@Tasuki I've always wondered about that. Does Sony have the rights to Spider-Man like forever or will they run out eventually? Because it's crazy that Disney wouldn't do anything to get them back so they can add all the Spider-Man movies to Disney+. He's a very popular Marvel character after all.
@JohnnyShoulder I actually do remember seeing some Spider-Man stuff on Netflix earlier this year. It's too bad that I didn't start watching the MCU movies much earlier, probably would've watched the Spider-Man movies there otherwise.
I just finished watching the first X-Men and I quite liked it! I'm definitely hooked on this franchise now, so I'll definitely be going through all the X-Men movies.
@LtSarge I imagine the licence runs out eventually for Spider-man with Sony. Like with the rest of Marvel’s property, Disney did try to buy Spider-man from Sony but I think I remember they were asking for too much money. Which is why Spider-man is in this weird place right now where he is still part of the MCU but not owned by Disney. It is a massive money spinner for Sony, so no wonder they are reluctant to let him go.
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@LtSarge I am not sure on the deal Sony has. I know along Spiderman in the MCU was a deal Sony worked out with Marvel which gave rights to Sony for the video game. Basically for Spider-man being part of the MCU Sony got exclusive rights to make a video game. It's a weird thing the rights.
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@LtSarge@JohnnyShoulder from what I gather Sony bought the movie rights to Spidey outright. The only way they’d revert is if Sony was bought out (by Disney or otherwise). Even if just the movie side of Sony was sold (which seemed reasonably likely a few years back), the rights would revert.
@JohnnyShoulder@Tasuki@colonelkilgore Thanks for the replies guys. I guess I shouldn't hold out hope for the movies being added anytime soon to Disney+. I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for them should they become available on another service.
@colonelkilgore I've also heard Sony will also lose the Spider-Man movie rights if they don't release a Spider-Man movie every few years. That's why they had to do those terrible Amazing Spider-Man movies. Marvel basically ruined any chance of them getting the Spider-Man movie rights back by making the MCU so successful, so now Spider-verse movies are also pretty much guaranteed to be hits.
Not sure how true this requirement to keep the rights is. It also explains why Fox was churning out X-Men and Fantastic Four movies regardless of the quality, but doesn't explain how Universal keeps the movie rights to Hulk without (unless only they had a different deal).
@Milktastrophe yeah that is also a thing... its why Roger Corman made a really low budget Fantastic 4 movie in the early 80's... so that the then licence holder could hang on to the rights.
You're right about the MCU adding value to the Spidey licence too... if Marvel went sniffing around for it these days, I honestly think Sony would ask something outrageous like $10billion (and I understand how absurd that sounds what with Marvel and Star Wars going for around $4billion a piece).
@Milktastrophe Hulk has a similar deal to Spider-man. Basically any individual Hulk movies are done by Universal but he's allowed to appear in any Marvel team up movie.
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@colonelkilgore Genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if cinemas close down sooner rather than later. Hope you enjoy though, really really wish I could face it!
@colonelkilgore@nessisonett@Voltan Yeah, I’ve pretty much been against going to a theater since March 2020, but I might have to make an exception for Spider-Man. I don’t want to know what kind of microorganisms are living on the seats and floors of those places, but I can probably roll the dice this time and take my chances.
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@nessisonett yeah maybe... I think the whole industry is hoping No Way Home will bring people back to the cinemas like prior to the pandemic. Don’t think it’ll quite do that but it’ll probably be the biggest hit since COVID started.
@Th3solution I’ve been quite a few times since it all started... the missus and I had COVID right at the start so we’ve always felt more ‘safe’ than we probably should. The cinema that is local to my new house is great too to be fair, each screen only has around 20 seats and they’re all leather recliners with loads of space from one seat to the next.
@colonelkilgore 3 people in my mum’s work tested positive yesterday so honestly we’re trying not to leave the house at all in case Christmas is affected! Maybe in the new year we’ll be able to go 🤞
@nessisonett totally understand and hope you and your family are all unaffected. A guy from my work actually died from COVID back in September... it definitely raised my anxiety about it for a while but I’ve kinda slipped back into my previous mindset since.
We don’t go out much though, we both work from home now... we do the weekly shop, have the occasional meal out (that’s actually the thing that I miss most) and the similarly occasional cinema visit.
@RogerRoger That sucks. That's why I tend to avoid reviews even if they say no spoilers as usually they give away details I just don't want to know. Like when reviewers mention there's a twist in a game or movie.
Booked tickets for Sunday (hoping that cinemas aren't shut by Welsh Government on Friday), really hoping to get through to then without spoilers. I've noticed on YouTube there's a few videos that look spoilery!
@RogerRoger I got spoiled a bit with Spider-Man but honestly, the spoilers have made me more excited to see it! Sometimes knowing little crumbs can be decent as I don’t know the details and would love to see how it all comes together.
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