{"id":14916,"date":"2015-02-10T17:43:14","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T17:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2023.biowars.com\/?p=14916"},"modified":"2023-03-06T12:19:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T12:19:44","slug":"spider-man-returns-marvels-movie-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2023.biowars.com\/blog\/spider-man-returns-marvels-movie-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Spider-Man Returns to Marvel&#8217;s Movie Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Big news today in the comic book world: Spider-Man is coming back to Marvel&#8217;s movie universe.<\/p>\n<p>While Spider-Man has been a character in Marvel comics since he was created in 1962, Sony owns\u00a0the movie rights to the character. Sony made the last five Spider-Man films, starting with titular <em>Spider-Man<\/em>\u00a0in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0might be hard to believe today, but Marvel\u00a0filed for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/articles\/business\/the_pivot\/2012\/09\/marvel_comics_and_the_movies_the_business_story_behind_the_avengers_.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bankruptcy<\/a> in 1996. During this financially hard time, it sold movie rights to various characters, including Spidey. Once Marvel escaped disaster and saw the first comic book movies of the 2000s were huge hits, it began reassembling\u00a0the film rights to its\u00a0universe of characters so it could make its own movies.<\/p>\n<p>So for Marvel, this move is partly about getting the band back together\u2014returning one of Marvel&#8217;s most iconic characters to the company where he was created. Spider-Man is now also freed up to do Marvel crossovers, and he&#8217;ll appear in other Marvel productions, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/new-spider-man-movies-2015-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">probably<\/a> starting with <i>Captain America: Civil War<\/i>, since the comic version has\u00a0Spider-Man caught in the middle of the conflict between Captain America and Iron Man.\u00a0Marvel will then co-produce the next Spider-Man movie, which will be another\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-31356142\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reboot<\/a>\u00a0of the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>For Sony, aside from taking everyone&#8217;s minds off <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sony_Pictures_Entertainment_hack\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that hack<\/a>, there&#8217;s the chance to revive Spider-Man as a franchise. The most recent\u00a0movie,\u00a0<em>The Amazing Spider-Man 2\u00a0<\/em>made more than $700 million, but was widely seen as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment\/movies\/moviesnow\/la-et-mn-sony-spider-man-amy-pascal-marvel-20150209-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">underperforming<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest movie rights\u00a0still outside Marvel&#8217;s grip are now the X-Men and the Fantastic Four, both owned by Fox. (Oh, and Lionsgate is holding on to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/happened-man-thing-633496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Man-Thing<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>And while Marvel can&#8217;t stop Fox making movies, it can make life difficult for Fox in other ways. Marvel still\u00a0controls what happens in the comic books, and it&#8217;s been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/article\/marvels-dealings-spider-man-x-men-and-fantastic-fo-210241\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suggested<\/a> the lack of toy <a href=\"http:\/\/moviepilot.com\/posts\/2014\/06\/02\/marvel-declares-all-out-war-on-fox-1466090?lt_source=external,manual\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tie-ins<\/a> for Fox movies, cancellation of\u00a0<em>The Fantastic Four<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/marvel.com\/comics\/series\/19073\/death_of_wolverine_2014\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">killing\u00a0off Wolverine<\/a> are attempts to play hardball\u00a0with Fox (though Marvel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/fantastic-four-cancellation-conspiracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denies<\/a> that).<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t wait to see what the Marvel-Sony combination does with Spidey\u2014both on his own and in the rest of the Marvel universe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Update:\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0<em>Hollywood Reporter\u00a0<\/em>now <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/heat-vision\/marvel-deal-sony-opts-lease-772251?utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">says<\/a> no money changed hands in the Spider-Man deal\u2014Marvel got access to Spidey for free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big news today in the comic book world: Spider-Man is coming back to Marvel&#8217;s movie universe. While Spider-Man has been a character in Marvel comics since he was created in 1962, Sony owns\u00a0the movie rights to the character. Sony made the last five Spider-Man films, starting with titular Spider-Man\u00a0in 2002. 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