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hellzyeahthewebwieldingavenger · 3 years

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Hi there! Just started reading your meta posts on Spidey and you've got me hooked! I've really enjoyed learning more about the webhead and how he's been portrayed over the years, so much so that I've now finished the Lee/Ditko era of the comics and am now starting on Lee/Romita Sr. On that note, I have a few questions regarding Spider-Man in the MCU and what the future could hold post-NWH (as someone whose interest in the MCU has always been passing at best and is, admittedly, not very knowledgeable of what's been unfolding).

1) Do we have any information that confirms how many more Spider-Man films Sony and Marvel/Disney will collaborate on after NWH? I've heard of various numbers and contractual agreements being thrown about, but I can't find anything concrete on the subject.

2) If speculated aspects of the OMD plotline (like Mephisto) hold true for this film, which scenario do you think is more likely: a soft reboot of Holland's Spider-Man that'll be more in keeping with his comic counterpart? Or, a farewell to this iteration of Peter Parker that'll see Miles Morales take on the mantle of Spider-Man for future installments?

Thank you for the kind words

1) So... this is a case of there may well be confirmed info out there but I've not actually checked. The way the deal worked in the past was essentially the team-up movies like Civil War and Avengers were 'Marvel's' stuff and the solo outtings were 'Sony's'. If that deal persists then it stands to reason that we're going to get Spider-Man as a guest or crossed over character in a movie that is unquestionably a Marvel IP. However, I suspect somehow they're going to use the muliverse they've been building to in-effect canonize the movies Sony has been making (Venom, Morbius, Let there Be Carnage, etc) as part of the MCU. This at the very least will in theory garner those movies more cash because their closer in the audiences' eyes to the cash cow of the MCU and at most might even allow for future crossovers into the MCU ala what is going to happen in No War Home. That is to say it is theoretically possible for Tom Hardy's Venom to appear in Guardians of the Galaxy or something

2) Honestly i don't see either scenario happening. Marvel have been replacing characetrs in the Phase 4 out of necessity not because they exactly want to or think it will be more profitable. They didn't choose not to continue with Steve Rogers, Chris Evans is inextricably connected to the part and didn't want to go on. So... legacy.

I highly doubt Holland doesn't want to do more with the MCU given his age, his career opportunities and his love of the character so there is no incentive to replace him on that front. And on a purely financial POV... Marvel know for a fact Miles Morales simply doesn't make the same level of money as Peter Parker.

As for soft rebooting him... I mean I guess that's more likely but we're talking merely in terms of comparisons. It is comparatively more likely, not that I think it is a real possibility. I think they aren't going to reboot anyone's history but continue on with the direction they've set (somehow). Possibly they will toss out that you want a more faithful Spider-Man? Well that's Maguire and/or Garfield who are now canon to the MCU, so your more faithful Spider-Man does exist within the MCU technically

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