SPIDER-MAN: Sony Pictures Chairman Says The Studio Has Broken Its Marvel Business Into "Three Tranches"

SPIDER-MAN: Sony Pictures Chairman Says The Studio Has Broken Its Marvel Business Into "Three Tranches"

Sony Pictures Chairman Tom Rothman has shared an update on the studio's future Spider-Man plans, explaining that their Marvel Universe is broken down into what he calls "three tranches." Check it out...

By JoshWilding - May 23, 2022 06:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man
Source: Deadline

For a time, it appeared as if Tom Holland's Spider-Man would leave the Marvel Cinematic Universe and return to Sony Pictures' own Marvel Universe. That didn't sit well with fans and after a lot of online backlash, the studio sat down with Disney to make a new deal that would see them share the hero.

It no longer appears as if the web-slinger will be "the only hero with the superpower to cross cinematic universes," as Kevin Feige once said, because Sony appears to have realised that it's wiser to keep Spider-Man in the MCU. That's not a bad thing (Morbius proved as much), and it appears the studio is now taking a three-pronged approach to the Marvel characters they own moving forward. 

"We have our Marvel business, which breaks into three tranches," Sony Pictures Chairman Tom Rothman told Deadline during a recent interview when asked about future plans. "There are the Spider-Man movies, and we’re currently at work on two Spider-Verse sequels to our Oscar-winning animated movie, with Lord and Miller. We hope to get working on the next Spider-Man movie."

"Tranches" is an interesting choice of word as it's typically used in the business world to describe a security that can be split up into smaller pieces and sold to investors. Perhaps this business-orientated approach to the Marvel Universe is why Sony appears to be struggling in live-action without the MCU?

While Rothman doesn't directly reference Marvel Studios, Feige has confirmed that the studio is actively developing a Spider-Man: No Way Home sequel. As a result, we're assuming that franchise will continue to remain separate from both the Spider-Verse animated franchise and the likes of Venom 3, Kraven the Hunter, Madame Web, Spider-Woman, and El Muerto

The key name there could be Spider-Woman because even though Sony's Marvel Universe might be lacking a Peter Parker, any one of the women to have held that mantle can easily fill the void. 

Spider-Man 4 doesn't currently have a release date.

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VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 5/23/2022, 6:32 AM
eGGtheGreat
eGGtheGreat - 5/23/2022, 6:39 AM
They should just focus on the animated spiderman movies.

Let marvel do the live-action and sony have an animated universe
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 5/23/2022, 6:41 AM
@eGGtheGreat - 🎯
KWilly
KWilly - 5/23/2022, 6:43 AM
@eGGtheGreat -
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 5/23/2022, 9:05 AM
@eGGtheGreat -


Been saying this for so long.

In fact, the more I think about it the more I think about how great an MCU Tom Hardy Venom would be.

(Leto can stay home)
whynot
whynot - 5/23/2022, 9:43 AM
@Tonic24k - reboot that venom crap lol venom cgi is great but his entire story thus far is trash. I wouldn’t oppose a MCU variant of Eddie Brock (Tom hardy) done right. What we got this far from Sony has been total $hit
Tonic24k
Tonic24k - 5/23/2022, 10:18 AM
@whynot - 100%!

I should've clarified. Venom 1 & 2 were not good. And this is coming from a huge Tom Hardy fan. I don't like his portrayal either. He's playing Eddie like he's constantly constipated or something.

So yeah, perfect world, they reboot Venom completely for the MCU. And really, I don't need Hardy as Venom. I just like the idea of Tom Hardy being in the MCU.

I also don't like the concept of Venom dropping into the MCU for a drink and leaving behind some of his goo. Hell, we'v got Gorr coming in with links to Knull. This could've been a much better introduction to symbiotes in the MCU. Even with an end credit scene teasing it.
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 5/23/2022, 6:39 AM


All 🐃💩 aside, this reminds me of the all star player coming to the baseball field to play. Everyone gets excited, hoping to have them on their team, but there's a catch: his little brother has to play too 😑. These external franchises are the equivalent to that little brother.

PS: Since I'm on the topic- Spider-Man: Homerun!
Conquistador
Conquistador - 5/23/2022, 6:44 AM
Sony will continue to milk that cow till it's dead. But glad they saw the error of their ways (well kind of).

Morbius wasn't as terrible as the venom movies, but those tacked on stingers were a terrible idea, showing that they're slipping back into that old pattern.
Manmarvel
Manmarvel - 5/23/2022, 7:40 AM
@UniqNo - I have explained it like this Morbius is awful at tge MCU level that it is being compared to but great at the Sony live action for which it was made.

I too thought it was better than the Venom movies. Those really needed Spider-Man up front, while Morbius didn't. In the end they are just popcorn movies. Yes we should expect more and with the animated movie being top notch, they could sure do more with the live action stuff.

I think Sony is walking a line trying to profit off all they can from their Spider-Man rights while not upsetting their real cash cow of everything Spider-Man does in the MCU. Let's face it, if MCU Spider-Man falls off, so will all of their side projects. What I think Sony should do is go straight to Kevin for who to hire as a confident to keep Sony's projects on line with Marvel quality while keeping them possible to cross over into the MCU and out of the MCU into the Sony movies.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 5/23/2022, 7:51 AM
@Manmarvel - I see where you're coming from.

But Sony wasn't all bad. They weren't first out the gate with the Superhero movie stuff, but their first two Spider-Man movies did really set the trend/standard for good ones (in equal parts to the first 2 X-men), but the rise of Avi Arad and merchandising wrongly became priorties. He's going to cling on to any non MCU stuff he can. Let's not forget he also produced all those one's that came out in the 2000's. Not just the Sony stuff. I think once he's not pulling any strings they might start to right the ship.

