I don't think Sam and Bucky are still criminals otherwise they wouldn't have openly been at Steve's funeral. I think there was a lot of pardoning going on after The Snap and post-Snap.
Yeah, the MCU isn't overrun with enough compliant superheroes willing to wrangle the non compliant ones. And you gotta figure, all the heroes who were present at the battle with Thanos are like rock stars. Going after them without overwhelming cause would invite big blowback.
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What movies were announced?
When the news that Marvel and Sony made a new deal came out it was specifically that he has another appearance a non Spider-Man Marvel movie.
They just haven't said what it is yet
He said he will do as many movies as Marvel wants. Holland also hinted that whatever Deal Marvel Studios made with Sony might be around for awhile. He said they worked it all out so what happened after Far From home won't happen again. Now you can interpret that multiple ways but it leaves open the idea that Marvel and Sony might have made longer term deal then we were told.
Man, I hate that the character most affected by Tony's death is leaving the MCU
You don't know that he is. He literally said recently that he will play Spiderman for 10 more movies if Marvel wanted. He said Marvel not Sony. He also said when they made a new deal that Marvel and Sony worked it out so that what happened after Far from home doesn't happen again. Now yea maybe that could mean that they have a planned exit instead of just suddenly taking Spidey back. Could also mean they plan on keeping this partnership going for year to come. Works great for both parties. Sony got a Spidey movie that made over 1bil and MCU gets access to its biggest character. If they get another hit with no way home... Yea id lean heavily towards they keep working together.
What they should do is introduce Miles in No way out. Small cameo role and then have him star in theyre own Sony verse with Venom,Morbius and the upcoming Kraven film. Also leaves room for cross over potential with MCU at some point. Since Disney's doesn't seem to be doing anything in way of Theatrical animated MCU stuff. I wish they would Give Sony access to animated versions of Marvel characters to appear in they're Spiderverse films. Let them build a Marvel animated universe. Never gonna happen but I'd love it. Let them put the same quality as Into the Spider-Verse into a Xmen animated feature or F4... honestly at this point I'd settle with Disney just making low budget animated Marvel films for Disney+. I'm sure we will get a new wave of cartoon shows but I pray they aren't aimed at only small children.