This Forbes article from a few weeks ago says if Sony Pictures is sold the rights revert back to Marvel
https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhug...ay-or-another/
I got sick of the Sony v Disney/Marvel debate and skipped a few pages, is there anything new being talked about (rumors, speculation, actual news, whatever) or still the same argument?
This from another forum but they have the links to the copy of the contracts from wikileak both old and new with explanation
https://www.resetera.com/threads/mar...ntracts.13589/
Reversion and Transfer
If Sony doesn't produce or release a movie within the specified deadlines above, all rights in the contract revert to Marvel
Sony can sell and transfer the rights contained in the license agreement to individuals or other corporations, including other Major Studios
they been accurate and I pretty sure I saw in the document in Wikileaks but I'm just not in the mood to look for it ... then again there could be changes that Forbes knows that is not in Wikileak
Update :
The Forbes Link you provided deal with Sony Mergers, if I missed anything it does not deal with the actual selling of Spider-Man rights , from what I could interpret if Sony is merge with another company by being bought out then it reverts back To Marvel, but does not have info if Sony sells Spider-man rights..
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Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)
So here's my complete take on the whole Sony/Marvel split and Spider-Man leaving the MCU. Basically, It's not Sony who are the bad guys here:
Spider-Man/Marvel Cinematic Universe split: In defense of Sony
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Still, can't see anyone winning from the walkaway; while Marvel Studios hardly needs Spider-Man to succeed, the franchise isn't better without him. Sony isn't exactly doing swimmingly outside of Spider-Man, as I understand and even that has a weak track record (I mean, the reason they made the deal in the first place was because their own series fell through and Venom does not inspire confidence that they've cracked the code that Sam Raimi and the Spider-Verse crew did). We the viewers don't get to see that third movie as it was intended to be made (although I'm aware of a few people who're happy that things are changing).
Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)
Maybe, but their track record is a bit spotty. They've done some things that are downright brilliant. The Lego Movie was a masterpiece, but they also got run out of the production of Solo. And several of their follow-up movies have failed to carry the torch of their original works.
I'd definitely be interested in seeing them take the reins, but I'd have some trepidation with it as well.
Honestly I just know them for Jump Streets , Lego movie and Spiderverse. And I love all those(Havent seen Lego movie 2 yet). But yea The whole star wars thing, I'd take that same as the Flash movie. Just Artistic differences. But yea I liked Spiderverse so much that I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. But with Holland and Jon Watts involved I'm sure there will be some stability regardless of who's in charge over there. Still gonna miss Favrou as Happy. Love the character but also feel like having someone like Favrou on set is a godsend for a young director.
Question to people who have dived into this deal falling apart. Reports were that Disney wants 50/50 and then it was later ssid 25%. But publicly from what the companies have said it was because Feige was too busy to produce Spider-man. So is it one or both? Like is it Feige is so busy that he wont do Spider-Man unless MARVEL studios gets a bigger Peice of the Pie? Or was the Busy stuff just a cover and it was all about Dinsey feeling like they deserve more after Giving Sony theyrr biggest movie ever? I'm guessing nobody on here knows for sure but they might have read through more info and have a better idea. Just confuse cause Leaks said Disney wanted a cut and public stuff just said Feige was too busy and a problem with Producer credits
Not sure if this is true or not, but I've heard online some people speculating that Amazon is interested in purchasing Sony Pictures. Obviously this could be completely untrue as this is the internet, but for arguements sake if there is some truth to it that could be the reason why marvel might have wanted out of the deal. If Amazon buys Sony Pictures and the rights revert back to marvel, they get Spider-Man for free anyways. Marvel got what they needed with him showing up in Civil War, Infinity War, and End Game... so maybe now they can afford to just sit back and wait to see if they can get Spider-Man back for nothing.
Course, this could all be untrue. Just saying, it's something out there.
Yeah, with Marvel out of the picture, the Spider-Verse stuff is the only thing I'm really looking forward to (although I'm willing to hear out the Black Cat movie, depending on the plot), much less have any confidence with the people behind it. Might Redbox the next Spider-Man movie instead of going to the theaters.
Both accounts could be true, but, given how much misinformation there was in the early clickbait, it's really hard to make sense of what exactly happened.
Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)