You have to hand it to Sony. They’re trying their best to turn the Spider-Man movies into a true franchise. In the years ahead, we can look forward to spinoffs focusing on the Sinister Six and Venom. And as we learned earlier today, Sony will even release a female-driven Spider-Man spinoff, likely in 2017. Considering that there aren’t really any female-driven superhero films right now (at least until Wonder Woman gets her own movie), this is definitely a positive step forward for superheroes in Hollywood.

But the question right now is which female character will star in this untitled film? Sony only has access to very specific portions of the Marvel Universe, but the good news is that they still have plenty of options open. We’ve put together a lineup of five female characters who not only could star in the movie, but deserve to star in their own movie.

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