After news broke that Marvel and Sony had parted ways, a new report from Variety adds hope to all Marvel fans that our favorite web-slinger will stay put. According to Variety, there is still hope for a deal between Marvel and Sony and, thus, for Tom Holland’s webslinger’s future in the MCU.
According to this report, Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures have “hit an impasse on new financing terms” but doesn’t indicate that either party has walked away from the negotiating table entirely. Variety even notes that one source indicates that there could still be a deal between Disney, which owns Marvel, and Sony which will make fans very happy.
It seems as thought the issue appears to be what Disney wants from a new deal with Sony when it comes to Spider-Man films. The current arrangement between the studios is that Marvel receives about 5% of first-dollar gross of the Spider-Man film. But given that Spider-Man: Far From Home recently became Sony Pictures’ highest-grossing film ever at the worldwide with $1.110 billion, it looks like Disney wants a bit more of the pie and is now asking for a 50/50 split, a large shift from the current arrangement.
No word on if a deal will actually be made but at least there is still a chance.
