverse proportion to how good the movie turns out. So how do you make six villains work in a Spider-Man movie?
GODDARD: I know what you’re talking about and I agree. When you’re doing just a straightforward superhero movie, you don’t need a lot of villains. The focus is on one guy. I think with Sinister, it’s different. To me it’s less about too many villains and more about too many antagonists and there’s a distinction. You never say, like, The Dirty Dozen has too many characters. They’re all villains, or you could argue that. But they’re protagonists. The trick with Sinister, is that I was making everyone the protagonist and less about six-on-one and more about coming at it a little differently. That was the idea.”
Although the project is on the shelf right now, it’s not hard to believe that interest in the film will be renewed if DC’s “Suicide Squad” is a hit next summer. Until then we’ll just have to be happy with the fact that Spider-Man and his villains are making their way into the MCU.
