‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Producer Hints at End of Sony-Marvel Collaboration After Next Movie
Former Sony studio chief Amy Pascal talked about future of franchise to Cosmic Book News
Matt Pressberg | March 28, 2017 @ 6:38 PM
Last Updated: March 28, 2017 @ 7:09 PM
Is Spider-Man’s time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe limited? “Spider-Man: Homecoming” Co-producer Amy Pascal hinted that may be the case at CinemaCon Tuesday, saying in an interview with Cosmic Book News that following the already agreed upon sequel to “Homecoming,” the webslinger might once again be restricted to appearing only in films from Sony.
“One of the things that I think is so amazing about this experience is that you don’t have studios deciding to work together to make a film very often,” said Pascal, who served as Chairperson of Sony’s Motion Pictures Group until stepping down in 2015. “In fact, it may never happen again — after we do the sequel.”
She continued:
“Because Sony and Disney and Marvel all decided that the right thing to do was to allow Peter Parker and Spider-Man to be in the MCU, and to work with the Marvel guys and have them produce this film, and I think that was a very rare thing for three companies to do and a very brilliant thing for them to decide to do because there are only so many stories that you know you can tell again and again and again about Spidey, and this is something that we would never been able to do in any other way. So, it was a very selfless thing that was very smart on the part of all the companies.”
Sony declined to comment on the matter. However, a person with knowledge of the deal between Marvel and Sony told TheWrap that Pascal’s comments are not true. So for now at least, it would seem Spidey will remain part of the Marvel Movie family.
Marvel Studios licensed Spider-Man, and several related concepts and characters, to Sony in 1999. This led to Sony’s successful Sam Raimi-directed “Spider-Man” trilogy starring starring Tobey Maguire, as well as the rebooted “Amazing Spider-Man” films starring Andrew Garfield. As a result, Marvel was unable to include the wall crawler as part of its burgeoning Cinematic Universe when it started making films in-house, beginning with 2008’s “Iron Man.”
However, following the tepid reception for 2014’s “The Amazing Spider-Man 2,” and the company’s infamous computer hacking scandal the same year, Sony reached a deal with Disney, which purchased Marvel in 2009, to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The new version of Spider-Man portrayed by Tom Holland, debuted in “Captain America: Civil War” and will also appear in the upcoming “Avengers: Infinity War,” in addition to “Homecoming” and its planned sequel.
Sony still retains full rights to Spider-Man characters like Black Cat, and Venom, and has recently announced plans for films involving these characters that would be unrelated to “Homecoming.”
7 Things We Learned About 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' in First Trailer (Photos)
The official trailer for "Spider-Man: Homecoming" has hit the Internet. While a few things were spelled out plainly -- the comedy, the slice of life feel, and the classic coming-of-age Spidey story -- the trailer was also filled with less obvious moments that seem to reveal a lot. Let's take a look.
Donald Glover's role in "Spider-Man: Homecoming" is still a closely held secret, but he very briefly showed up in the trailer alongside this guy testing out what we assume is one of the Tinkerer's weapons. It feels likely, then, that Glover is playing one of the bad guys.
The Tinkerer -- a sort of sub-villain who makes weapons and equipment for bad guys -- seemingly will play a big role in "Spider-Man: Homecoming," judging by the frequency with which weapons that look like the kind of things he would make appear in the trailer. There's this one that bank robbers use to pull an ATM out of the wall, the grenade launcher-looking think a goon is using with Donald Glover and an energy weapon wielded by the movie's real big bad, Vulture.
The "Spider-Man: Homecoming" trailer has arrived just in time to be thrown up in front of "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," which tells the tale of rebel freedom fighters and their quest to steal the plans for the Death Star. And, interestingly enough, the trailer sees Peter Parker's best friend Ned Leeds (Jacob Batalon) droppping a LEGO Death Star in reaction to seeing Peter climbing upside-down. Ouch! That’s some expert-level corporate synergy on Marvel’s end.
Tony Stark serving as more than just a mentor in the movie -- it looks like he’ll be suiting up for battle alongside Spidey as well. The trailer wraps with a shot of them taking to the sky, and if Tony’s suited up, it likely means that this isn’t just for funsies -- looks like we'll be getting some legit Iron Man action here.
Time for a field trip! But, of course, nothing ever goes smoothly for ol' Peter Parker, and it looks like what could have been a chill trip to the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., ends up turning into a major set piece.
Behold, the wingsuit, which Spidey gets to show off on the previously mentioned field trip. Tony Stark stepped in to help his protege with an all-new (but only slightly adjusted) look. Familiar webbing stretches forward to give our hero that extra aerodynamic edge he needs to take a leap and websling his way around New York. This is the first time we've seen this look on screen, but it's appeared in several iterations of the costume before. Web-wings are a common addition to most major Spider-verse costumes, including Silk's and Spider-Gwen's.
We get a glimpse of a showdown between Vulture and a maskless Spidey on the beach at Coney Island -- which makes us think this glimpse may be of the climactic showdown.
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From Donald Glover’s brief appearance to a cameo by the Death Star, we go deep into the first public “Spider-Man: Homecoming” trailer
The official trailer for "Spider-Man: Homecoming" has hit the Internet. While a few things were spelled out plainly -- the comedy, the slice of life feel, and the classic coming-of-age Spidey story -- the trailer was also filled with less obvious moments that seem to reveal a lot. Let's take a look.
