All reversals have been foreshadowed long ago: "Spider-Man 3: Homeless" has finally been released.
On September 27, according to a number of foreign media reports, a month after a brief breakup, Sony Pictures reunited with Marvel Pictures/Disney, and Spider-Man officially returned to the Marvel Universe. The third MCU "Spider-Man" movie was also in North America. Scheduled for July 16, 2021, Tom Holland will continue to star and Kevin Fitch as the producer. It is said that Kevin Fitch is very happy.
The breakup between the two parties began in late last month. At that time, Sony and Marvel broke down when they were discussing the latest "Spider-Man" production contract, so Marvel announced that Marvel Pictures will no longer produce "Spider-Man" movies. , And Spider-Man will also withdraw from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
However, the foreshadowing left by Marvel at the time was to publicly stated: This is not without a turnaround, and the decision is up to Disney.
Sure enough, the turning point has come.
On the surface, it is Sony that compromised. Before that, Marvel/Disney only got 5% of Spider-Man movie profits, and Marvel/Disney would get about 25% of Spider-Man movie profits.
actually compromised Marvel, or at least both sides took a step back. You must know that before this, Marvel's conditions were five to five. Now it seems that in order to keep the "successor" of Iron Man in the fourth stage of Marvel, Marvel finally gave in.
No matter how tragic the previous tearing and how exciting the reversal is, everything is not unexpected. The grievances between Sony and Marvel can be made into a series of movies, but the two sides have common interests in the Spider-Man issue. It's not good for anyone to take two shots, "Sit down and pour down the verse", and it was finally settled.
But the future is hard to say. The Dutch brother and Sony still have one film contract, and Marvel has not had more than three single series movies except Thor, so what will happen after the release of Spider-Man 3 in 2021? Another hidden drama of
is: Sony Cinema Universe is quietly completing the overtake of DC Cinema Universe.
The battle of the traditional Hollywood battle between Marvel and DC Super British Universe is being rewritten.
The game of power in the Hollywood Super British Universe is never simple.
Is the kid-robbing drama that originated from "uneven distribution of accounts" ended, or is there a sequel?
seems to be a family ethics drama, the friendship on the surface is torn, but benefits are always torn under the table.
Earlier on August 21, the media released news: Spider-Man’s film and television adaptation rights will return to Sony’s hands, after which Kevin Fitch will no longer serve as the producer of the "Spider-Man" series, Tom Heck The Rand version of Spider-Man will also disappear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
subsequently responded publicly by Sony Pictures: saying that Kevin Fitch would no longer participate in the production of new Spider-Man movies, and expressed regret and respect for Disney's decision.
Prior to this, Sony and Marvel Pictures had been discussing the cooperation of the "Spider-Man" movie for several months. In the end, they failed to reach an agreement on the cooperation between the two parties.
Let us take a look at the original version of the sensational “Spiderman Return” agreement between Marvel and Sony that year:
Key 1: Spiderman joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Marvel’s most popular character finally returns to the big family. The independent Spider-Man movie belongs to the Marvel universe, and Marvel will unconditionally let its characters appear in the movie.
Key two: Spider-Man's independent film, Sony paid for Marvel. Marvel sent a team to assist in the production, and the boss Kevin Fitch personally took the initiative to control the direction of the movie from script to production.
Key three: In order to compensate for Marvel’s assistance in the production, Sony gave 5% of the box office of the first two films of Spider-Man to Marvel.
Key four: Characters other than Spider-Man, Sony doesn’t care how to shoot Marvel (such as "Venom"), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe cannot use characters other than Spider-Man movies.
Several years have passed, and it is the issue of money split that caused both sides to tear their faces.
According to Deadline reports, Disney-Marvel hopes to share production costs and revenue with Sony in future works; while Sony insists on maintaining the terms they signed in the previous four years, Disney can only get 5% of revenue.
According to the Verge, Fitch hopes to replace the current Sony wholly-owned cooperation method with half-half of production and distribution.
simply means: In the past, Marvel only gave out people but didn’t pay, and got very little distribution. Now MarvelSpend money and people, but you have to make half of the money.
