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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
If they have to completely exile Peter and his supporting cast from continuity due to this, this could really cause a lot of weirdness throughout the MCU.
Spider-Man movies where very self-contained, there no traces of Spider-Man in other movies. On the contrary, SM movies have a lot of MCU references.
As for how to divorce SM, simple: "Kid retired/went into witness protection after his identity was revealed". And that is, if they want to address it at all.
Holland Peter in Sony's universe will be much harder to explain...
I'm at everyone.
Not just Sony, not just Disney, but both.
Don't even try and tell me I should blame one over the other. I don't care.
Both have all my hate.
One Strip! One Strip!Here's what I predict is going to happen regarding Spider-Man and Disney.
First off, it wouldn't be practical for Disney to straight-up buy Sony Pictures just to get their hands on Spider-Man again the way they did with Fox. Not because they don't have the money to (they absolutely do), but because the cost-benefit ratio doesn't measure up. Remember, Disney is interested in franchises, and the acquisitions they make are franchise powerhouses. Sony doesn't have enough viable franchises under its belt to make Disney interested other than Spider-Man. A multibillion dollar purchase just for the rights to a handful of characters? Not worth it.
What I DO think will happen is that they will use some of the intellectual property they've bought from Fox but don't really have any intent of using—say, Alien or Predator—as a bargaining chip of sorts to sweeten the deal if Sony were to give them the Spider-Man rights back.
Edited by ElSquibbonator on Aug 20th 2019 at 12:48:27 PM
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It could work, but it seems that this is ending on a bad note. I don't think they will collaborate or make any deals for a while.
Just saw on Twitter that Disney+ couldn't have both SM movies on it until at least 2021, since Sony has a deal with Starz, but it would take further negotiations with Sony. Well, it now seems that the MCU saga will be incomplete on Disney+.
Another thing, I wonder where this lefts Spider-Ham? I'm not joking, he was considered a "frozen" character, a character who wouldn't be able to show up in movies unless both parties came to a agreement. If things got that bad, then we'll also probably not see Peter Porker in It SV sequels.
Edited by Akirakan on Aug 20th 2019 at 9:55:03 AM
So, does that mean Spider-Man's gonna be get the same treatment the X-Men and Fantastic Four did back when Fox owned the film rights? Spider-Man's not going to appear in cartoons or games with other Marvel heroes, and his role in the comics are going to be downplayed going forth? Spidey's their most popular hero, but the X-Men had that going for them before the first Avengers film was made.
Oh god, are we going to have a repeat of the Inhumans shilling, where Marvel editorial starts promoting some other hero to awkwardly fill in the same role Spider-Man once did? Uggghh...
@slimcoder: I'm guessing that a lot of people at Disney didn't realize that Star Wars isn't nearly as big as it used to be. Even pre-TFA.
That said, treating this as some sort of victory over Disney's pseudo-monopoly is weird because like, they still own Spider-Man. They own the character and everything relating to him except for the right to make movies.
Edited by LordVatek on Aug 20th 2019 at 12:59:13 PM
This song needs more love.No, I don't think so. They don't have the movie rights, but they still have cartoon rights and 100% profit from merchandise. They'll receive money for the toys based on Sony's movies.
Add to that that Perlmutter isn't that involved anymore at Marvel, instead being more occupied with his political career being Trump's aide. He was the main reason behind the whole shaft of the X-Men and F4.
x6 I was just using those as an example. Basically, here's how I think it's going to go down.
Disney approaches Sony with an offer to trade an IP they now own but aren't really going to be doing anything with (I mentioned Alien and Predator since they're probably the least "Disney-ish" of the franchises the company now owns) for the exclusive film rights to Spider-Man. If Sony agrees to make the trade, so much the better. If they don't, Disney could add a financial incentive in, and pay Sony to accept the trade.
Edited by ElSquibbonator on Aug 20th 2019 at 1:01:20 PM
I think it's worth noting that Sony needs Spider-Man way more than Disney does. Lest we forget that even with the full force of the MCU behind him, Spider-Man still wasn't able to make as much as Captain Marvel or Black Panther.
This song needs more love.

Okay that's it for Spider-Man movies.
Leaving only the games to look forward too cause the current Marvel cartoon isn't very good.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."