Sony and Marvel's fallout over the 'Spider-Man' franchise was made public this week, but the fight's been going on for months. The Hollywood Reporter did some more digging into the issue in a recent report. Sony Pictures has held the licensing rights to the Marvel character since the 2002 Tobey Maguire movie from Sam Raimi and had some success with various follow-ups. After Disney acquired Marvel and started building its cinematic universe, they wanted to bring in one of the MCU's most popular superheroes. THR outlines the simple 2014 agreement between Sony's then-chair Amy Pascal and Disney -- an agreement that was reportedly only four or five pages in length, which is rare for Hollywood: Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Friday, 23 August, 2019