Speaking recently to IGN on the press tour of Sony Pictures 'The Amazing Spiderman 2' producers Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach said that the studio has no current intentions to produce a crossover movie with Marvel Studios 'The Avengers'
Arad said of the potential crossover: 'I think I'm probably a little bit of the militant here,' adding 'I think it will take a moment in which we've run out of ideas.'
Arad believes there is lots to come yet from the Spiderman universe: 'There's so much to tell about Spiderman. there's so much to tell about the Sinister Six. The relationship between Spiderman and Venom will bring a whole other world in.'
Tolmach also discussed the possibility of the two studios combing: 'You know Avi always refers to that question as a stunt. If you were to do that, you know, Spider-man in the Avengers is a stunt.
And I get why everybody - you know, fans and audience members and movie goers - I understand it. When you think about the Sinister Six and you think about Venom and you think about Carnage and you think about Spider-man in whatever way you want in association with those movies, they feel like they're built for Spider-man. Like that's where his story needs to go and wants to go, and it has to be about more than a stunt.
Stunts can be cool but its also a business, and so the other side of the answer is they're owned by different companies. And there's a ton left in Sony's world - there's a lot of business left because there's a lot of story left.
So for them to want to take this character and put it with Marvel and Disney is a huge undertaking and probably, as Avis' saying, isn't necessary until you feel like, 'Wow, we're sort of out of ideas. what should we do? And we're far from out of ideas.'
The producers seem very firm that if this ever does occur, it's certainly a long way, away. Are you disappointed that Spiderman may not get to share the screen with the Likes of Iron Man and Thor, well then share your thoughts below.