Hollywood Breakdown
A Spider-Man split
The Marvel superhero Spider-Man is owned by Sony, but for the past five years, a unique arrangement had Sony and Disney sharing the character, which meant Spidey could show up in other Marvel movies, and that Marvel's Kevin Feige would consult on…
By Matthew Belloni • • 1 min readIn a 'Spider-Man' stand-off between Disney and Sony, neither side seems willing to budge. The problem, ironically, comes out of great Spider-Man success--fans loved seeing Spider-Man in newer Avengers movies, and the most recent Sony Spider-Man movie earlier this summer became Sony's biggest movie of all time. So now Sony believes they don't need the insight of Marvel Studio's Kevin Feige, and Disney doesn't want to leave money on the table and is demanding a bigger piece of the pie, which naturally Sony doesn't want to fork over. This means unresolved Spider-Man storylines in upcoming Marvel movies and Disney being left out of any possible Spider-Man TV shows.
