Spider-Man: How Sony, Marvel Will Benefit from Unique Dealso can someone explain the Marvel/Sony Spiderman deal?
Marvel having creative control over Spider-man is really old news that was mentioned back when the deal went through, just not in relation to Homecoming specifically (the film hadn't been announced yet).Marvel Studios won't pay Sony Pictures for the rights to put Spider-Man in "Captain America: Civil War," the "Avengers" franchise or its other superhero films, as part of its new partnership with the studio, according to sources with knowledge of the deal. At the same time, Marvel won't receive a cut of the box office for any of Sony's films that feature Spider-Man. Sony won't receive a percentage of the revenue Disney makes from Marvel's films that have Spider-Man, either.
There may be some opportunities for Marvel to benefit financially from the Sony films, with payments tied to certain box office milestones. The financial relationship is likened by sources to the kind of compensation structure a producer would receive.
Also they are still making money off the X-Men properties and not failing as bad as the last Spidey reboot. Behind Disney/Marvel they are making the best superhero stuff imo.Yeah X-Men is Fox and the relationship between Fox and Disney is somewhat less than amicable.
I don't see how you can have true creative control over something you aren't paying for. What stops Sony from saying they don't want to pony up for the expenses you want.Spider-Man: How Sony, Marvel Will Benefit from Unique Deal
Marvel having creative control over Spider-man is really old news that was mentioned back when the deal went through, just not in relation to Homecoming specifically (the film hadn't been announced yet).
Contracts, probably. Why would they pull out? 'No, never mind, we don't want our property to appear in your movie that will probably be one of the biggest of the year, and no you can keep Downey Jr. we can do Spider-Man w/out Iron Man, who needs that kind of attention'I don't see how you can have true creative control over something you aren't paying for. What stops Sony from saying they don't want to pony up for the expenses you want.
It's probably in the particulars of the deal. Production costs are probably a factor against those box office milestones the article mentioned.I don't see how you can have true creative control over something you aren't paying for. What stops Sony from saying they don't want to pony up for the expenses you want.