Spiderman is one of the biggest characters in the marvel canon, generating live. Sony pictures and marvel studios will make a third spiderman movie together after all. Here is the full story of how sony came to own the rights to spiderman in the first place. Spiderman talks breakdown, why thats bad for disney and sony. Disney buying foxs marvel superheroes and villains would mean that. Making sense of disney and universals messy joint custody of marvel. With the fantastic four and xmen film rights presumably coming back to marvel as part of the walt disney company acquisition of 21stcentury fox, the house of ideas is one step closer to having. Disney already owns merchandising rights on spiderman over the last decade. A report from deadline on tuesday claimed that talks between sony, which owns. Marvel character movie rights that disney doesnt fully own featuring spiderman, venom, hulk and the xmen. The future of marvels webslinging hero spiderman is uncertain.
Spider man is back in the marvel universebut the film studio wont get a penny of the profits. The original sonymarvel deal over the last two spiderman films. Spiderman will remain in the marvel cinematic universe. Since joining forces to bring the webbed wonder into the mcu, if. What disneys fox acquisition means for marvels superhero. Sony sne and marvel have failed to reach an agreement on the character of spiderman meaning hell be absent from the marvel cinematic universe for.
Disneysony standoff spins doubt on kevin feiges spider. Sonydisney spiderman film rights battle, explained. Sony and walt disney announced friday that marvel studios, led by president kevin feige, will produce a third film in spiderman. Disney buying spiderman movie rights rumors explained. Spiderman will remain in the marvel cinematic universe the. Marvel selling the xmen to fox resulted in the 2000 hit movie xmen, and its box office. Disneysony standoff spins doubt on kevin feiges spiderman. If a spiderman movie wasnt made by april 1990, the rights would revert to marvel. Sonys spiderman deal with disney and marvel studios. The news comes after disney had pushed for better financial terms from sony, which purchased movie rights to spiderman before disney bought marvel comics and its intellectual property.
Sony and disney reach deal to continue spiderman movie. Representatives for sony and disney have not yet responded to vanity fair s request for comment. Sony and disney could not come to an agreement over spidermans future movie appearances, but its a more complicated situation than some realize. Did the marvel cinematic universe just lose spiderman. Sony and disney have struck a new deal over spiderman, which would let. Spiderman returns to the marvel universe as sony, disney strike. Disney will retain its merchandising rights and will put up roughly a quarter of the financing. Homecoming 3, and from there hell be leaping into one more crossovercameoevent movie. Now, as sony and disney s marvel studios seem ready to end their relationship, questions about whether disney will buy the rights to spiderman.
Spiderman leaves marvel cinematic universe as sonydisney. From spiderman to guardians of the galaxy to the avengers and more, these marvel games feature all your favorite superheroes and loads of game fun. For fans wanting to tickoff every mcu film in a movie marathon, the incredible hulk is available. Sony purchased movie rights to spiderman before disney bought marvel comics and its intellectual property, and the two studios have. After deadline reported on tuesday that sony and disney were unable to come to an agreement over spiderman s movie appearances, sony released a statement.
For the simple reason that sony currently own the rights. Sony has owned the rights to the spiderman character since 1985, but in 2015, the studio announced a partnership with disney and marvel that. Disney reportedly looking to buy back spiderman rights. Spiderman is back in the marvel universebut the film. While marvel studios only gets 5% of the first dollar box office gross from spiderman. Spiderman deal breakdown at sony and marvel variety.
Disney will retain its merchandising rights and will put up roughly a quarter of the. In february 2015, disney, marvel studios and sony announced a deal to share the spiderman film rights, leading to a new iteration of spiderman being. Disney has also provided the only spiderman movie to earn over 1b. Does the mouse really need half of the movie universe also. Marvel character movie rights that disney doesnt own. Spiderman will stay in the marvel cinematic universe. Spiderman returns to the marvel cinematic universe as. Homecoming, but it is still banking on making a windfall from owning the merchandising rights for the upcoming film.
Sony has agreed to the terms that disney originally proposed for its participation in a third spiderman movie, whereby disneymarvel would cofinance 25% of a third. Making sense of disney and universals messy joint custody. Homecoming and its sequel, they do still own the merchandising rights to spiderman. After publicly parting ways over a deal gone south, disneymarvel and sony are back at the table and have struck a deal that would see marvel produce another spiderman film for. The latest rumors claim that the house of mouse still isnt happy with this, and that disney is aiming to buy spiderman s film rights back outright.
Disney, for its part, was warm to the deal in part because the burbankbased entertainment giant owns the lucrative merchandising rights for spiderman. Marvel has long wanted to put spiderman in its movies, but since sony pictures controlled the rights to the character since 1999, the webslinger has. If rumours are to be believed, disney is looking to avoid any kind of repeat of this summers spiderman custody battle with sony by buying out the movie rights to the iconic marvel character. Marvel also owns all the merchandise rights, according to the piece.
Spidermans movie adventures have been a headache for sony for over a. The tug of war between disney and sony over spiderman is one for the ages. Spiderman staying in marvel cinematic universe variety. Disney reportedly refused to allow a grieving father in england to place an etching of spiderman on the grave of his 4yearold son because it. Spiderman future in doubt after sony and marvel fail to. Sony has controlled the rights to the webslinger since 1999, but the two studios have been happily or so we thought sharing spiderman across a plethora of films since 2015, including a major. The house of mouse has earned quite a reputation for. Marvel would license the rights to its most valuable characters for a fee, like spiderman and the xmen, to various studios in this case sony pictures and 20th century fox, respectively, and. Sonys spiderman deal with disney and marvel studios, explained. Sony has owned the film rights to spiderman and 900 related.
Disney and sony reconcile for one more movie starring. In august of 2019, disney and sony were involved in some drama over the rights of spiderman as disney ramped up how much it wanted to be financially involved to a. Why marvel doesnt own the spiderman film rights cbr. Homecoming beats the highest grossing amazing spiderman movie by over 60m. Disney and sony have reconciled for one more spiderman movie. Sony has controlled the rights to the webslinger since 1999, but the two studios have been happily or so we thought sharing spiderman across a. Now, as sony and disneys marvel studios seem ready to end their relationship, questions about whether disney will buy the rights to spiderman.