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    Hollywood news banter: The Spider-Man split

    For the past couple of years, Sony and Disney’s Marvel Studios had a unique arrangement that let them share custody of Spider-Man--that’s why the webslinger appeared in the most recent Avengers movies and why Marvel’s Kevin Feige consulted on…

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    By Kim Masters • Aug 23, 2019 • 1 min read

    • For the past couple of years, Sony and Disney’s Marvel Studios had a unique arrangement that let them share custody of Spider-Man--that’s why the webslinger appeared in the most recent Avengers movies and why Marvel’s Kevin Feige consulted on Sony’s new Spider-Man movies. But now, that deal seems to be done. The two studios are in a standoff, neither willing to budge.

    • As protests continue in Hong Kong, the star of the upcoming Disney live-action ‘Mulan’ movie posted in support of the police on social media. This has prompted a #BoycottMulan movement, which puts Disney in an awkward place.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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      founding partner of Puck News

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      managing editor of media and entertainment at Bloomberg

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    In Ben Berman’s ‘The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,’ nothing is as it seems
    1. 1:19Hollywood news banter: The Spider-Man splitYou’re reading this
    2. 8:07Ben Berman on the real-life twists of making 'The Amazing Jonathan Documentary'
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