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In sad news for Marvel fans everywhere, it appears that one of the franchise's most recognizable characters – Spider-Man – may no longer be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Understandably, people are pretty upset at the news. Spider-Man has always been popular and we have become accustomed to seeing him alongside other Marvel legends like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, and Scarlet Witch.
However, Spider-Man will now go solo again as he bids farewell to his fellow Avengers. To cope with the loss and express their disappointment, people are turning to memes, and they are as emotional as you might expect. We here at Bored Panda have collected a few of the funniest and most tragic examples which you can check out below, as well as some background to the story. Scroll down to check them out for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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The reasons why this happened are rooted in an extraordinarily complicated story over the rights to the web-slinging hero, with Sony eventually stepping in to 'buy' Spider-Man for a paltry $7 million from Marvel in 1999. Quite the bargain in hindsight, wasn't it?
It could've been even better, with cash-strapped Marvel offering the rights to nearly all their characters for $25 million. However, as told to the Wall Street Journal, the execs at Sony dismissed the deal by saying: “Nobody gives a shit about any of the other Marvel characters. Go back and do a deal for only Spider-Man.”
So Sony took only Spider-Man, and went on to make a pretty successful trilogy between 2002-2007. Thereafter things started to get a bit stale however, as subsequent attempts to reboot the franchise (The Amazing Spider-Man) were seen as relative flops.
This is where a partnership with a now resurgent, Disney-owned Marvel was discussed, with the two studios eventually reaching an agreement in 2015 to share the character.
The decision was a hit with both critics and fans, a clever piece of business that benefited all parties and got people loving Spider-Man again.
Spider-Man has become a staple and popular member of the MCU, appearing in Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far From Home.
However, the sharing agreement has now broken down, with Disney wanting to change the terms to reflect the massive popularity that Spider-Man has regained as part of their MCU.
Sony won't budge from the original deal however, which has outraged fans - some have been using the hashtag #BoycottSony, saying they won't watch future films by the studio because of the Spider-Man announcement.
So what next for Spider-Man? Well, Tom Holland is still contracted to Sony for at least one more film so there is definitely more to come.
They will go back to the Spider-Man only format we saw previously because Sony will be forbidden to reference any MCU characters they don't hold the rights to. Will the Sony-only films be as good as the recent hits we have become accustomed to? Only time will tell.
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Nela Rothenbach 5 years ago
I wish more people would see that it's not Sony's fault but Disney's for beeing greedy
Bill 5 years ago
Does it bother anybody else that Disney has a near total momopoly in entertainment?
Janthony 5 years ago
Oh noooooooo, Disney doesn't get to own every goddamn thing, what a travesty this is (also Sony did spiderman better with spider verse dont fight me on this)
Daniel R. 5 years ago
How this is a shock to anyone is beyond me. Disney is just trying to capture more and more content. In effort to not be ripped off, Sony said no the proposed "50/50" deal and suddenly Sony is the bad guy?? C'mon ! Disney is straight up throwing a fit for not owning yet another franchise and Sony did an awesome job with Into the Spiderverse. People just want a scapegoat.
Carol Emory 5 years ago
And btw..the best way for this to be resolved in Sony's favor is if the actors that play the Avengers walked out on their contracts and films and refuse to resume any projects until Disney caves. Disney can try to reboot it with a whole new cast of characters, but I have a feeling that current Marvel fans will rebel against any reboot.
Peggy Schuyler 5 years ago
Guy's... I just realized. Iron Man owned Area 51. He most likely gave it to Peter. Sony owns Peter. The government owns Area 51. Sony owns the government and is using their technology to hypnotize people into thinking their Spiderman movies are better than Marvel's.
maswartz 5 years ago
Disney owns Marvel Marvel created Spider-Man Sony got the rights to Spider-Man and f****d it up so bad they had to reboot it Disney reached out to Sony to bring Spider-Man to the MCU Nearly every Spider-Man movie since then has made billions Disney wanted a bigger piece of the profits on a property they created Sony flipped them off and took their ball and went home
Master Markus 5 years ago
Business media deals are so weird. Like, I feel like if you own Marvel you'd just own ALL of Marvel.
D. Pitbull 5 years ago
I hold hope ... (foolish? I know) that Sony looks at their past issues with screwing up Spider-man... and they don't... repeat the mistake. Pleeeease... just. LEARN - that's all.
Carol Emory 5 years ago
Sony has never been one to work with hostile partners. I worked at Nintendo of America when they were collaborating with Sony on a disc driven game system. NoA became quite demanding and controlling of the partnership, so Sony said "Nah..we can do this ourselves." And they came out with the PS1 about a year or so later. Sony will make this work.
blugeagua 5 years ago (edited)
Is it weird that I honestly don’t really care? After Endgame I really don’t care much for the MCU anymore since almost all of the original characters are done.
Virgil Blue 5 years ago
Be honest people, far from home was not a good spiderman movie, too much focus on quite awful jokes. The previous one was much better.
Nela Rothenbach 5 years ago
I wish more people would see that it's not Sony's fault but Disney's for beeing greedy
Bill 5 years ago
Does it bother anybody else that Disney has a near total momopoly in entertainment?
Janthony 5 years ago
Oh noooooooo, Disney doesn't get to own every goddamn thing, what a travesty this is (also Sony did spiderman better with spider verse dont fight me on this)
Daniel R. 5 years ago
How this is a shock to anyone is beyond me. Disney is just trying to capture more and more content. In effort to not be ripped off, Sony said no the proposed "50/50" deal and suddenly Sony is the bad guy?? C'mon ! Disney is straight up throwing a fit for not owning yet another franchise and Sony did an awesome job with Into the Spiderverse. People just want a scapegoat.
Carol Emory 5 years ago
And btw..the best way for this to be resolved in Sony's favor is if the actors that play the Avengers walked out on their contracts and films and refuse to resume any projects until Disney caves. Disney can try to reboot it with a whole new cast of characters, but I have a feeling that current Marvel fans will rebel against any reboot.
Peggy Schuyler 5 years ago
Guy's... I just realized. Iron Man owned Area 51. He most likely gave it to Peter. Sony owns Peter. The government owns Area 51. Sony owns the government and is using their technology to hypnotize people into thinking their Spiderman movies are better than Marvel's.
maswartz 5 years ago
Disney owns Marvel Marvel created Spider-Man Sony got the rights to Spider-Man and f****d it up so bad they had to reboot it Disney reached out to Sony to bring Spider-Man to the MCU Nearly every Spider-Man movie since then has made billions Disney wanted a bigger piece of the profits on a property they created Sony flipped them off and took their ball and went home
Master Markus 5 years ago
Business media deals are so weird. Like, I feel like if you own Marvel you'd just own ALL of Marvel.
D. Pitbull 5 years ago
I hold hope ... (foolish? I know) that Sony looks at their past issues with screwing up Spider-man... and they don't... repeat the mistake. Pleeeease... just. LEARN - that's all.
Carol Emory 5 years ago
Sony has never been one to work with hostile partners. I worked at Nintendo of America when they were collaborating with Sony on a disc driven game system. NoA became quite demanding and controlling of the partnership, so Sony said "Nah..we can do this ourselves." And they came out with the PS1 about a year or so later. Sony will make this work.
blugeagua 5 years ago (edited)
Is it weird that I honestly don’t really care? After Endgame I really don’t care much for the MCU anymore since almost all of the original characters are done.
Virgil Blue 5 years ago
Be honest people, far from home was not a good spiderman movie, too much focus on quite awful jokes. The previous one was much better.
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