Marvel's fourth stage movie plan has been announced. At first everyone thought that "Spider-Man 3" would appear on Marvel's schedule smoothly. As a result, Disney and Sony had a "Spider-Man dispute", and Spider-Man was about to Leaving Marvel, just when everyone thought that Spider-Man could not stay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, things turned around again. After several negotiations, Sony agreed that Spider-Man would stay in Marvel. Now, "Spider-Man 3" finally Have a landing.
Do you think the copyright issue regarding Spider-Man is so stable? A new piece of news pointed out that Disney plans to buy back the copyright of Spider-Man for US$5 billion! When
heard this news, personally, it is not strange at all. Whoever owns the copyright of Spider-Man has the absolute right to speak. The current cooperation between Sony and Disney is only temporary. Sony still only lends Spider-Man to Disney for use, and it does not mean that Disney owns the copyright of Spider-Man.
Once the market conditions change, or the interests of both parties are unevenly distributed, a new contract must be drawn up between Sony and Disney. After all, both parties are commercial companies. The voice of fans is important, but it does not override the interests of the two companies. on.
Fortunately, in this storm, Tom Holland, the actor of Spider-Man, has not been greatly affected. No matter where Spider-Man goes, the Dutch brother will continue to play Spider-Man. Moreover, the Dutch brother played a vital role in the process of Spider-Man's return to Marvel. It was he who facilitated the Disney president to reconnect with Sony's senior management. After two negotiations, Spider-Man was able to return.
Under the new agreement, Marvel can only continue to shoot two Marvel movies about Spider-Man. The first one is "Spider-Man 3" released on July 16, 2021. The subtitle has not yet been announced; the second one has It may be "Avengers 5" around 2022.
So, after the two movies, where will Spider-Man go?
According to two foreign media reports from Mikey Sutton of Scoopster, Disney wants to acquire Spider-Man. This powerful company is considering a bid of US$4 billion to US$5 billion to acquire all rights to Spider-Man. The reason is simple. Spider-Man is Marvel’s most popular superhero. With the departure of Iron Man and the US team, Disney needs a decent superhero, and Spider-Man is undoubtedly the best candidate.
Disney bids $5 billion to repurchase Spider-Man, is it huge loss or super cost-effective? List a few figures for everyone, maybe you can see more clearly.
At the end of 2009, Disney acquired Marvel Comics for a sky-high price of 4.24 billion U.S. dollars and obtained the copyright of most of the characters. It was from that time that Marvel Cinematic had a wealthy super big brother behind it, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe plan was implemented.
Disney’s road to mergers and acquisitions is far from over. In 2012, Disney acquired Lucasfilm, the famous "Star Wars" series, at a cost of US$4.05 billion.
In March 2019, Disney acquired 21st Century Fox for $71.3 billion.
From this point of view, Disney is not bad for money. If you really have confidence in Spider-Man, even if you spend $5 billion to buy Spider-Man from Sony, it is not a loss.
According to the box office performance of "Spider-Man 2: Far From Home" (global box office of 1.109 billion US dollars), I made five or six movies and made it back.
Of course, this is not a super cost-effective deal. After all, Disney once bought the entire Marvel company for less than 5 billion, but now it costs 5 billion to buy a Spider-Man, which sounds like a loss.
So the question is, do you think Disney is reluctant to buy back Spider-Man at a high price?
