British actor Tom Holland appeared on the main stage at D23 on Saturday, to speak about the ugly studio battle over the rights to his iconic Marvel character Spider-Man.
After Sony Pictures became unwilling to offer up a significant share of future profits to Disney in exchange for the Midas touch of Marvel Studios president and producer Kevin Feige. Tom Holland’s Spider-Man will be leaving the MCU. Read on…
CelebNMovies247.com has the latest developments regarding the future of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and the contentious battle for the cinematic future of the hero.
Tom Holland, 23, addressed the controversy using a line from Ironman in Endgame:
It’s been a crazy week, and I love you all from the bottom of my heart, and I love you 3000.
Holland adds that he is just grateful for the opportunity that he has been given.
He had this to say:
Basically, we’ve made five great movies. It’s been five amazing years. I’ve had the time of my life. Who knows what the future holds? But all I know is that I’m going to continue playing Spider-Man and having the time of my life. It’s going to be so fun, however we choose to do it. The future for Spider-Man will be different, but it will be equally as awesome and amazing, and we’ll find new ways to make it even cooler.
Here is what else we’ve learned:
Despite the issues surrounding Sony Pictures, Disney and Marvel, Spider-Man: Far From Home’ writers will stay onboard to pen the next installment.
It has been confirmed that Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers will pen the third installment in the franchise.
Sony is planning to retain the scribes to pen the next outing for the character, who is expected to continue to be played by Tom Holland, despite the upheaval.
As far as Jon Watts returning to direct the threequel, it is still undecided.
In a statement, Sony’s spokesperson said:
Much of today’s news about’ Spider-Man has mischaracterized We are disappointed, but respect Disney’s decision not to have him continue as a lead producer of our next live-action ‘Spider-Man’ film. We hope this might change in the future, but understand that the many new responsibilities that Disney has given him – including all their newly added Marvel properties – do not allow time for him to work on IP they do not own. Kevin is terrific and we are grateful for his help and guidance and appreciate the path he has helped put us on, which we will continue.
We will see what happens in the future, but here is the bottom line:
There have been several months of negotiations between the Disney-owned Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures to change the original deal, which saw Marvel collect five percent of the profits of ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ and ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’. Going forward, Marvel seemed sure they could find a deal as the character was billed to be ”the Next Tony Stark” in the Marvel franchise.
The stalemate between Sony Pictures and Disney reportedly came when the latter asked for financing and profits to be split 50 / 50, which would mean Disney and Marvel would have a huge increase in profits, with the previous film grossing a whopping $1.1 billion worldwide.
As the week has gone on, reports have suggested Disney would settle for 25% of profits and financing but only for movies that involve both Kevin and Marvel.
