History Film / SonysSpiderManUniverse

* ''Madame Web'' (TBD) [[note]]To be directed by Creator/SJClarkson; with Creator/DakotaJohnson playing the titular character, said to be based on the Julia Carpenter iteration of the character.[[/note]]

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* CrapsackWorld: A universe with no shortage of supervillains, but the closest thing shown to superheroes are bloodthirsty monsters who would prefer not to harm innocents.

* ''Film/{{Morbius|2022}}'' (April 1, 2022)

* TheMultiverse: The end credits of ''Venom'' outright stated that ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' occurs at the same time "in another universe" (which itself also involves a bunch of universes). [[spoiler:''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' has a post-credits scene of Venom suddenly getting transported from the SSU to the MCU.]]

* ''Madame Web'' (TBD) [[note]]To be directed by Creator/SJClarkson; said to be based on the Julia Carpenter iteration of the character.[[/note]]

* ''Film/{{Morbius|2022}}'' (January 28, 2022)

* AlternateContinuity: Zig-zagged. While it appeared to be one to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse -- running concurrently to the MCU and being a separate canon -- ''Morbius'' indicates that they loosely share a continuity, at least where the ''Spider-Man'' portion of the mythology is concerned. [[spoiler:TheStinger for ''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' shows that the MCU is an alternate universe to the SSU that Venom is somehow transported to.]] It's not clear if Marvel Studios will reciprocate this treatment.

* SuperheroHorror: The first three films seem to be heading towards this direction.

* TheMultiverse: The end credits of ''Venom'' outright stated that ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' occurs at the same time "in another universe". [[spoiler:''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' has a post-credits scene of Venom suddenly getting transported from the SSU to the MCU.]]

* ''Film/{{Morbius|2022}}'' (January 21, 2022)

* TheMultiverse: The end credits of ''Venom'' outright stated that ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' occurs at the same time "in another universe". [[spoiler:''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' has Venom seemingly get transported into the MCU from the SSU.]]

* AlternateContinuity: Zig-zagged. While it appeared to be one to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse -- running concurrently to the MCU and being a separate canon -- ''Morbius'' indicates that they loosely share a continuity, at least where the ''Spider-Man'' portion of the mythology is concerned. [[spoiler:TheStinger for ''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' shows that the MCU is an alternate universe to the SSMU that Venom can somehow visit.]] It's not clear if Marvel Studios will reciprocate this treatment.
* TheMultiverse: The end credits of ''Venom'' outright stated that ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' occurs at the same time "in another universe". [[spoiler:''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' has Venom seemingly teleport into the MCU.]]

* SharedUniverse: Running concurrently to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this universe is of the ''Spider-Man''-related properties owned by Sony. [[spoiler: TheStinger for ''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' implies that they either share a continuity or that Venom can somehow travel to the world of the MCU.]]

* AlternateContinuity: Zig-zagged. While it appeared to be one to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse -- running concurrently to the MCU and being a separate canon -- ''Morbius'' indicates that they loosely share a continuity, at least where the ''Spider-Man'' portion of the mythology is concerned. [[spoiler:TheStinger for ''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' shows that the MCU is either an alternate universe to the SSMU that Venom can somehow visit, or retroactively ties the two universes together.]] It's not clear if Marvel Studios will reciprocate this treatment.

The SSU has an unusual relationship with the MCU, which it was [[FollowTheLeader inspired by]]. While Sony initially stated that the films would be unrelated -- but somehow adjacent -- to the MCU, {{Continuity Nod}}s featured in ''Morbius'' have indicated that these movies are tied to the MCU iteration of the ''Spider-Man'' IP. As such, Sony's Marvel movies can reference events related to the wall-crawler's MCU standalones, but they are not expected to reference other aspects of the MCU or feature characters outside the ones introduced in those ''Spider-Man'' movies. Likewise, it's expected -- though not confirmed -- that the MCU could treat Sony's movies as BroadStrokes with relation to the MCU's overall story arc, but it remains to be seen how Marvel Studios will approach the characters that Sony introduces. Meanwhile, Creator/KevinFeige has indicated that Sony's spin-off plans aren't necessarily indicative of the MCU's future, indicating a degree of separation between the two franchises. [[https://www.comicbookmovie.com/spider-man/morbius/morbius-sony-issues-statement-after-tyrese-gibson-claims-the-movie-is-set-in-the-mcu-and-delayed-again-a185676#gs.3i5kyf Ultimately, Sony had to confirm that the two franchises remain officially separate as of 2021.]]

* ''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'' (October 1, 2021)

* SharedUniverse: Running concurrently to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this universe is of the ''Spider-Man''-related properties owned by Sony. [[TheStinger for ''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' implies that they either share a continuity or that Venom can somehow travel to the world of the MCU.]]

* AlternateContinuity: Zig-zagged. While it appeared to be one to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse -- running concurrently to the MCU and being a separate canon -- ''Morbius'' indicates that they loosely share a continuity, at least where the ''Spider-Man'' portion of the mythology is concerned. [[spoiler:''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' outright confirms that the MCU is an alternate universe to the SSMU, albeit one that Venom can somehow visit.]] It's not clear if Marvel Studios will reciprocate this treatment.
* TheMultiverse: The end credits of ''Venom'' outright stated that ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' occurs at the same time "in another universe". [[spoiler:''Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' has Venom inexplicably teleport into the MCU.]]

* SharedUniverse: Running concurrently to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this universe is of the ''Spider-Man''-related properties owned by Sony.

* AlternateContinuity: Zig-zagged. While it appeared to be one to the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse -- running concurrently to the MCU and being a separate canon -- ''Morbius'' indicates that they loosely share a continuity, at least where the ''Spider-Man'' portion of the mythology is concerned. It's not clear if Marvel Studios will reciprocate this treatment.
* TheMultiverse: The end credits of ''Venom'' outright stated that ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' occurs at the same time "in another universe".

Sony, looking to make the most of their library of ''Spider-Man'' character to use in spin-offs, are invested in making use of the 900-ish characters that they have the license to use (from familiar characters and deep-cuts) in order to bring characters that Marvel may otherwise ignore to the big screen. However, they have postponed development on certain projects in favor of cooperating with Marvel Studios. One example of this was a planned ''Mysterio'' standalone, which was ultimately shelved in favor of having the character appear in ''Spider-Man: Far From Home''.

* SharedUniverse: Running concurrently to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this universe is of the ''Spider-Man''-related properties owned by Sony... And it's also connected to the MCU in some undefined way.
* StealthSequel: In light of ''Morbius'' revealing connections of some kind to the MCU, ''Venom'' is effectively one to ''Spider-Man: Homecoming'' in that it's also a part of the same overall setting, but without any real connections.

* ''Film/VenomLetThereBeCarnage'' (October 15, 2021)

The main character of the setting is ComicBook/{{Venom}}, who appeared for the first time on film since ''Film/SpiderMan3'', finally receiving a standalone film after years of DevelopmentHell. The setting is a SpiritualSuccessor to the ''[[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries Amazing Spider-Man]]'' film series, which also tried to launch a SharedUniverse off of ''Spider-Man'' properties, but ultimately fell short due to ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'' relatively underpeforming and a series of issues happening with Sony Pictures in 2014-2015 that led to the shuttering of the setting. These movies take advantage of Sony's existing hold on the ''Spider-Man'' IP while the company loans their lead character (and much of his supporting cast) to Creator/MarvelStudios, much like how they were able to make ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' without any involvement from Marvel Studios.

!!Tropes demonstrated by Sony's Universe of Marvel Characters include: