Thanks to this visual guide, fans can see just how the movie rights within Marvel Comics characters are distributed, showcasing the current status of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man and his future with Sony Pictures and Marvel following the two studios parting ways.
This graph, courtesy of @Thegeektwins on Twitter, shows that while Marvel Studios owns the overwhelming majority of the characters for use in feature films, the graph shows the numerous characters under the Sony Pictures umbrella that are exclusively owned by that respective studio. Now that the Marvel Studios/Sony Pictures deal is currently over, that leaves all of the characters tied into the lore of Spider-Man exempt from usage under Marvel Studios.
You can check out the visual giving insight into the Marvel/Sony situation down below:
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— The Geek Twins (@Thegeektwins) August 28, 2019
Interestingly, both Sony Pictures and Netflix share the rights to Wilson Fisk/Kingpin, who is prominently featured in both Daredevil and Spider-Man comics. Vincent D’Onofrio portrayed the villain in Netflix’s now-cancelled Daredevil series and Liev Schrieber voiced the character as the primary antagonist of the acclaimed animated film, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
Sony Pictures currently retains all the rights to future Marvel films set within the canon of Spider-Man, including the films starring Tom Holland despite being first introduced in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Captain America: Civil War. For the time being, Tom Holland will remain with Sony for new Spider-Man films with the absence of Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige, whom previously produced Homecoming and Far From Home.
Tom Holland recently shared that despite the divorce between Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios, he will still be playing Spider-Man even if the established canon of the MCU cannot be acknowledged.
Be sure to continue following Heroic Hollywood for all the latest news regarding Tom Holland and his future as the beloved webhead on the big screen!
Here is the official synopsis for Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Far From Home:
Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man must step up to take on new threats in a world that has changed forever.
Directed by Jon Watts from a script written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, Spider-Man: Far From Home stars Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Oli Hill, Remy Hii, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Cobie Smulders, and Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury.
Spider-Man: Far From Home is now playing in theaters.
Source: Twitter
