‘Avengers: Endgame’ Directors React To Tom Holland’s Sony/Marvel Spider-Man Split

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Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo commented on Tom Holland’s Spider-Man exiting the MCU after the Sony and Marvel split.

After Sony agreed to let Marvel Studios use Spider-Man in exchange for co-producing the standalone films, directors Anthony and Joe Russo were tasked with introducing Tom Holland’s Peter Parker to the MCU in Captain America: Civil War. Since then, Tom Holland’s Spider-Man has been featured in four additional Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including Avengers: Endgame.

Unfortunately, Spider-Man will no longer be part of the MCU moving forward after Disney and Sony failed to agree on new terms that would have allowed Marvel Studios to continue co-producing the Tom Holland films. During an interview with Daily Beast at the Venice Film Festival, Avengers: Endgame co-director Joe Russo noted that he and his brother are sad to see Tom Holland’s Spider-Man exit the Marvel Cinematic Universe and recounted how difficult it was for Kevin Feige to get Sony on board with the partnership, to begin with:

“Kevin [Feige] went through a lot. There were a lot of ups and downs, and he kept walking into our office and we’d go, ‘Look, we’ve got to do it with [Sony],’ and he’d go, ‘OK, I’ll figure it out,’ and walk back into his. He was looking for the way out. He wanted to open that door and have us go, ‘We figured it out! We don’t need Spider-Man!’ because it’s a lot of work to get two major corporations to play nice with each other, and the fact that it happened at all, we should all be dancing and celebrating that we got that little bit of time.”

Endgame co-director Anthony Russo added that challenging process is part of why it was difficult to hear Marvel and Sony parted way on Tom Holland’s Spider-Man films:

“I think that’s why Joe and I are not so devastated or surprised that there’s been a falling-out, because it was so hard to make it happen in the first place.”

Fortunately, Tom Holland’s time as Spider-Man has not come to an end as Sony is currently planning to produce a third film with him as the wall-crawler. However, as previously mentioned, the next Spider-Man film won’t be able to feature any of Tom Holland’s Marvel Cinematic Universe co-stars unless Sony and Disney can resume negotiations and reach an agreement.

In the meantime, fans can relive Tom Holland’s potentially finally outing with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame on all home media format.

The grave course of events set in motion by Thanos that wiped out half the universe and fractured the Avengers ranks compels the remaining Avengers to take one final stand in Marvel Studios’ grand conclusion to twenty-two films, “Avengers: Endgame.”

Directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, Avengers: Endgame stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo,  Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Brie Larson, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Josh Brolin.

Avengers: Endgame is now available on Digital HD, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD.

Source: Daily Beast

Sebastian Peris

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