Marvel's Spider-Man? Sony Spider-Man? Marvel's most valuable role? It's enough to read this popular science
In 1998, Marvel Entertainment, which was on the verge of bankruptcy, urgently needed a sum of money.
Sony Pictures executive Yair Landau was negotiating with Marvel about the production rights to the Spider-Man series . Marvel’s current chairman and former CEO, Ike Perlmutter, agreed to hand over the production rights of almost all Marvel’s characters, including Iron Man, Thor, Black Panther, and Ant-Man, to Sony for a price of only $25 million.
When Yair Landau reported the potential transaction to Sony, the film's answer was:
No one cares about other Marvel roles at all. Go back and talk about a business that only includes Spider-Man!
"Nobody cares about Marvel roles other than Spider-Man" seems to be a ridiculous idea today, more than two decades later, but in fact, Marvel Entertainment, which was once scarce of funds, combined the two series of Spider-Man and X-Men. The production rights were sold to Sony and Fox: they were the only superheroes that the producers considered economically valuable.
Spider-Man did not let Sony down. From 2002 to 2007, three Spider-Man movies directed by Sam Raimi and starring Tobey Maguire brought Sony excellent box office. In 2012, Sony developed the "Amazing Spider-Man" movie series starring Andrew Garfield, and screened the sequel in 2014. Despite being loved by fans, the box office of the "Amazing Spider-Man" series did not catch up with Sony's expectations.
The 2008 "Iron Man" movie was a gamble for Marvel: Marvel had never independently produced a movie before . The great success of "Iron Man" not only brought fame and income to Marvel, but also established the atmosphere and model of "Marvel Pictures". Countless comic characters that were once considered inferior to Spider-Man are known and loved by the audience. Through the 23 films of Marvel Pictures in the past ten years, these superheroes have used their stories to compose the vibrant Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU ).
Marvel fans know that Marvel Cinematic Universe is what we often call MCU, which only includes movies produced and sold by Marvel Cinematic. "Marvel movies" can refer to any movie that tells the story of Marvel's characters-including series independently produced by Sony or Fox, while "Marvel Movies" exists in the MCU, and Marvel assumes full responsibility from the script to the shooting.
You may find that the copyright of the Spider-Man series starring Tom Holland still belongs to Sony, but the film is obviously in the same universe as other movies of Marvel Pictures: not only are there characters such as Iron Man, but Spider-Man In the "Civil War", "Infinite War" and "Endgame" three movies joined the Avengers battle.
Yes, the role of Spider-Man is currently shared by Sony, Marvel Pictures and Disney. Amy Pascal, the former director of Sony Pictures, and Kevin Feige of Marvel decided to share the role of Spider-Man after a discussion : "Spider-Man: Homecoming" and "Spider-Man: Far From Home" are jointly produced by the two companies. Sony is responsible for the investment and sale (which will also get the final box office), while Marvel undertook the actual film production to ensure that it conforms to the Marvel style, retains the classic Marvel humor, and so on. And Marvel was acquired by Disney in 2009. In this way, the Little Spider series has ushered in the grand occasion of "Spider-Man" produced by three leading companies in the industry.
The strong lineup naturally brings excellent summer entertainment. Whether it is classic Marvel humor or visual enjoyment (the actors are really cute!), "Spider-Man: Far From Home" is a happy movie. After more than ten years of polishing, I have finally brought forth new ideas, and no longer "the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility". Even if we no longer see Uncle Ben lying in a pool of blood, his name appears on Peter's suitcase as a small easter egg, a clever display of the inheritance of the comics and previous movie series.
Marvel superheroes not only influenced our entertainment life and popular culture, they also influenced other characters in the movie. Whether it's the MARVEL STUD10S in the opening title of "Spider-Man: Far From Home", or the tribute video from Spider-Man High School (Vision slag pixel suspects life hh), it reminds us of the voice and smiles of the screen heroes we love over the past decade. Not only did Iron Man save the world several times, he also saved Marvel. He taught Peter Parker how to become Spider-Man. "Heroes Expedition" is also Tony Stark's movie: every decision Spider-Man makes is a memorial to him.
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