Originally Posted by
Revolutionary_Jack
Both are Sony creations, and Sony owns the rights specifically to their adaptations of Spider-Man whether it's Weisman's Spectacular cartoon, the Sam Raimi movies and so on.
Well this isn't Lee and Ditko, this is Dan Slott. In the case of Dan Slott's Spider-Verse, that comic wouldn't exist without the pre-existing adaptations, alternate universes and other versions of Spider-Man by creators around the world, including Sony. And considering that Slott killed off the Amazing Friends Spider-Man and the Hostess Cakes Spider-Man, and so on, it's not exactly respectful and reverent to adaptations you know. Sony has the ability to say no is all. Remember that Ron Frenz, co-creator of Spider-Girl was quite upset and scathing about Slott's use of Spider-Girl elements in that story.
The comics published from around AF#15 to about the 90s. Not the comics after that.
Dan Slott's comics weren't the inspiration for either the Raimi or Garfield movies. Sony has no obligation to do anything for Marvel after the success of the Spider-Man Trilogy pulled it out of bankruptcy and played a major role in creating conditions for the MCU to later come to be. Spider-Man is STAR WARS for Sony. Marvel will get Spider-Man back from Sony out of its cold dead hands.
Because licensing. Sony can make money of their versions and adaptations of those characters. Also prestige. And control. Sony would be quite reluctant to entertain the pretensions of a comic book writer trying to state that the movies are merely an alternate universe to the regular 616 Spider-Man and calling dibs on doing a canonical continuation or finale of that. Doing so would basically be telling that the viewers of that movie didn't see Spider-Man. As far as the directors, cast, and producers go, and as far as many fans are concerned, Tobey Maguire is Spider-Man. That was the belief in which they made it. And they might not appreciate the most commercially and critically successful solo Spider-Man films not given pride of place in such an event.