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When Sony was hacked over The Interview a bunch of emails were leaked including some between Sony and Marvel. Apparently Spiderman was supposed to be in Captain

When Sony was hacked over The Interview a bunch of emails were leaked including some between Sony and Marvel. Apparently Spiderman was supposed to be in Captain America: Civil War but the deal fell through. When the emails leaked about it fans went nuts a pushed Sony to include Spiderman in the MCU which ended up happening. Sony still has the rights to Spiderman he's just part of the MCU now. I'd recommend reading the emails. They show just how badly Sony needed Marvel's help to make a good Spiderman. Here's my favorite http://imgur.com/XiqC6fz http://imgur.com/XiqC6fz Edit: Also Sony was trying to make their own Spiderman universe instead of being part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

laken 8y ago
For some further background, many of the most popular Marvel characters' rights were sold off years before the MCU & Disney acquisition, such as Spiderman. Disney has tried to get back as many as they could, and are continuing to do so. Off the top of my head, Universal currently owns theme park rights to Spiderman, Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four on east-coast USA. In regards to film rights, Fox owns X-Men and Fantastic Four, and Sony owns Spiderman. One of the reasons Disney is pushing hard for acquiring Fox is to get back the X-Men rights from Fox, as that's the 'easiest' way to add them into the MCU.
- sillyquiet 8y ago
  Universal also owns Hulk and his rogue's gallery with a few exceptions.
- sillyquiet 8y ago
  see https://imgur.com/a/0lE9s#p6kuIut https://imgur.com/a/0lE9s#p6kuIut for a diagrammatic representation of this tangled web of IP
sillyquiet 8y ago
Unless things has drastically improved at Sony, this does not bode well for Venom.
arayh 8y ago
Thanks for posting your favourite email leak - it made my day. I would imagine it'd be hard for a group of middle-aged adults trying to modernize Spiderman by observing their children's day-to-day activities. Conversely, I really liked how Marvel included vlogging as a narrative form, which added a good amount of humour and relatability for modern youth.

laken 8y ago

For some further background, many of the most popular Marvel characters' rights were sold off years before the MCU & Disney acquisition, such as Spiderman. Disney has tried to get back as many as they could, and are continuing to do so. Off the top of my head, Universal currently owns theme park rights to Spiderman, Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four on east-coast USA. In regards to film rights, Fox owns X-Men and Fantastic Four, and Sony owns Spiderman. One of the reasons Disney is pushing hard for acquiring Fox is to get back the X-Men rights from Fox, as that's the 'easiest' way to add them into the MCU.

sillyquiet 8y ago
Universal also owns Hulk and his rogue's gallery with a few exceptions.
sillyquiet 8y ago
see https://imgur.com/a/0lE9s#p6kuIut https://imgur.com/a/0lE9s#p6kuIut for a diagrammatic representation of this tangled web of IP

sillyquiet 8y ago

Unless things has drastically improved at Sony, this does not bode well for Venom.

arayh 8y ago

Thanks for posting your favourite email leak - it made my day. I would imagine it'd be hard for a group of middle-aged adults trying to modernize Spiderman by observing their children's day-to-day activities. Conversely, I really liked how Marvel included vlogging as a narrative form, which added a good amount of humour and relatability for modern youth.