The idea of a feature film bringing together Marvel Comics' Sinister Six has been floating around Sony Pictures for a number of years, but has unfortunately never come to fruition. Originally, Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man franchise was planned to set up the Sinister Six, with Drew Goddard attached to write and direct the project. These plans disappeared when Sony and Marvel Studios brokered a deal to bring Spider-Man into the MCU, ending Andrew Garfield's career as the wall-crawler.