Spider-Man no longer in the MCU after disagreement between Sony and Disney (UPDATE #2): Sony releases statement

[AJNShelton]

S.Peelman said:

Barkley said:

Uh.

But as Sony Pictures themselves say, they own the Spiderman IP (when it comes to movies).

We hope this might change in the future, but understand that the many new responsibilities that Disney has given him – including all their newly added Marvel properties – do not allow time for him to work on IP they do not own. (2/3)

— Sony Pictures (@SonyPictures) August 21, 2019

Yes, Sony doesn't get anything from merchandising.

Which is what I said. They can make movies. They can’t do anything else with the character without permission because the character isn’t their’s.

The whole point of the thread is about Sony making Spider-man films, so stating "Sony can make movies but can't make other things" is kind of confusing, even pointless.

Sure, they cannot sell Spider-man cakes but I don't thing Sony Pictures is really into selling cakes anyway.