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CoolCly posted...

To be clear, the deal for Spidey originally was extremely atrocious for Marvel - they do all of the work and get none of the financial benefit.

They just really wanted Spidey in their movies. There's plenty for room to argue that they benefited from having him around anyways and they most certainly did

But it's not outrageous or greedy for them to want to renegotiate an equal deal when they are the ones making magic happen. They've proven they know how to make live action Spidey great and successful while Sony doesn't. It would be silly to keep handing all of the profit to Sony.

To say "Sony just wanted to keep the same deal as the first two movies." as if that's a fair and equitable thing and they are being reasonable is pretty absurd.

Disney could probably come down on 50/50 but taking the same deal as before would be pretty bad. I'd guess it's Sony refusing to come up at all here.

This is completely incorrect. Sony produce the films entirely, including complete financing, distribution, and marketing. Marvel has creative oversight but that is it. Even that is not complete creative control, the Far From Home mid-credits scene was Sony's proposal for instance. It is the other way around, Sony were the ones doing the work. Marvel also get 100% of merchandising. 5% is actually better than the original deal too, which was a flat fee.

Make no mistake - the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies are Sony pictures. Sony made the films with Marvel's help, not the other way around.

I'm sure a deal will be reached though, hopefully not depending on Disney further tightening their grip on everything.
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