Question About The Sony Deal

[Ubauba01]

It is weird to me that Spider-Woman's (Jessica Drew) film rights are owned by Sony. I am not an expert on her character, but doesn't she have more to with SHIELD?

The similarity of her name and eye-lenses to Spider-Man is enough to make her considered Spider-Man adjacent, I guess.

I could see why Sony has Julia Carpenter's film rights though, even though I think she was an Avengers character originally IIRC. Her original costume is very similiar to Venom's design, and she even becomes Madame Web, later on.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

I guess it depends on how the deals were originally written.

[Kevinroc]

I guess it depends on how the deals were originally written.

They can use characters created after the deal. Otherwise they wouldn't have been able to make movies that focus on Miles Morales.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

They can use characters created after the deal. Otherwise they wouldn't have been able to make movies that focus on Miles Morales.

I know but knowing how the deals were originally written would give us a better framework for what they can and can't use.

[bat39]

No. The Spider-Verse movies that proudly use the Spider-Man name wouldn't be possible otherwise.

They just seem to have an agreement with Marvel that the Holland movies are the Spider-Man movies at the moment. But there's no legal issues actually stopping them from making another new live-action Spider-Man film with a completely different cast if they really wanted.

Oh yeah...totally forgot about that I guess because the Spider-Verse movies are animation, I didn't think of them that way.