RUMOR MILL: Sony Pictures Reportedly Wants More Marvel Cinematic Universe Crossovers In Future

RUMOR MILL: Sony Pictures Reportedly Wants More Marvel Cinematic Universe Crossovers In Future

If a new rumour is to be believed, Sony Pictures is reportedly keen for the "SPUMC" to have more crossovers with the MCU in future, with one idea revolving around Captain America and the Sinister Six...

By JoshWilding - Oct 01, 2020 05:10 AM EST
Filed Under: Sinister Six
Source: The Direct

In "Rumor Mill," we share the hard to buy rumours that don't come from reliable sources like the trades, but are still more believable (just) than what you might find on Reddit. 

When Sony Pictures and Disney came to terms on a new deal to keep Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, some big changes were made to how the wall-crawler will be handled on screen moving forward. For starters, Sony will begin to use Tom Holland in their movies, while the trailer for Morbius was full of references to what's been happening in the MCU. 

While that world and the "SPUMC" (Sony Pictures' Universe of Marvel Characters) will remain separate, it seems Sony is keen to continue doing business with Marvel Studios based on a new rumour shared by The Direct

The site claims that Sony is keen on more crossovers with the MCU in order to boost their upcoming releases, with one example being Venom and other Symbiotes appearing in Marvel Studios movies (whether that just refers to Venom being in Spider-Man 3 or wider crossovers is unclear). 

Interestingly, it's noted that Sony was hoping to use Captain America to help set the stage for a Sinister Six project of some sort, though that would now have to feature Sam Wilson instead of Steve Rogers. Whether Kevin Feige would be on board with this is another matter altogether, however.

It could ultimately boil down to how important Spidey is to Marvel Studios' future plans, and whether it's worth potentially damaging MCU characters in subpar Sony Marvel movies. 

We'll see. 

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Kumkani
Kumkani - 10/1/2020, 5:34 AM
"SPUMC"
Blergh
Blergh - 10/1/2020, 5:44 AM
I mean, I'd be supportive of that as long as Amy Pascal and the Sony execs stay FAR away from the creative proccess behind the movies themselves.

They probably can work with a forced in appearance of an MCU hero but I'm not sure about Sony. The studio has proved too volative in the past
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 10/1/2020, 5:51 AM
If that means we're getting Kraven going toe to toe with Spider-Man next to his solo flick, I'm in
Spock0Clock
Spock0Clock - 10/1/2020, 5:54 AM
Heaven knows I'm no Raimi apologist, but is Sony really stupid enough to try to force symbiotes into a third Spider-Man movie against the wishes of the guy who made the first two movies successful... again?

Personally, I wouldn't get worked up about it. Venom is a dumb, but thoroughly harmless movie and it can be easily fudged into the MCU without much fuss. Hardy's Brock is absurd, but it's defensible. Holland seems game for whatever, so he'll deliver what he's asked, I'm sure.

I'm much less sure about Morbius, but if this puts us one step closer to Mahershala Ali stabbing Jared Leto in the chest, then I think I can handle that. And you know what, I like Olivia Wilde a lot, so maybe there's some magic in that old silk hat, too.

But all of these haphazard Sony projects will put the fudge room working at maximum output, and it's got to put a strain on Feige's ability to hold it all together into a cohesive structure.

This Sony deal has always been Faustian in nature, and I always knew that once they had recovered from the utter humiliation of Amazing Spider-Man 2 fizzling out their shared universe that they would start to get cocky and demanding. I knew it would happen, and I cheered anyway.

tmp3
tmp3 - 10/1/2020, 5:57 AM
@Spock0Clock - The Spider-Verse sounds pretty unscathed, at least. I guess animation gets a free pass from executive meddling.
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