Vincent D'Onofrio first played the Kingpin of Crime, Wilson Fisk, in Netflix's Daredevil. Like the show itself, he stuck around for three seasons before the series ended and later made a surprise return in Marvel Studios' Hawkeye.
Weeks later, Charlie Cox showed up as Matt Murdock in Spider-Man: No Way Home before swinging into action as Daredevil in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and Echo. Cox and D'Onofrio both appeared in the latter and Daredevil: Born Again is next to them.
In 2022, we learned that Cox will lend his voice to Daredevil in Marvel Animation's Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Unfortunately, D'Onofrio joining him in the series seems far from guaranteed.
"I'm going to transparently say this: You know the whole Marvel-Sony thing, right?" D'Onofrio told fans at the Fan Expo Boston 2024. "So there are characters - Marvel characters invented by Marvel, written by Marvel - that are caught in between Marvel and Sony. And so it takes a long time for them to figure out who is doing what."
"I just never really know where [Kingpin can show up]. My character is in that kind of situation, unlike Charlie's. So I don't know, it's part of the deal when it comes to playing Kingpin," the actor admitted.
It's entirely possible that like with the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, members of the X-Men and Avengers who Marvel Studios once shared with 20th Century Fox, the same is true for The Kingpin. Fox may have even had the rights to use Fisk because he appeared in 2003's Daredevil movie where the late Michael Clarke Duncan played him.
Interestingly, the villain hasn't appeared in animation since 2003's Spider-Man: The New Animated Series on MTV. Further complicating matters is that Disney holds the Spider-Man TV rights (at least in animation), explaining why the House of Mouse produced Ultimate Spider-Man and Spider-Man in place of Sony.
Honestly, it's headache-inducing, but chances are Sony could use its own version of The Kingpin on the big screen should they choose to do so. Making that less likely is the fact they and Marvel Studios currently share Tom Holland's Spider-Man.
Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man was originally announced as what appeared to be a prequel to Peter Parker's MCU-set adventures. Since then, we've learned it will take place in a new reality where Norman Osborn becomes Spidey's mentor in place of Iron Man.
You can watch Cox and D'Onofrio's full panel appearance in the player below.