Why marvel doesnt own the spiderman film rights cbr. The marvel universe is a fictional universe where the stories in most american comic book titles and other media published by marvel comics take place. Marvel, sony pictures reach deal for another spiderman. Being in the mainstream continuity of the franchise, it began publication in 1963 as a monthly periodical and was published continuously, with a brief interruption in 1995, until its relaunch with a new numbering order in. Tom holland is peter parker and he will always be peter parker. The fictional character spiderman, a comic book superhero created by stan lee and steve ditko and featured in marvel comics publications, has appeared as a main character in eleven liveaction films excluding unlicensed or guest appearances the first authorized appearance of spiderman in film was in spiderman, an american madefortelevision film that premiered on the cbs network in 1977. Despite starting out in the comics as supporting characters for the. Spiderman james cameron spiderman films wiki fandom. The new animated series, also known as spiderman and mtv spiderman, is the fifth animated series to feature the character of spiderman following the 1967 series spiderman, 1981s spiderman, spiderman and his amazing friends, 1994s spiderman, and spiderman unlimited. Spiderman would have been rated r because of its strong language, violence, and graphic sex scene between spiderman and mary jane. Spiderman, comicbook character who was the original everyman superhero. In 1999, marvel licensed spiderman rights to columbia, a subsidiary of sony pictures entertainment.
Homecoming is an innocent, fun, high school movie with a good story to tell. Sony owns the rights to around 90 marvel comics characters, with the majority of them coming from the spider man mythology. Marvel began its ambitious campaign in 2008 with robert downey jr. Another highprofile film cannon felt could truly bring them to the mainstream was spiderman. The time spiderman took a fall for animal rights in. This marked the beginning of a partnership between disney and sony pictures who have owned spideys film rights since 1999. He appears in american comic books published by marvel comics, as well as in a number of movies, television shows, and video game adaptations set in the marvel. The leaked 1985 spiderman script opens with a memo from marvels thenpresident jim galton to menahem golan of.
Homecoming bucks this trend to an extent as it only features a handful of recurring characters from the mcu, it seems like peter parkers first appearance actually dates back to 2010s iron man 2, as confirmed by actor tom holland, who first appeared as the famous webslinger in captain america. It was never meant to last forever we told the story we wanted to tell, and ill always be thankful for that. Before dan poole made the green goblins last stand he made a series of several other spiderman films. Notes not every film on this page is directly made by disney andor marvel studios. For example, what if sony had bought all the movie rights to marvels comic book line in the late 1990s. In 1990, carolco pictures originally bought the rights to spiderman from menahem golan for 5 million and were planning a 50 million budget. Spidey saved, of all people, the arranger from being killed by the beetle in. While detractors think that his direction of the films as well as his portrayal of most of the characters isnt really true to the comics and would. Marvel super hero island currently features four attractions. Sony ridiculed over chosen name for spiderman films set. The studio owns the rights to release spider man films, as well as spinoff films focused on characters from the.
For those who are not up to speed, spidermans film rights have been with sony pictures since the 1990s, with their first three spiderman movies being made long before the first official marvel studios movie iron man in 2008. Here is the full story of how sony came to own the. No the spiderman film franchise is owned by sony, not marvel studiosdisney, so spiderman and his entire cast of characters and villains will not. What if marvel studios had owned the spiderman movie rights. Why isnt spidermanxmen part of the marvel cinematic. The story of spidermans film rights dates back to 1985, and involves a. Marvel offered to sell sony pictures the movie rights to all of their characters in. Variety reported that james cameron hoped to write, direct, and produce a spiderman movie with terminator 2 studio carolco, whod acquired the rights from marvel two years before for.
Marvels kevin feige on mcu possibly losing spiderman. Michael keaton plays vulture so well and i think hes one of the best marvel. Marvel sold the film rights for spiderman back in the 1990s, and as a result their most marketable hero is technically a sony property. Jessica drew, aka spider woman, is a shared property. Mgm disputed the legality, claiming it had the spiderman rights via cannon, 21st century, and carolco. How spiderman ended up in the marvel cinematic universe. The film rights for most spider man characters sit exclusively with sony, but there is one superhero whos an exception. Sony pictures has reached a deal with disney for marvel studios head kevin feige to produce a third spiderman film with the studio, it announced on friday morning. If a spiderman movie wasnt made by april 1990, the rights would revert to marvel. The tortured journey of spidermans trying to get to the silver screen begins in 1985 when marvel granted the cannon group rights, which would revert to marvel if a movie wasnt made by april. Recently, marvel studios has been firing on all cylinders with its properties, and it is time for the spider man film rights to return to marvel entertainment.
