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SupremeZero posted...

I mean, unless they somehow sold the rights to Spiderman but not Venom, there was no transfer of rights involved whatsoever.

Meanwhile, unless the Vulture came about because Marvel's only allowed to use s***ty villains, Villains aren't a thing either, since Vulture's mostly obscure and wouldn't really be something anyone would think to transfer rights for.

So we know enough, really.

I'm pretty sure we know that Sony has the rights to make Spider character movies other than Spiderman set in the MCU, and that they plan to make a Black Cat and Venom movie.

It's worth emphasising that Sony is still making all the Spider-Man films, including this one. This is a Sony picture. It just happens to be set in the MCU in accordance with their deal with Marvel. Sony presumably could do things in or out of the MCU as long as Marvel agrees if it's the latter.

Relevant: http://variety.com/2015/film/news/details-spider-man-appear-in-sony-and-marvel-movies-1201429039/

Interestingly, Sony has been trying to do something like this for ages. TASM was supposed to be in the MCU. It makes sense as Sony and Marvel have always had a good relationship to my understanding. Definitely much better than the relationship between Marvel and a certain other studio.
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