AGAIN? In my lifetime now I have seen... god how many 4 separate spiderman reboots? This is literally the definition of insanity. Take. The hint. Sony, we are tired of superheroes. They're fun, but god can you give it 2 years without doing a spiderman film?

[–] ExperiencedWinter@lemmy.world 59 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

They literally can't. If they go too long between spider man movies the rights revert back to Marvel.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 27 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Now that I didn't know, and explains a lot. That seems like either a very smart deal by marvel, and/or a very stupid deal by sony

[–] circuitfarmer 20 points 10 hours ago

Sony made the deal in the late 1990s when Marvel was basically bankrupt. They didn't predict that Disney would eventually own the whole thing and turn it into a behemoth.

To be fair, the fact that it is now a behemoth is probably a factor in why Sony continues to throw money at it instead of letting the rights lapse. The more people Disney gets into Marvel, the more potential for better return on a Sony-made movie in the same universe. At least that's probably what the execs think.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 hours ago

That doesn't mean the best course of action is dumping a billion dollars into a movie that flops.

[–] FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

So our only hope is that they keep on making shit movies until they decide they're only going to keep on losing money and hand it back to marvel

Or.... They could just revive the Spectacular Spiderman series, right? Everyone loved that show.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 3 points 3 hours ago

I don't know all the legal stuff, but my understanding is that use in shows is a separate license. Sony specifically owns the rights to live action feature length films.

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 23 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Sony, ~~we are~~ I am tired of superheroes.

Ftfy

I'm not tired of superheroes. I'm tired of the same superheroes being rebooted again and again, and then shitty, poorly written, poorly acted money grabs.

[–] mushroommunk@lemmy.today 5 points 3 hours ago

This right here. Nothing wrong with a Spider-Man movie, I'm looking forward to the next entry in the animated Spider Verse movies. Solid story telling that's not rehashing hours origin story for the millionth time

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

The Uncle Ben must be sacrificed!