How The Marvel-Sony 'Spider-Man' Dispute Will Be Solved One Way Or Another [Updated]

Reports of the Marvel-Sony partnership ending are a bit premature, but even if things don't work out between the studios now, it might not matter for very long anyway.

, while Sony's solo Spidey movies had supporting appearances by Tony Stark — aka Iron Man — and Nick Fury., which grossed $880 million in worldwide box office, the second-highest of any film in the franchise at that point. Then, the sequelreleased this summer, and so far has top $1.

is a mess and the weakest film of the whole franchise by far, but still has lots of fun and some moving dramatic scenes ., which I feel is overall a better origin film than the 2002 picture, and I'm on record sayingis, for all of its faults, the most faithful version of Spider-Man's personality in the first five films, as well as being far better than its reputation.

Initial reports about the fracturing of the relationship between Disney-Marvel and Sony made it sound as if both sides already walked away, and claimed Sony made no counter-offer besides saying they prefer to simply keep their deal unchanged.

Maintaining use of the character, expanding Marvel's control over the IP and spinoffs, and getting a modest profit for each film is good reason for Marvel to agree to a deal, even if it's not their ideal scenario. Losing the character now will screw up the ability to use Spider-Man in the MCU for a long time.

Paying Sony to use a character in ways that primarily act as promos for Sony's solo films, while taking on the risk of those solo films hurting Marvel's own reputation, isn't a scenario favorable to Marvel. If Sony balks at a deal for the solo films, Marvel shouldn't waste time or money on trying to make a deal for the MCU team-ups.

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