Spider-Man to remain in the Marvel universe as Disney and Sony work out deal
Spider-Man isn't far from home anymore.
Disney and Sony announced a deal Friday that will allow Spider-Man to remain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Tom Holland's webslinger will return in a third MCU-set solo film in 2021, and he'll appear in at least one more Marvel Studios movie after that, Deadline reports.
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But like Spider-Man blipping back into existence following Thanos' snap, he's back now thanks to this deal, under which Marvel Studios and its president, Kevin Feige, will produce the third movie. Deadline reports the new deal sees Disney getting a 25 percent equity stake in the next Sony Spider-Man movie, an offer Sony initially "balked at."
Meanwhile, Sony will continue to work on its own series of separate films based on Spider-Man characters like Venom, and interestingly, Feige hinted in a Friday statement that crossovers could lie ahead, saying Spider-Man "happens to be the only hero with the superpower to cross cinematic universes, so as Sony continues to develop their own Spidey-verse you never know what surprises the future might hold."
For now, Spider-Man will swing back into action in his third solo film on July 16, 2021.
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