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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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Ani Archeron 5 years ago
funny, cos sending a bomb into a civilian population is a great metaphor for what this announcement has done to the internet
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.”
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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.
#6
athornedrose 5 years ago
spider man 3: home alone. we can't get any other characters in, so it's just peter setting up booby traps while aunt may's out of town.
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.
#15
Pepper Pots 5 years ago
No!! I love Tom Holland as Spidey, this is so unfair, its all about money what about the freaking fans
#17
Neon Petra 5 years ago
*uses infinity gauntlet to thanos snap anyone who thought of ending the deal*
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Elisaurous uwu 5 years ago
if death opens that door he's gonna find a whole lot o fangirls and trust me they dont need any magical suits to kill anyone who DARES hurt Mr. Holland/Mr. Parker
#27
Julie Richards 5 years ago
For some reason, this just sounds right, but it's not in the right context - What is that quote from "The Incredibles"? "Money, money, money, we can't keep doing this." No Sony, you can't. But, also, Disney does the same thing. For corporations, it's all about money (feeding the machine) and for the majority of the people it's about money (not having enough and/or getting s**t on by the feeders of the machine).
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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
Daria B 5 years ago
I totally agree, and I'm saying this with deep sadness in my heart. Spiderman is Marvel, but Marvel is under Disney now. In a perfect comic nerd utopia, Marvel would not need Disney, they wouldn't have needed to sell their icons in the first place. But as things are now, we have to witness this paradox of legal rights in conflict with what's right. But Disney is so misbehaving, it's breaking my heart.
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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)
Virgil Blue 5 years ago
Spider verse was a practically perfect Spiderman movie. Personally I hate the whole successor to Tony Stark thing they were doing in Far from home.
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Carson Skjerdal 5 years ago
I thought this comment was dumb until I realized that user pops up all the time now
Load More Replies... 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.
Virgil Blue 5 years ago
It's because marvel was in big trouble years ago and sold the movie rights of individual characters to just about anyone willing to give them a buck. Add to that contracts that let studios keep the licences as long as they make a movie every number of years and you get messes like the last Fantastic Four movie just to avoid losing the licence. There has even been a never released FF4 movie that was especially made just to keep the licence from defaulting back to Marvel come to think of it.
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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.
Virgil Blue 5 years ago
Well, they did make an excellent decision by buying Insomniac Games, makers of the best Spiderman game I ever played.
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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.
Carson Skjerdal 5 years ago
This is like people hating Thor when he came in, guardians, a 3rd spiderman..
Load More Replies... 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.
Rob Chapman 5 years ago
The millions of people that made Avengers: Endgame the highest grossing movie of all time. The millions of people that have been fans of Spider-Man for half a century. That's who.
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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
Daria B 5 years ago
I totally agree, and I'm saying this with deep sadness in my heart. Spiderman is Marvel, but Marvel is under Disney now. In a perfect comic nerd utopia, Marvel would not need Disney, they wouldn't have needed to sell their icons in the first place. But as things are now, we have to witness this paradox of legal rights in conflict with what's right. But Disney is so misbehaving, it's breaking my heart.
Load More Replies... 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)
Virgil Blue 5 years ago
Spider verse was a practically perfect Spiderman movie. Personally I hate the whole successor to Tony Stark thing they were doing in Far from home.
Load More Replies... Carson Skjerdal 5 years ago
I thought this comment was dumb until I realized that user pops up all the time now
Load More Replies... 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.
Virgil Blue 5 years ago
It's because marvel was in big trouble years ago and sold the movie rights of individual characters to just about anyone willing to give them a buck. Add to that contracts that let studios keep the licences as long as they make a movie every number of years and you get messes like the last Fantastic Four movie just to avoid losing the licence. There has even been a never released FF4 movie that was especially made just to keep the licence from defaulting back to Marvel come to think of it.
Load More Replies... 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.
Virgil Blue 5 years ago
Well, they did make an excellent decision by buying Insomniac Games, makers of the best Spiderman game I ever played.
Load More Replies... 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.
Carson Skjerdal 5 years ago
This is like people hating Thor when he came in, guardians, a 3rd spiderman..
Load More Replies... 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.
Rob Chapman 5 years ago
The millions of people that made Avengers: Endgame the highest grossing movie of all time. The millions of people that have been fans of Spider-Man for half a century. That's who.
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