EDITORIAL: Three Options SONY Has With SPIDER-MAN's Film Rights
Ever since Marvel Studios began their cinematic universe fans have been screaming "revert" at Sony for Spider-Man. Fans have done everything possible to let Sony know this is what they want, but there are other options Sony has that could benefit all. Take the jump to find them out!
Hello ComicBookMovie Community! Hope you're all doing great. Well, enough small talk, let's get down to business. So as all of you obviously know, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 hit theaters earlier this year and was, for the most part, a disappointment on both the financial and critical front. Currently The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is the lowest earning Spider-Man film in the entire franchise. There are probably many reasons as to why that is, but that's a different article for another time. So you're probably asking yourself what are those three things Sony can do with Spider-Man's film rights besides making a good film or just letting them revert? Well let's begin!
Sell The Spider-Man Film Rights Back To Disney/Marvel
Spider-Man is the biggest earning superhero of all time. I'm sure Sony can make a deal with Disney that'll benifit them both. I know many think this just hurts Sony in the long run as they are losing an iconic franchise that is worth billions, but Sony has many other potential franchises next door. Yes, I'm talking about their video game franchises. Obviously Sony is finally acknowledging this by making films based on Uncharted, The Last of Us, Ratchet & Clank, and Sly Cooper. Out of the list of video game movies I just mentioned each fills a spot in a genre. Sly Cooper, and Ratchet & Clank fill the family film genre, Uncharted fills the Indiana Jones type of action adventure genre, and The Last of Us fills the horror film genre. Yet that's not all. God of War could be their mythological epic and the inFamous franchise could be their superhero film. Personally I believe this would be a great idea and it's suprising Sony hasn't taken full advantage of this.
Trade The Spider-Man Film Rights For The Game Rights
Now, this one does sound dumb, but here me out. Currently Sony is bleeding money, even if it has slowed down. The only part of their company that is doing great is their PlayStation side. Currently Sony's PlayStation 4 is the best selling, and fastest selling, console. Now imagine how much more they could earn if they had Spider-Man as an exclusive video game franchise. Sony has constantly knocked it out of the park with their video games made by great developers like Naughty Dog, Sucker Punch, Santa Monica, and many others. Now imagine a Spider-Man game done by Naughty Dog or even Sucker Punch. This can also help their dying handheld, the PlayStation Vita. Nintendo's handheld has the domestic and foreign markets cornered with iconic franchises, but one of the main reasons is because their handheld is the only place to play Pokémon. With Spider-Man being hugely popular in both markets Sony can finally fight icon with icon, but this only works if Sony makes the games for the handheld and as many gamers know, they don't do as much as they could it.
Share Spider-Man With Disney/Marvel
This is possibly the least likely to happen of all the choices. Like I said before Spider-Man is the highest earning superhero of all time and Sony may not want to lose out on all those potential profits, especially if Marvel Studios manages to turn around the Spider-Man film franchise. So how can Sony and Disney/Marvel share Spider-Man? Two words: Distribution rights. Now many of you may or may not know this, but Universal owns the distribution rights to all solo Hulk films as part of a deal they made with Marvel to give back the film rights. This means Marvel can make the movie, but Universal will distribute instead of Disney. Now there will be a small difference with Sony and Disney/Marvel sharing Spider-Man. The Sony/Disney/Marvel deal could resmble that of Paramount and Warner Bros. Interstellar with a hint of the Universal deal. Now here's the imaginary details: Sony agrees to return the Spider-Man film rights to Marvel, but Sony gets to keep either the domestic or foreign distribution rights for Spider-Man films. This lets Marvel Studios use Spider-Man in the cinematic universe and it lets Sony in on some of the profits. This seems like a win-win situation for both parties, but like I said it is the least likely of any choice due to greed from both companies.
So what do you think of these choices? Which do you think is the best and which is the worst? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
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