A female superhero movie in Spider-Man universe?

Los Angeles: After Marvel`s introduced a female Thor, Sony is reportedly planning to create a woman superhero movie to add to its `Spider-Man` universe.

The studio pushed back the release of `The Amazing Spider-Man 3` by two years. The gap will now be filled by `The Sinister Six` in 2016.

Lisa Joy has been hired to work on the script for the female-centered story, according to reports.

Sony stable has Black Cat, Silver Sable and Spider-Woman but it is not clear who among these three will get a more prominent role to play.

The studio pushed the release of the third Spider-Man by two years after the second part failed to perform as per the expectations.

`Sinister Six`, which focuses on the villains of the Spider-Man universe, will instead release on November 11, 2016 with Drew Goddard set to direct.

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