Spider-Man in film

Actors who have played Spider-Man in modern film (from left to right): Tobey Maguire in the Sam Raimi films, Andrew Garfield in the Marc Webb films, and Tom Holland in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films directed by Jon Watts (and later Destin Daniel Cretton), while Shameik Moore voices Miles Morales in the animated Spider-Verse films.

Spider-Man has appeared in film since his first adaptation in 1977, a television film broadcast on CBS. The film rights to Spider-Man belonged to Marvel Entertainment until 1999, when Sony Pictures bought them for $7 million.[1] He has been Marvel's most successful character in the American film industry ever since.

After selling the Spider-Man motion picture rights to Sony, Marvel eventually founded its own film studio, developing the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) based on the characters they still held the rights to. Spider-Man belonged exclusively to Sony until a deal in 2016, when Sony and the Walt Disney Company[2] entered an agreement to introduce Spider-Man to the MCU. Despite some disagreements pertaining to finances and merchandising between the two parties, the agreement proved to be a successful endeavor for both companies. The following two Avengers sequels included Spider-Man, and crossed the two-billion-dollar mark at the worldwide box office. Meanwhile, Sony, in association with Marvel,[3] launched Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU), with Sony entering a three-billion-dollar streaming agreement with Netflix and Disney.[4]

  1. ^ Pallotta, Frank (October 8, 2014). "Here's why Sony, and not Marvel Studios, owns the rights to Spider-Man". CNNMoney. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  2. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 27, 2019). "Spider-Man Back In Action As Sony Agrees To Disney Co-Fi For New Movie, Return To MCU: How Spidey's Web Got Untangled". Deadline. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  3. ^ "Huge Spider-man News: Alex Kurtzman Directing Venom Spinoff Movie and Drew Goddard Writing and Possibly Directing The Sinister Six". IMDb. Retrieved October 9, 2023.
  4. ^ Wilson, Josh. "What Does Sony's Rumored $3 Billion Deal With Netflix And Disney Mean For Superhero Fans?". Forbes. Retrieved October 8, 2023.

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