Yeah, seen this a couple of days ago and posted it when I posted about DC finally winning something in their battle against Marvel for supremacy. As we've discussed in IM, I'm still not convinced I'll go see this one. Sony has yet to convince me to part with money for the Spider-Movies on DVD or theater tickets, and I remain unlikely to do the same here, no offence to fellow Brit, Andrew Garfield.
That's alright. I do wonder if Marvel had the rights to the film all to themselves to produce it through Disney, what/if anything would change in a Spider-Man film??
I don't understand. Why are they making another first run at Spiderman? It wasn't even a decade ago that Toby McGuire did it. Have we all forgotten? Has the special effects industry changed that much? I don't think so. I just don't get it.
It's almost exclusively a business decision by Sony Columbia Pictures.
The way things are, Sony do not want to relinquish the Spider-Man live-action license to Marvel and its parent company Disney - something which has already happened with animation (leading to the cancellation after one season of the A+, critically acclaimed "Spectacular Spider-Man" show and it being replaced by DisneyXD's upcoming "Ultimate Spider-Man" show which takes place in an alternative comic book continuity, where Peter's still in High School and perhaps has the world's worst kept secret ID).
Unless Sony make another three movies over the next decade, with at MOST a three year gap since the previous movie, they will lose the licence (a gravy train considering the first three films), their license fee and any future claim on Spider-Man unless Marvel sells the rights back to them (highly unlikely). On top of this, by retaining the license, they have first refusal on its renewal.
With the money they make - it's a no-brainer: ask Fox and the suits behind "X-
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The way things are, Sony do not want to relinquish the Spider-Man live-action license to Marvel and its parent company Disney - something which has already happened with animation (leading to the cancellation after one season of the A+, critically acclaimed "Spectacular Spider-Man" show and it being replaced by DisneyXD's upcoming "Ultimate Spider-Man" show which takes place in an alternative comic book continuity, where Peter's still in High School and perhaps has the world's worst kept secret ID).
Unless Sony make another three movies over the next decade, with at MOST a three year gap since the previous movie, they will lose the licence (a gravy train considering the first three films), their license fee and any future claim on Spider-Man unless Marvel sells the rights back to them (highly unlikely). On top of this, by retaining the license, they have first refusal on its renewal.
With the money they make - it's a no-brainer: ask Fox and the suits behind "X- ( ... )
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