5 Things That Could Happen From the Sony \ Disney Fight Over Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2 (2004) - Spider-Man / Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) Find out what could happen now that Spider-Man is leaving the MCU. Yesterday news broke that negotiations between Sony and Disney over rights to Spider-Man have broken down. If you haven't heard Marvel Studios doesn't own the rights to all the Marvel characters (You can check out our handy Marvel Movie Rights chart for a primer). Back in 2015 Sony and Disney created a complex arrangement to allow Peter Parker \ Spider-Man into the MCU under producer Kevin Feige . Apparently, during contract negotiations for the next set of movies, the deal broke down. There was already tension between Sony and Marvel. A report came out that they had put a clause in the contract that if the Spider-Man sequel didn't make $1 billion Marvel would lose the licensing rights to Spider-Man . Sony recently announced that the latest movie Spider-Man: Far From Home has crossed $1 billion and is the studio's most successful release. ...