The problem is that Sony is not short of this money. Everyone knows that Spider-Man is making a steady profit now. What use do I want your Marvel investment to do?
talked about, but still couldn't agree, finally the talk fell apart.
even as early as when the second part of the series "Spider-Man: Far From Home" was released, someone revealed: Sony and Marvel agreed that if the box office of the second Spider-Man does not exceed $1 billion, the right to adapt will be heavy. Back to Sony; if it exceeds 1 billion, Marvel will enjoy one-third of the production rights. So when the box office exceeded 1 billion, many fans were relieved.
But the facts proved that the fans at that time were still too optimistic. When
broke up, the fans immediately divided into two groups. One group accused Sony of "dismantling the channel when it got a bargain", and another group accused Marvel of "greed insatiable."
And the Dutch brother chose not to stand. At that time, his statement was: "This is a wonderful time in five years. I have had the best time in my life. Who knows what the future will be like? But all I know is, I will continue to play Spiderman.".
So only one month later, what made the two sides return to the negotiating table and step back to reach an agreement?
is still an interest. The fact is that both parties have benefited a lot from this cooperation.
Before Marvel intervened, Sony was catching up with its own Mercury retrograde period, and holding the copyright of Spider-Man could not be valued; and after Spider-Man returned to Marvel, the popularity quickly returned to its peak. If you really lose Marvel and go it alone, the future victory or defeat is hard to say, at least you will lose the blessing of the Marvel universe.
For Marvel, the little spider has finally returned to the big family. Marvel also attaches great importance to the arrangement of Spider-Man in the Marvel movie universe: "Avengers 4" is not the end of the third stage of the Marvel universe, but It is to put the second "Spider-Man" immediately at the back as the end. The meaning of
is very obvious: Spider-Man is the heir of Iron Man. Moreover, the handover of Marvel Universe is at a critical moment. In any case, the chain should not be dropped. After so long, the little spider ran away. Where can Marvel find someone The new Iron Man successor?
Disney and Marvel thought about it, but after all, they still couldn't speak quickly, and simply took a step back. The grievances between
and Marvel are over, and the rise of Sony’s super-British movie universe
, but the grudges between Marvel and Sony will not end there.
In 1995, under the impact of the Internet, Marvel filed for bankruptcy. Subsequently, the company was reorganized, and the company merged with the toy company ToyBiz.
In order to meet the urgent need, Marvel sold the filming rights of its comic heroes to Sony, Constantine Pictures, Universal Pictures and other Hollywood companies at an extremely low price.
Marvel’s most popular Spider-Man was acquired by Sony for US$10 million plus a box office share at that time, along with the rights to adapt the Spider-Man series related characters.
In 2002, Sony’s first Tobey Maguire version of "Spider-Man" was released, with a global box office of 822 million US dollars, which established Sony Pictures Hollywood’s six major positions.
is a feng shui turn. After Marvel was acquired by the wealthy Disney, it began to shoot superhero movies at an average rate of 3.1 per year, starting a new Hollywood era from Iron Man.
Sony’s "Spider-Man" series has suffered a Mercury retrograde since the miscarriage of Sam Remy’s "Spider-Man 4". After talking to Sam Remy, Sony urgently found a reputation for "500 Days with Summer". The risen Marc Webb restarted the series and brought in popular niches Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone. He was hoping to make more achievements. As a result, the average investment of the two films was 230 million US dollars, and the global box office was only 700 million US dollars. , "The Amazing Spider-Man" series was stopped.
Seeing that Spider-Man, the IP Sony, can’t play by itself, and Marvel is looking forward to his children’s return to the nest, the two companies began to seek cooperation.
thus had the agreement that shocked the world in February 2015, and it turns out that Spider-Man has since returned to the peak of popularity. "Spider-Man: Far From Home" even won $1.13 billion worldwide.
However, when the five film contracts expired and the copyright was put on the negotiating table again, the negotiations between the two sides were obviously not as smooth as four years ago. Even if Spider-Man returns to Marvel now, it is still uncertain whether the next round of negotiations will start. 2021The movie began in 2015. The biggest variable of
is Sony.
