Marvel is this close to producing Spider-Man films
By John 'Spartan' Nguyen
So
Marvel and Sony were talking about how to include the web crawler into the Marvel cinematic universe; for example, having him be in Captain America: Civil War. Before any of that can start, the two companies were trying to hash out a deal where
Marvel would get 60% of the film rights, with Sony getting 40%. This deal would start
if Sony Pictures keeps on messing up the franchise, according to Latino Review.
Things are stalling right now, since Sony is busy trying to handle the
recent hack that revealed sensitive information and leaked films.
With the 60/40 split, Sony would still be distributing the Spider-Man films, but Marvel would have creative control.
This also means the contracts from the actors won’t be honored. There were reports about how Sony wanted to do a solo Aunt May film and another spin-off starring a female Spider-Man movie. Marvel knew about it and weren’t happy with the way Sony Pictures is running things.
If the deal did happen,
Andrew Garfield wouldn’t be returning as Spider-Man, since Marvel Studios doesn’t want the casting to be related to the Sony films. This would allow Marvel to focus on a teenage superhero trying to have two different lives, since the whole romance and origin have already been done to death.