You're right in saying that Sony needs a Feige like figure. He's basically the figurehead of how to steer a franchise. All the studios are trying to emulate this now, rightly so, but i hope we don't loose out on talented directors being able to put their own stamp on things.
Manmarvel
Manmarvel - 5/23/2022, 9:48 AM
@UniqNo - oh I agree completely. I think Marvel is currently doing better with that. Giving a include these people, these people are off limits, hit these points and letting them go from there. DS2 felt very much this way. Stayed pretty true to the characters, the MCU, and the directors vision. Sony somehow misses all three marks most of the time.
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 5/23/2022, 6:52 AM
@UniqNo- "Morbius wasn't as telltale as the Venom movies"

Conquistador
Conquistador - 5/23/2022, 6:57 AM
@VictorAlonzo - 100%. Morbius was no piece of art by any means, but it wasn't the sh!t show it was made out to be. The actors gave good performances, the VFX were standard for the most part and for an origin story it didn't totally ignore all the lore like what Venom did. Still took a bunch of liberties though.

The mid credit and after credit scenes were straight BS however...trying to capitalsie more off their MCU deal.

If it came out around the time it was originally intended to be released it may have been better received (critically) and we wouldn't have had those awful scenes at the end.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 5/23/2022, 6:53 AM
I don't mind that. It's pretty much the best solution, given that we're always gonna have those Spider-Manless Spider-Man movies made by Sony.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 5/23/2022, 6:54 AM
I really hope Kraven is good... Cause otherwise it would mean that they are taking away Marvel's chance to add Kraven in Spider-Man 4 for nothing. The fact that most likely the next Spider-Man will have the symbiote suit would make for an ideal scenario for Kraven's Last Hunt. As for Madame-Web, many people won't like this but it could be used as way of connecting the multiple Spider-Man universes, like what was done in the 90s animated series. Not gonna talk about El Muerto.
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 5/23/2022, 7:01 AM
@Urubrodi - Great points. I really want to see Kraven hunt Spider-Man. I think another user had the best solution: bring Garfield back for this universe. I know some may say, "Hey- that would not makes sense!" To that I say, "why start now?".
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 5/23/2022, 7:07 AM
@VictorAlonzo - They could connect Garfield's universe to that of Venom, and yeah it would be a bit weird considering that Spider-Man doesn't seem to exist in that universe, but as the saying goes "never half-ass something, always whole-ass it"
bobevanz
bobevanz - 5/23/2022, 7:04 AM
I'm sure Avi had nothing to do with this 🥴
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 5/23/2022, 11:05 AM
@bobevanz - Avi is pretty much retired, and when you take into account his whole career...he did more good for the Marvel brand than bad.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 5/23/2022, 2:36 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - Avi is hardly retired... though he should be...He's listed as a Producer.. not the obligatory Executive Producer credit...

I agree he did alot for the movement back in the 2000's but it was a bad to mixed bag at best. Daredevil, Hulk, 04's Punisher, Elektra, F4, Rise of Silver Surfer, Man-Thing, X3, Ghost Rider 1 and 2. I admit I did enjoy some on that list, but they're mostly forgettable.

He did have a helping hand In Phase 1, but he was quickly phased out. No pun intended.

I'll be honest though, if it wasn't for his work (for better or worse)nd his risk taking and setting those foundations, the MCU probably won't be what it is today... but he's holding on to as much as he can for a bit too long..

TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 5/23/2022, 4:33 PM
@UniqNo - The message at the end of NWH felt like he was retiring...the guy is like what, 80?

And keep in mind he was "replaced" by Kevin Feige, the man he introduced in the industry.
I think people will give him more credit when he is not around anymore.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 5/23/2022, 4:37 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - 75, He's younger than Joe Biden, but that's not saying much. Lol

Yeah he'll be remembered better when he's no longer involved, but he's stayed to long.. I think Feige also knew he was a bit trouble some. I think around the time they got spiderman in civil war there were reports he explicitly didn't want Arad involved on that side.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 5/23/2022, 8:13 PM
@UniqNo - I dont think he didnt want Avi Arad involved, but he is personal friends with Amy Pascal, and he went to her with the idea of making a deal, just like she previously asked him for help after literally not knowing what to do with the character after Amazing 2 (just like she asked him for tips on how to improve that movie before the release).
He probably respects Avi, but, he more than likely knew he would be against making a deal...I mean, even Amy was (the infamous sandwich incident).

"Yeah he'll be remembered better when he's no longer involved, but he's stayed to long"

m1doriya
m1doriya - 5/23/2022, 7:18 AM
into the Morbiusverse

marvel72
marvel72 - 5/23/2022, 8:05 AM
@m1doriya - Morbius is more of a Marvel legend than Ms. Marvel and Ironheart but they've got their own shows coming.
TheLobster
TheLobster - 5/23/2022, 8:36 AM
@marvel72 - Morbius sucks get over it
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 5/23/2022, 8:48 AM
@marvel72 - get over it. Black and brown girls getting their own series really makes you devils mad.
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/23/2022, 8:55 AM
@TheLobster - I'm on about the comic character, I haven't seen the movie.

So get over it.
marvel72
marvel72 - 5/23/2022, 8:57 AM
@TheSuperMex - No shit characters do, there is plenty of Marvel characters that should have shows before these two shit ones.
TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 5/23/2022, 9:00 AM
@marvel72 - we all know if they were white dudes you would busting nuts
Watchingme
Watchingme - 5/23/2022, 9:05 AM
@marvel72 - You seem weirdly obssessed over a teenage girl show.
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