Details of the discussions are contained in e-mails to and from Sony’s motion picture chief Amy Pascal, which were released on the Internet by hackers this week. The e-mails reveal extensive discussions between executives at Sony and Marvel owner Walt Disney, all the way up to their respective chief executives Kaz Hirai and Robert Iger.
In an Oct. 30 e-mail, Sony Pictures president Doug Belgrad tells Ms. Pascal about a potential scenario that would see Marvel produce a new trilogy of Spider-Man movies while Sony retains “creative control, marketing and distribution.” In a separate e-mail, Ms. Pascal tells a business partner that Marvel wanted to include Spider-Man in its planned third “Captain America” movie.
The talks with Marvel eventually broke down and Sony is now planning to go ahead with its own Spider-Man slate, according to people familiar with the matter. As of late November, executives were planning a “Spidey summit” for January to discuss future plans. Among projects in development are an animated Spider-Man comedy that would be produced by Chris Miller and Phil Lord, the team behind “22 Jump Street” and “The Lego Movie,” as well as previously disclosed Spider-Man spin-offs focused on villain team Sinister Six, super-foe Venom, and women from the webslinger’s life.
In an Oct. 30 e-mail, Sony Pictures president Doug Belgrad tells Ms. Pascal about a potential scenario that would see Marvel produce a new trilogy of Spider-Man movies while Sony retains “creative control, marketing and distribution.” In a separate e-mail, Ms. Pascal tells a business partner that Marvel wanted to include Spider-Man in its planned third “Captain America” movie.
The talks with Marvel eventually broke down and Sony is now planning to go ahead with its own Spider-Man slate, according to people familiar with the matter. As of late November, executives were planning a “Spidey summit” for January to discuss future plans. Among projects in development are an animated Spider-Man comedy that would be produced by Chris Miller and Phil Lord, the team behind “22 Jump Street” and “The Lego Movie,” as well as previously disclosed Spider-Man spin-offs focused on villain team Sinister Six, super-foe Venom, and women from the webslinger’s life.
I'm ok if Spider-Man doesn't ever be a part of the MCU but a new Spider-Man would be great! I believe MCU would do a better casting job and everything else :D Marvel does Marvel better than Sony does Marvel I think :) Cap3 would be quite soon for spidey but could work! I'm down either way :)
ReplyDeleteSony just has to figure out what on earth they are doing with the spider-man franchise tbh.
ReplyDeleteIn the awesome words of nova prime Irani Sony is a 'prick' All they can do is ruin spiderman even more I hated the previous movie so much marvel would do it more justice
ReplyDeleteyou don't like Andrew Garfield?
ReplyDeleteHe is a quite good as Spider-Man but not so as Peter Parker
ReplyDeleteDidn't we just do a Spiderman reboot? I'm very confused.
ReplyDeleteGarfield still has another one to do though, right? Did imagine that?
ReplyDeleteSony should let Disney/Marvel use Spidey without asking for any money. In the end, they are the ones who need this the most and the ones who will get the most benefits.
ReplyDeleteYeah. It was supposed to be 4 at the start, but the last thing Sony reported only included the villain films and a 3rd Spidey.
ReplyDeleteHuh, thanks. It just makes me think that there might not be a single business unit at Sony that isn't run by idiots.
ReplyDeleteAndrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire needs to be merged. Tobey did a good Peter Parker (but a terrible Spidey), while Andrew goes a great Spidey, and a so-so Peter.
ReplyDeleteemails kind of prove sony is going to reboot again.
ReplyDeletehis delivery is awful
ReplyDeleteI Agree!
ReplyDeleteI'd be perfectly okay with Spider-Man staying out of MCU. Doesn't bother me one bit. As for a new Spidey, ehhh. I didn't even bother to see TAS2, which i heard was terrible, but really, JF being the villian made me not want to see it altogether. (i will eventually but not in a rush)
ReplyDeleteI don't think that we need another reboot. But Marvel had made plans to make everything the way they want so that the character could be as close to the original as possible (with some variations). I only hope that if they make a Spidey movie they actually make it better, because the current version and the previous one well they don't make me want to watch them.
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