As a result, when sony purchased the spider man rights from marvel in the 90s, they also wanted to be able to make animated tv shows, leading to the launch of spider man. Basically, though marvel still owns all their characters, they sold the movie rights to some of their characters in the 90s and though they have gotten most of them back, a lot are st. Spiderman was a planned, but ultimately failed film was to be directed by james cameron in the mid 1990s. Under the sam raimitobey maguire partnership, three films came to pass. Superteams such as the avengers, the xmen, the fantastic four, the guardians of the galaxy, the defenders, the midnight sons, and many marvel superheroes live in this universe, including characters such as spiderman, iron. We only just now today found out that marvel owns the rights to kingpin. Spidermans spectacular journey away from and back to marvel. Marvel character movie rights that disney doesnt own. The series aired on mtv from july 11th, 2003 to september 12th, 2003. In spidermans first story, in marvel comics amazing fantasy, no. Tobe hooper, then preparing both invaders from mars and the texas chainsaw.
On the 175th episode of collider heroes september 29, 2017, jon schnepp and the panel discuss marvel vs dc in film, tv and animation in the 1990s. Marvel had licensed out the film rights to many of their characters to other studios in the 1990s, starting with the xmen, fantastic four, spiderman, daredevil and later captain america, iron man, thor, hulk, antman, the wasp, black widow, luke cage, punisher, blade, ghost rider, manthing, black panther and deadpool among others. Spiderman swings back into theaters this week in spiderman. What if marvel studios had owned the spiderman movie rights so i have been thinking, since spiderman made his debut at marvel comics and i know that marvel went bankrupted back in the day and sold off some of their properties and gave the film rights to sony.
So, when sony came calling for spidermans theatrical rights. Homecoming, with tom holland as peter parker in the characters first standalone film affiliated with the marvel cinematic universe. The issue isnt quite as simple as thatsony has owned the movie rights to spiderman since marvel sold them in 1999, and this dispute is. Who is the owner of the rights of marvel studios answers. The amazing spiderman is an american comic book series published by marvel comics, featuring the fictional superhero spiderman as its main protagonist. Here is an updated answer as spiderman is already in the mcu. Recently, negotiations between sony and marvel broke down over the rights to spiderman. Since that time marvel studios faithful comic inspired adaptations have received immense critical and box office. Marvel offered to sell sony pictures the movie rights to all of their characters in 1998, but the studio only wanted spiderman. Iron man wasnt one of marvels bestknown heroes despite his. Sonys spiderman movie universe has an official name. The ride takes place in new york city and features spiderman taking on the sinister syndicate.
Right out of the gate the wallcrawler will be challenged like. As such, the movie rights to spiderman moved among several hands from the mid 1970s until the mid 1990s, with such famous names as. However, the rights would revert to marvel if a film was not made by april 1990. Marvel productions produced animated television series, motion pictures, and television specials such as spiderman and his amazing friends, the incredible hulk, my little pony. The new animated series in 2003, a littleknown show made using cgi and produced by legendary comic book writer. Civil war and that kevin feige and marvel studios would co. Fresh off his legendary run on amazing spiderman, superstar artist todd mcfarlane is given the reigns to his very own spidey title. Spider man has a rich history on the small screen, most notably for his popular 1967 and 1994 animated series. The title could be a reference to spidermans age, seeing as peter parker is in high school. Sony almost bought all marvel character rights in the 1990s.
Eventually a small studio, cannon films, bought spidermans film rights and tried to produce a film based on the comic. I am thrilled that spideys journey in the mcu will continue, and i and all of us at marvel studios are very excited that we get to keep working on it, feige said in a statement. But it might also allude to the characters debut film. Sony is being lampooned for the collective name its chosen for its marvel films. The amazing adventures of spiderman is a motionbased 3d dark ride, which was considered a huge technological achievement, combining 3d film, ride movement, and special effects for the very first time. A spiderman solo movie in july, 2017 means other marvel movies are shifting dates. Spider man film rights need to return to marvel studios. Foreign films this section contains films originating from a foreign country, or television episodes reedited into feature films for overseas release. Spiderman is a fictional superhero created by writereditor stan lee and writerartist steve ditko. If the webslinger cant recover from this serious case of vertigo in time he may take a plunge that could end. Jessica drew and specifically listed related characters. After a series of delays, and the disappointing box office of those aforementioned movies, cannon lost the spiderman rights in 1990.
The panel picks up with the next installment of their marvel vs dc thru the decades in film, tv and animation and explore the 1990s. As a result of the bite, he gains superhuman strength, speed, and agility along with the ability to cling to walls. Marvel had emerged from bankruptcy in the mid to late1990s, and leveraging their characters movie rights was their way of easing themselves out of their financial predicament. The announcement said spiderman would appear in a future marvel movie captain america. Spidermans legal web may finally be unraveled variety. Spidermans first appearance in the marvel cinematic. Defenders think that based on his acclaimed work for spiderman 1 and spiderman 2 compared to the other liveaction spiderman films, hes more fit to direct a spiderman film than anyone. Several plot element from camerons scriptment were kept by david koepp in his script for the 2002 film spiderman development. Ragnarok previously held that spot and now moves to.