Spider-Man is under threat of eviction from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The two companies controlling the character’s future can’t come to an agreement overproducing and revenue sharing.
In 2015, Marvel and Sony brokered a deal to share Spider-Man that involved Disney co-financing Spidey movies in exchange for a share of profits and for use of the web-slinger in its sprawling network of interconnected films.
That original deal ran out after this summer’s smash hit Spider-Man: Far From Home — which recently became the highest-grossing movie in Sony history — and the two studios have apparently been at odds for months over what a new operating agreement would look like.
But news broke today that Disney and Sony aren’t finding their way to a middle ground, and if the outcome is a no-deal between those parties, Marvel Studios would lose access to Tom Holland’s Peter Parker for its future MCU storylines, and Sony would lose access to the ultra-successful guiding hand of Kevin Feige and the Disney machine behind him.
(Agencies)
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