SPIDER-MAN: The Kingpin And Spider-Woman Are Two Characters Reportedly SHARED By Marvel Studios And Sony

SPIDER-MAN: The Kingpin And Spider-Woman Are Two Characters Reportedly SHARED By Marvel Studios And Sony

While Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures continue to share Spider-Man, there are two characters who they can both use in their respective Marvel franchises: The Kingpin and Spider-Woman. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Nov 08, 2022 12:11 PM EST
Filed Under: Spider-Man
Source: The Direct

A few years ago, Marvel's characters were split into three different camps on screen. Marvel Studios held the rights to The Avengers and various associated heroes and villains, the Fantastic Four and X-Men were under the purview of 20th Century Fox, and Sony Pictures held the rights to Spider-Man. 

Now, though, the lines are blurred. Marvel Studios and Sony now share Spidey (but not his rogues gallery and supporting cast, unfortunately), while the Disney/Fox merger now means the MCU has full control over all but the wall-crawler. 

The Direct recently got to take a look at new book, With Great Power, and it reportedly confirms that there are two characters who can be used by both movie studios. Those are Wilson Fisk/The Kingpin and Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman. 

This makes sense because The Kingpin first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #50 but is primarily a Daredevil villain. Spider-Woman, meanwhile, has obvious ties to Peter Parker, but is actually more closely associated with The Avengers rather than the webbed wonder.

Fisk's role in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse now makes more sense, and we're assuming this means we can look forward to Jessica showing up in the MCU after her appearance in next year's animated sequel, Across the Spider-Verse. There have been rumblings about Sony doing something with the character, though we have to believe Marvel Studios would like to use her too.

However, even if they do, we wouldn't be shocked if her "Spider-Woman" persona is off-limits to the MCU. That might require the two sides to come to a deal of some sort, something we're sure isn't outside the realm of possibility presuming they continue sharing Spider-Man.

As for The Kingpin, he's set to take centre stage in Echo and Daredevil: Born Again, and is already rumoured to be the big bad in Spider-Man 4

What do you hope the future holds in store for these two characters? 

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MuadDib
MuadDib - 11/8/2022, 12:32 PM
How much I wish D+ would just acquire Sonys movie division already and end this farce
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 11/8/2022, 12:33 PM
@MuadDib

After all the amazing D+ content we’ve gotten 😅
MuadDib
MuadDib - 11/8/2022, 12:42 PM
@regularmovieguy - Their worst is better than Sonys best, so… I’m not a D+ fanboy, but a realist when looking at the dumpster fire that is Sonys SMCU or whatever they call it
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 11/8/2022, 12:49 PM
@MuadDib

"Their worst is better than Sonys best"

Origame
Origame - 11/8/2022, 1:20 PM
@MuadDib - so you're under the impression she hulk is better than into the spiderverse?
MuadDib
MuadDib - 11/8/2022, 1:31 PM
@Origame - I apologize, as I’ve been having a conversation about live action movies and character rights and have completely forgotten that a mediocre animated movie came out of the same studio.

You guys win, Sony rules
Asterisk
Asterisk - 11/8/2022, 1:34 PM
@MuadDib - “mediocre animated movie”


what kind of crack are you smoking dude lol
Origame
Origame - 11/8/2022, 1:34 PM
@MuadDib - 1) mediocre? Spiderverse? Yeah, you're definitely in the minority on that one.

2) even if that is mediocre, mediocre is still better than she hulk. In fact I'd take viewing morbius 5 times in a row clockwork orange style as opposed to watching she hulk.
Antitrollpatrol
Antitrollpatrol - 11/8/2022, 2:00 PM
@Asterisk - apparently he’s been on spice too long. Lol 😂 he’s entitled to his opinion. I love the movie but most of my family either refuses to watch it or just absolutely hated it.
Asterisk
Asterisk - 11/8/2022, 2:29 PM
@Antitrollpatrol - your fam is on crack too bud im sorry i wish there was something we could do
Scarilian
Scarilian - 11/8/2022, 2:35 PM
@MuadDib -
Did you forget the Raimi Era, TASM Era and Homecoming trilogy were all primarily Sony movie division?
brodie999
brodie999 - 11/8/2022, 11:14 PM
@MuadDib - I agree. But they should also buy their TV and game division because Playstation is their biggest division and has made the most successful games within the industry. And Disney buying Playstation Studios would help Disney adapt even darker characters into their games and get back into gaming.
brodie999
brodie999 - 11/9/2022, 12:38 AM
@MuadDib - Darker themes
Taonrey
Taonrey - 11/8/2022, 12:35 PM
Wow that spider-woman costume is terrible
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 11/8/2022, 12:39 PM


...iykyk.
EZBeast
EZBeast - 11/8/2022, 12:40 PM
As someone who is literally only familiar with with a 90s cartoon of her I have to ask is she a popular character? Like I legit never saw her in the comics
PapaSpank54
PapaSpank54 - 11/8/2022, 2:06 PM
@TheFireForce - I'd say somewhat. She was everywhere in the 2000s when Bendis was in charge of what seemed like the entire Marvel U.
Comicmoviejunki
Comicmoviejunki - 11/8/2022, 2:17 PM
@TheFireForce - she had a show in the 90s?
EZBeast
EZBeast - 11/8/2022, 2:53 PM
@Comicmoviejunki - my bad, it was from the late 70s and I watched it in the 90s 😅

TheSuperMex
TheSuperMex - 11/8/2022, 12:44 PM
I hope Spider-Woman movie is in the MCU. Shame Sony owns her just because she has spider in her name.
PapaSpank54
PapaSpank54 - 11/8/2022, 1:13 PM
That makes sense. Kingpin being Daredevil's arch but debuting the pages of Spider-Man.
Did Spider-Woman debut in Spider-Man or Secret Wars? That I can't recall.
tRuckRogers46A
tRuckRogers46A - 11/8/2022, 3:20 PM
@PapaSpank54 - Jessica Drew Spiderwoman first appeared in marvel spotlight #32. Julia Carpenter Spider Woman was Secret Wars #6
So neither appeared in a Spiderman comic first.
Hopefully Sony do not have the rights to Jessica and this seems to be the case if they're using Julia in Madame Web.
WeaponXCII
WeaponXCII - 11/8/2022, 1:24 PM
If Sony messes with Kingpin....

TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 11/8/2022, 1:44 PM
How is this news? Spider Woman is legally an Avengers villain (Disney), and the Kingpin is a Daredevil villain (Disney).
Sony CANT do Spiderman movies with them, unless they a deal is made.
PapaSpank54
PapaSpank54 - 11/8/2022, 2:09 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - Kingpin was originally a Spider-man villain though. He first appeared in issue 50 of TASM and wasn't really an arch for DD until around the late 70s/early 80s IIRC
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 11/8/2022, 2:15 PM
@PapaSpank54 - But going by that logic, Sony owns The Punisher.
PapaSpank54
PapaSpank54 - 11/8/2022, 2:19 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 - I'm not saying it's clear logic, realistically it's two corporate entities trying to share a toybox of superheroes. It ain't gonna make sense to us normal people.
But Punisher's in a different boat bc he had a film in the 80s, waaaaay before Sony was in the picture. and his rights have been through like two different companies before Disney got him back. If the Lundgren movie didn't exist, Sony very well would have got Frank with their massive catalogue of Spider-Man characters.
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