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https://deadline.com/2019/08/kevin-feige-spider-man-franchise-exit-disney-sony-dispute-avengers-endgame-captain-america-winter-soldier-tom-rothman-bob-iger-1202672545/

As reported on by deadline, Kevin Feige will no longer be producing anymore Spider-Man movies after no deal could be made between Sony and Disney. Now any future produced Spider-Man movies, whether they star Tom Holland or not, will not be related or set within the MCU and will be made entirely by Sony. 

Update#1: Apparently the talks might actually still be ongoing according to some other websites and people like Jeremy Conrad:

Update#2: It's official, no more MCU Spidey. Sony has now offered an official statement on the situation.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sony-fires-back-at-marvel-spider-man-movie-divorce-1233490?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_source=Direct&utm_source=Direct&utm_source=Direct

Last edited by FloatingWaffles - on 21 August 2019

my take on this is good lord Sony is fucking dumb. Not only was their character just involved in the highest grossing film of all time (Avengers: Endgame), Spider-Man: Far From Home also became the highest grossing Spider-man film with $1B+ and the highest grossing Sony film ever. Literally all because of Marvel is the only reason this character has managed to shine again through all of this. Now they think they're hot shit and don't need them. Good luck with those other spider-man movies sony lmao, because that has totally worked out for you all the other times (into the spider-verse being the only exception). 

the ending of Far From Home just makes this even more of a bitch lol, guess we won't be seeing a proper conclusion to that 

edit: This was a pretty reactionary comment tbh and I think I was too quick to come to a conclusion before taking into account the entire situation based off the original article. While it's possible that Disney was just asking for too much for Sony to budge, and i'm not defending Disney if that's the case, according to the article it says that Sony flat out refused and didn't even try to make a counter offer. The fact that they didn't even at least attempt to come to a compromise or make a counter-offer is still stupid imo on their part after all the success that was given to them, but I realize there's probably more to it than that. 

Last edited by FloatingWaffles - on 21 August 2019

Fuck Sony. Like, I wasn't planning on watching Venom 2 or any of that shit, but there is no chance they will get any of my money for any of their Superhero movies now. Which sucks, because I really like Tom Holland and I'm sure this sucks for him more than anybody, but man....

Fuck Sony.



Disney wanted more than they got in the previous deal, Sony said no. I wouldn't say Sony is "fucking dumb".



I blame Disney, they some greedy mfers



CaptainExplosion said:
sundin13 said:
Fuck Sony. Like, I wasn't planning on watching Venom 2 or any of that shit, but there is no chance they will get any of my money for any of their Superhero movies now. Which sucks, because I really like Tom Holland and I'm sure this sucks for him more than anybody, but man....

Fuck Sony.

^This. This is Disney live-action remakes levels of stupid.

Why blame Sony and not Disney?



Barkley said:
Disney wanted more than they got in the previous deal, Sony said no. I wouldn't say Sony is "fucking dumb".

Except Disney and Marvel are the ones who have managed to get this character back to the spot he is currently in. Sony failed with rebooting the character not once but TWICE on their own. If they're the ones who were doing most if it then I wouldn't be surprised if they wanted more money for it. 

Again, how do you look at just the past few months with Avengers: Endgame and then Spider-Man: Far From Home and all that success and think "Nah, but we don't need Marvel". That's why Sony is dumb. 



FloatingWaffles said:
Barkley said:
Disney wanted more than they got in the previous deal, Sony said no. I wouldn't say Sony is "fucking dumb".

Except Disney and Marvel are the ones who have managed to get this character back to the spot he is currently in. Sony failed with rebooting the character not once but TWICE on their own. If they're the ones who were doing most if it then I wouldn't be surprised if they wanted more money for it. 

Again, how do you look at just the past few months with Avengers: Endgame and then Spider-Man: Far From Home and all that success and think "Nah, but we don't need Marvel". That's why Sony is dumb. 

Just because they didn't want to lose their grip on it further doesn't mean they don't recognise the role marvel played. They can recognise that Spiderman would be much bigger with Marvel support while also not wanting to agree to hand over more.

It sucks for consumers but it's business, and neither party takes the full blame. Disney wanted more, Sony didn't want to give them more.



Barkley said:
FloatingWaffles said:

Except Disney and Marvel are the ones who have managed to get this character back to the spot he is currently in. Sony failed with rebooting the character not once but TWICE on their own. If they're the ones who were doing most if it then I wouldn't be surprised if they wanted more money for it. 

Again, how do you look at just the past few months with Avengers: Endgame and then Spider-Man: Far From Home and all that success and think "Nah, but we don't need Marvel". That's why Sony is dumb. 

Just because they didn't want to lose their grip on it further doesn't mean they don't recognise the role marvel played. They can recognise that Spiderman would be much bigger with Marvel support while also not wanting to agree to hand over more.

It sucks for consumers but it's business, and neither party takes the full blame. Disney wanted more, Sony didn't want to give them more.

Tbh yeah you're probably right and my first comments are a bit reactionary, this is just news I wasn't expecting and it really does fuck over all of what was put into place the past few years. I have to wonder what Sony thinks is the current plan here though. Do they think people will be interested in a non-MCU Spider-man movie when the character's arc was literally built around being in the MCU with people like Iron Man? I certainly won't be. 

Last edited by FloatingWaffles - on 20 August 2019

FloatingWaffles said:
Barkley said:

Just because they didn't want to lose their grip on it further doesn't mean they don't recognise the role marvel played. They can recognise that Spiderman would be much bigger with Marvel support while also not wanting to agree to hand over more.

It sucks for consumers but it's business, and neither party takes the full blame. Disney wanted more, Sony didn't want to give them more.

Tbh yeah you're probably right and my first comments are a bit reactionary, this is just news I wasn't expecting and it really does fuck over all of what was put into place the past few years. I have to wonder what Sony thinks is the current plan here though. Do they think people will be interested in a non-MCU Spider-man movie when the character's arc was literally built around being in the MCU with people like Iron Man? I certainly won't be.   

I'm not sure they even have a plan at this point. As long as they don't do another reboot, that would be insane, and hillarious. It's also possible that one of them will cave and a new deal will be struck.