This comes from a dispute that has taken place over the past few months at the top of Disney and Sony that has essentially nixed Feige, and the future involvement of Marvel from the Spider-Man universe, sources said. Sources said there are two more Spider-Man films in the works that are meant to have director Jon Watts and Tom Holland front and center. Unless something dramatic happens, Feige won’t be the lead creative producer of those pictures.
Disney asked that future Spider-Man films be a 50/50 co-financing arrangement between the studios, and there were discussions that this might extend to other films in the Spider-Man universe. Sony turned that offer down flat. Led by Tom Rothman and Tony Vinciquerra, Sony just simply didn’t want to share its biggest franchise. Sony proposed keeping the arrangement going under the current terms where Marvel receives in the range of 5% of first dollar gross, sources said. Disney refused.
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If Marvel Studios and Sony can't come up with some compromise before the next Spider-Man movie or his next appearance in the MCU, we will no longer see Tom Holland and Spidey in the MCU. Before the agreement of Marvel and Sony, Spider-Man didn't exist in the MCU and if they can't come up with something, then everything that Spidey has done in MCU and the Infinity Saga has been for not, just to sweep it under the rug.
Sony has been it very protective of the Spider-Man franchise since the Sam Raimi films and with the success of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, it now seems like Sony may want to go it alone on the Spider-Man movies again.
It's a shame that the MCU just was able to bring Spider-Man into the fold only a couple years ago with Captain America:Civil War just to lose him again. In my opinion, I would rather see good story telling and character building than just characters thrown on the screen like Venom, Morbius, and possibly Kraven. I want to see my favorite Spider-Man characters interact and not be separated by studio executives not wanting to share their toys.
Let's hope Marvel and Kevin Feige can get Sony back to the table and Spider-Man can stay in the MCU.
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