Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-29908830-20190828043049

This is to be an overall discussion on the events surrounding the horrifying news from last week that Disney and Sony's deal to have Spider-Man in the MCU has stalled. Updates, theories, rants, etc. - they all go here.

Personally, here's what I think happened and will happen. The 50-50 deal is true in terms of both production and revenue, and it alone (not some compromise) was what caused Sony to back out. However, I don't think it's permanent. What I think will happen is that Feige will manage to renegotiate the rights so that we have another Spider-Man MCU film by 2023. Meanwhile, Sony will continue their own movies, but quickly run out of gas as their live-action brand collapses under critical disappointment and their animated brand is milked into the ground Lego Movie style. This will coincide with Disney having given Spider-Man a send-off in the MCU, akin to Thor in Endgame more than Iron Man or Cap. After this happens, the deal will close permanently, giving Sony the full rights to the character. They will attempt to do more movies, such as the Spider-Man vs. Venom vs. Spider-Verse crossover, but will eventually be drained of all life. Once this happens, Sony will be forced to sell their film division to Comcast, reducing the number of major studios to four, and effectively reverting all of the film rights back to Marvel, who will use them sporadically in case they want to use Spider-Man again, in a far more limited capacity.

So what do you think? What happened behind-the-scenes? Is the MCU doomed to collapse? What does the future hold? Discuss below! 