Sony's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was a summer extravaganza with favourable audience and critical reaction. This cinema goer had a blast and found the sequel to be a much better, satisfying and amazing experience. Even with an over 700 million dollar pay day in theatres worldwide, the bean counters condemned it as a failure.
As of now, rumour has it that Sony has begun retooling it's franchise plans, even though Spidey 2 was already retooled to expand franchise plans. oh, boy.
Sony's original intent was to spin off a Sinister Six flick, an obvious choice considering Spidey 2's plot. As well as a Black Cat movie featuring Felicity Jones, who was in the Spider's second outing as well. Until, Sony releases a press release regarding these future films, we have no idea if they are happening.
The word on the street is that Sony is interested in working with The Mouse House (Disney) on getting Spidey in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This would work fantastic with The Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 in 2018 and Part 2 in 2019. It definitely provides enough time for the two studios to work something out. If it happens, it would be a great way to co-market the franchises and bring more interest to Sony's movie universe.
There are those out there who would love to see Sony get rid of Spidey and toss him back to Marvel Studios, but that will never be the case. You have to remember back in the day, the perception of comic book movies was poor and the Marvel flicks produced reflected that. To Sony and the late producer Laura Ziskin's credit, they fought for Spider-Man's cinematic rights. They hired Sam Raimi, released a fantastic first picture and really got Marvel's movie ball rolling.
So here we are today. Rumour and speculation fill the air in Sony's future Spider-Man plans. Until, that press release is out, all we can do is guess.
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