I don’t see a problem, Sony has every right to end this deal.
I don’t see a problem, Sony has every right to end this deal.
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The news sources covering this are full of clear factual errors, so whoever the inside source is they don’t have all of the facts.
It seems as if Disney tried to push their side of the deal and Feige may have demanded too much. Not much more can be gleaned until a reliable media source gets some better answers.
Disney stand to loose on this, so there may be further negotiations, because it seems very short-sighted for Disney to try and broker a 50/50 deal for a property they don’t have control over and will automatically loose movie merchandise rights.
Also, why is everyone blaming Sony? Disney have messed up a perfectly workable arrangement.
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
To be clear, you're talking about the Sam Rami/ Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films, right? And even then, just the first two? Because Spider-Man 3 and the two Amazing Spider-Man movies really showed how inept Sony was in making those movies, and that doesn't bode well for the character going forward.
That being said, there is really no reason other than greed why Disney suddenly wanted a 50/50 split, and I don't fault Sony from walking away.
Last edited by JKtheMac; 08-20-2019 at 02:57 PM.
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
There was no good reason for Sony to continue this deal. They are not going to give half the money away.
I don't know. A lot of the general public doesn't fully understand the shared universe. I'm sure there's people who think Batman and Spider-man exist the same one, but I think version of Spider-man was so well received with how he is tied to the MCU. I agree with someone who posted in another thread that said that the box office of FFH is actually lower than what it should be coming off Endgame. Over all media, I think Spider-man is Marvel's biggest character. Domestic BO should be another $100 million higher. That being said, the next movie not coming off the heels of Endgame and not having any ties to the MCU will not do as well as the 2 previous.
It all very strange. It seems like a stupid move for Marvel to play hardball over their most famous character. Sony could potentially have lost investors and seen a fall in their share price by negotiating such a one sided deal like this. Frankly I am skeptical that we actually have the real facts.
Half the news sources are saying Marvel own the merchandising rights, which isn’t true. Some of them are talking about Feige as if he is the sole executive producer and responsible for everything that went well at Sony, which is almost Marvel propaganda.
Let’s wait and see where the dust settles.
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.