Before Marvel stepped in, Sony was catching up with the trough of its own film and television, but now its independent production of "Venom" has earned US$856 million worldwide, and
"Spider-Man: Into the Parallel Universe" even won the best animation Oscar. Facts It proves that Sony is no longer a black hole in the development of super British films.
So Sony’s own super-British movie universe began to accelerate.
In addition to "Evil Six", "Black Cat and Silver Sable", the animated Spider-Man universe "Parallel Universe 2" and more sequels, Sony is developing a "Mrs. Spider" that is not known to most viewers. According to a foreign media "We Got This Covered" report, Sony also intends to shoot a single-player movie of the mysterious guest played by Jack Gyllenhaal in Spider-Man: Far From Home.
With the rapid construction of the Sony Super British Universe, the pattern of the Hollywood Super British Universe is also different.
Sony Marvel has a constant exchange of talents, and the "Three Kingdoms" of Marvel Sony DC Super British Universe just started
Marvel and the DC movie universe's Chu and Han have become the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the extra corner is Sony.
can be seen from next year’s Hollywood Super British movie list: February DC "Raptor Squad", May Marvel "Black Widow", June DC "Wonder Woman 2", July Sony "Mobias" ", Sony "Venom 2" in October, Marvel "Eternal Race" in November, each company has two works.
Compared to Sony, which is advancing all the way, Marvel and the DC Cinema Universe have both encountered transformation problems.
At the previous 2019 San Diego International Comic Con, Marvel announced a long list of the fourth stage of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the sequels of Thor and Doctor Strange, the independent film of Black Widow, and the African-American actor Mahsala· Ali starred in the new version of "Blade Warrior",
"Eternal Race", "Shangqi" and other new movies, but there is no "Avengers" series of movies. What does
mean? It probably means: Marvel hasn't figured it out yet. Another problem with
is that due to copyright reasons, the X-Men and Fantastic Four could not appear in the Marvel universe for a while. After the return of copyright, Marvel's parent company, Disney immediately announced that these two teams will also join the Marvel universe! But how to get so many Super Premier Leagues back to the Marvel family is another problematic problem.
On the surface of DC, the scenery is infinite. At the end of the 76th Venice Film Festival, the Golden Lion Award for best film was awarded to the film "Joker" produced by Warner & DC. This is the first time a superhero movie has topped the three major European film festivals, and the North American awards season of "Joker" has officially opened. There are still many opportunities for the Golden Globes, Oscars, starring Jacques Phoenix and director Todd Phillips.
But when the dark style from "Joker" to the new version of "Batman" is in full swing, is this a rise in the DC universe or the beginning of another bump?
On the other hand, with the continuation of the entire Hollywood Super-British Space War, a talent exchange program also began unconsciously.
For example, at the Disney D23Expo conference, Marvel CEO Kevin Fitch announced three more Marvel series "Moonlight Knight", "Ms. Marvel" and "Female Hulk". Among them, Moonlight Knight has intersections with superheroes such as Spider-Man, Daredevil, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Doctor Strange, etc., and has joined the Avengers. And there is news that the last "Spider-Man" Andrew Garfield ("The Amazing Spider-Man") is expected to play the role of Moonlight Knight.
So who will the next Spider-Man be? Although 2021's "Spider-Man 3" is nailed, what about the future? No one can tell.
If the copyright war resumes in the future, it is very likely that the Netherlands will not continue to fall into this game, then no matter who Spider-Man belongs to, will there be a fourth generation of Spider-Man?
For any IP series, the leading role of a superhero is a great challenge. The Spider-Man series has changed three starring roles before and after. The Dutch brother is so cute, but many fans who have been in the pit from Toby Maguire's "Spider-Man" still only recognize the old version. If the Dutch brother stopped doing it, would the audience love the next little spider?
At least now, the spider has returned to Marvel, which is good news for both Sony and Marvel, but the general trend of the world will be combined for a long time.Long time will be divided.
Many people now say: After all, it’s the little spider that makes the most profit. It is really a "super British winner" to play with Deadpool on Marvel and Venom on Sony. It is true, but it is here. Among the changes in the super universe "Three Kingdoms", the fate of Little Spider is also the most uncertain.
still seems to have responded to the line of "Spider-Man": The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
