Spider-Man: Disney And Sony Executives Hopeful That Current Movie Deal Will Keep Going

In 2019, despite Spider-Man: Far From Home becoming the first dedicated Spider-Man movie to gross over $1 billion, the film franchise's history was briefly in doubt. A dispute between Disney and Sony nearly meant that Tom Holland's take on the character was almost removed from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and while the character still would have received another film, it would have no longer addressed the wider Marvel world, beyond, potentially, the characters Sony owns the rights to (such as Venom and Morbius).

However, a deal was eventually struck, and Spider-Man will return for another MCU film on July 16, 2021. This new deal--which, as before, stipulates that there must be a new dedicated Spider-Man movie every two years--only covers one more dedicated Spider-Man film and the character's appearance as part of a team in one other movie.

Now, in a videoed roundtable chat with The Hollywood Reporter (as picked up on by Syfy), Sony executive Tom Rothman and Disney executive Alan Horn have talked about what happened with Spidey, and delicately touched on their hope that the deal will continue.

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