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"The Amazing Spider-Man 2." The Spider-Man franchise will detour next with a “Sinister Six” spinoff in 2016, pushing “The Amazing Spider-Man 3” to 2018. Sony’s Columbia Pictures announced its updated schedule for the web-slinger Wednesday, July 23, 2014. By ordering “Sinister Six” ahead of the next “Spider-Man” movie, the studio hopes to expand the franchise with the group of Marvel super villains. Image Credit: AP

The Spider-Man franchise will detour next with a Sinister Six spin-off in 2016, pushing The Amazing Spider-Man 3 to 2018.

Sony’s Columbia Pictures announced its updated schedule for the web-slinger on Wednesday. By ordering Sinister Six ahead of the next Spider-Man movie, the studio hopes to expand the franchise with the group of Marvel super-villains.

Sinister Six, to be directed by Drew Goddard, is one of two spin-offs planned for the Spider-Man universe. No date has been set for the other offshoot in development, Venom.

Sony had previously pegged Spider-Man sequels for 2016 and 2018, but The Amazing Spider-Man 3 will now be pushed to 2018. In its place, Sony has slotted in Uncharted, an action film based on the PlayStation video game.