Olivia Wilde teases possible Spider-Woman movie, She-Hulk gets director

Olivia Wilde comments on the Spider-Woman flick she is totally not directing, and Marvel hires a director for its She-Hulk show.

Several weeks ago, news broke that actor/filmmaker Olivia Wilde was directing a film in Sony’s ever expanding Spider-Man universe. And while nothing has been confirmed by Sony, most assume that film would be about Spider-Woman.

Appearing on the Shut Up Evan podcast, Wilde continued to keep the film’s central character a secret, but did reveal the involvement of Marvel Cinematic Universe boss Kevin Feige:

"All I can say is that is by far the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to me. Not only do I feel like I get to tell a story that…God, it’s like listen to me trying to avoid Kevin Feige’s pellet gun."

Feige’s involvement should raise some eyebrows, since technically the MCU and Sony’s Spider-Verse, which includes the Venom movies with Tom Hardy, Morbius with Jared Leto, and other movies in various stages of development featuring characters like Jackpot, Madame Web, Kraven the Hunter and, of course, Spider-Woman.

That said, Marvel and Sony share custody of Tom Holland’s version of Spider-Man, and Feige has consulted on those movies, so it’s not ridiculous that he might lend a hand on this one, too. It’s an odd relationship but it works.

Still, the secrecy surrounding Wilde’s project is curious, especially when we know a lot about other movies even when they’re not very far along. Wilde declined to give further details, but was cheered by the ever-expanding list of female directors in the superhero genre. “We are seeing this incredible influx of female directors and storytellers getting to take hold of this genre, of this superhero space, and infuse it with their own perspective. So not only do I get to tell this story as a director, but I get to develop this story and that’s was what made it so exciting…e are not only going to step in and try and tell this story like men do, we’re actually going to reframe the stories themselves.'”

Speaking of women directing superhero stuff, Deadline reports that Marvel has tapped Kat Coiro to helm the pilot of its She-Hulk series on Disney+, as well as serve as an executive producer.

Coiro cut her teeth directing episodes of shows like It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Brooklyn 99 and Dead To Me before helming movies like Marry Me, due for a Valentine’s Day release next year. And the head writer on She-Hulk is Rick and Morty veteran Jessica Gao, suggesting that Disney may want to take a lighter approach to the show about Jennifer Walters becoming a still-intelligent Hulk after getting an emergency blood transfusion from cousin Bruce Banner and continuing the practice law even as she’s all green and super-strong.

There’s been no casting for She-Hulk yet but everyone’s hoping that Mark Ruffalo can reprise his role as Banner. As for the main role, the fans are massing behind Allison Brie:

We don’t know when either She-Hulk or Wilde’s definitely-not-Spider-Woman movie are coming out, although the scripts for She-Hulk are apparently already written, so hopefully things can get underway quickly as soon as it’s safe to sport full-body green paint in front of a camera again.

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