In a surprising turn of events, your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is swinging back home.
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Yes, that’s right, Spidey has come home; well, sort of.
In a less than spectacular fashion (and let’s face it, would we expect anything else from Sony), a post to the Sony Pictures Facebook page has confirmed that Spider-Man will appear in an upcoming Marvel film within the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The same post has been uploaded to Marvel’s website, with the attached and very fitting photo.
Here’s the release:
Culver City, California, and Burbank, California February 09, 2015) – Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marvel Studios announced today that Sony is bringing Marvel into the amazing world of Spider-Man.
Under the deal, the new Spider-Man will first appear in a Marvel film from Marvel’s Cinematic Universe (MCU). Sony Pictures will thereafter release the next installment of its $4 billion Spider-Man franchise, onJuly 28, 2017, in a film that will be co-produced by Kevin Feige and his expert team at Marvel and Amy Pascal, who oversaw the franchise launch for the studio 13 years ago. Together, they will collaborate on a new creative direction for the web slinger. Sony Pictures will continue to finance, distribute, own and have final creative control of the Spider-Man films.
Marvel and Sony Pictures are also exploring opportunities to integrate characters from the MCU into future Spider-Man films.
The new relationship follows a decade of speculation among fans about whether Spider-Man – who has always been an integral and important part of the larger Marvel Universe in the comic books – could become part of the Marvel Universe on the big screen. Spider-Man has more than 50 years of history in Marvel’s world, and with this deal, fans will be able to experience Spider-Man taking his rightful place among other Super Heroes in the MCU.
Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company said: “Spider-Man is one of Marvel’s great characters, beloved around the world. We’re thrilled to work with Sony Pictures to bring the iconic web-slinger into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which opens up fantastic new opportunities for storytelling and franchise building.”
“We always want to collaborate with the best and most successful filmmakers to grow our franchises and develop our characters. Marvel, Kevin Feige and Amy, who helped orchestrate this deal, are the perfect team to help produce the next chapter of Spider-Man,” said Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment. “This is the right decision for the franchise, for our business, for Marvel, and for the fans.”
“Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios share a love for the characters in the Spider-Man universe and have a long, successful history of working together. This new level of collaboration is the perfect way to take Peter Parker’s story into the future,” added Doug Belgrad, president, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group.
“I am thrilled to team with my friends at Sony Pictures along with Amy Pascal to produce the next Spider-Man movie,” said Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige. “Amy has been deeply involved in the realization on film of one of the world’s most beloved characters. Marvel’s involvement will hopefully deliver the creative continuity and authenticity that fans demand from the MCU. I am equally excited for the opportunity to have Spider-Man appear in the MCU, something which both we at Marvel, and fans alike, have been looking forward to for years.”
Spider-Man, embraced all over the world, is the most successful franchise in the history of Sony Pictures, with the five films having taken in more than $4 billion worldwide.
But seriously…a post to a Facebook page? C’mon, Sony! This is the most anticipated movie news of the last 20 years!
So is this exactly everything we wanted and hoped for? Well….it’s what we have.
And that MCU film Spidey returns in? Well, it has to be Civil War.
So we can FINALLY put the speculation to rest! What do you think of this deal? Are you happy that Spidey has “returned” home? WHO IS GOING TO PLAY SPIDER-MAN!?! Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!
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Andrew must reprise the role or im out!
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Took them long enough
Garfield’s already been fired.
Then you’re out. Garfield has exited the mcu. Sucks, he wanted so bad to be an avenger
… and we do not need to see the origin story again. Please, for the love of all that is holy, DO NOT put us through that again!
We’re with Mortimer Spreng on this one. He just needs to come in like he’s been there the whole time. BUT….still think that might be a little harder to explain, given the whole “discovering heroes” mythos that Avengers kind of lead us on. Thoughts?
Bring him in cold, or as a sleeper hero that was under S.H.I.E.L.D.’s radar or he came into his powers during the downfall of the agency. A few clever lines of dialogue in between a few of the characters (or a quick opening sequence montage) and BOOM, he’s part of the team. Just no origin story!
Derrick Caster Chris Alamillo
Cool!
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But I LOVE Andrew Garfield.
Bring him in as someone cap or tony says to and have fury be like he wasn’t ready that’s why we didn’t ask
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