to be a chance that he would appear. The film was originally scheduled for release on November 11, 2016. However, following the announcement in February 2015 of a new Spider-Man franchise with Marvel Studios, the spin-offs were postponed and eventually canceled. Marvel Cinematic Universe In an email from Amy Pascal leaked during the Sony Pictures hack, Pascal revealed that she planned for Tom Holland's Spider-Man to appear in a Sinister Six film set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe dependent on the success of the then-upcoming licensing agreement with Marvel Studios. Sony's Spider-Man Universe Following the collaboration between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures, many spin-offs that had been in development before were revived, with the first of these, the live-action film Venom, being released on October 5, 2018. Sony's December 2013 plans for their own expanded universe included a film based on the Sinister Six, with Drew Goddard attached to write and potentially direct. Goddard was confirmed to be directing the film in April 2014. The film was believed to have been canceled by November 2015 when Sony was focusing on its new reboot with Marvel. In October 2018, Goddard acknowledged that his script could eventually be used for a film. By December of the same year, producer Amy Pascal confirmed that the studio intends to use the script in an upcoming project and expressed the company's desire for the filmmaker to direct the film as well. In the post-credits scene of Morbius (2022), Adrian Toomes from the MCU approaches Dr. Michael Morbius, in an effort to form a team. The team is intended to be the Sinister Six, with director Daniel Espinosa expressing interest in having Norman Osborn be part of the group. Video games The Sinister Six appear in Spider-Man: Return of the Sinister Six, consisting of Doctor Octopus, Electro, Sandman, Mysterio, the Vulture, and the Hobgoblin. The Sinister Six appear in Spider-Man 2: The Sinister Six, consisting of Doctor Octopus, Mysterio, Sandman, the Vulture, the Scorpion, and Kraven the Hunter. The Sinister Six appear in the interactive DOS game Spider-Man: The Sinister Six, consisting of Doctor Octopus, the Chameleon, Mysterio, the Hobgoblin, the Vulture, and Shocker. A multiversal Sinister Six appear in Spider-Man Unlimited, consisting of several multiversal versions of the Green Goblin, the Vulture, Electro, Sandman, Doctor Octopus, and Mysterio. They came together to invade multiple dimensions and harvest iso-8 crystals, with an army of "Sinister Soldiers"