Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment is a film studio and a subsidiary of based in Culver City, California that owns the film rights to Spider-Man, and co-produces, finances and distributes the Spider-Man films shared with Marvel Studios.
==History==
In 2008, Sony Pictures distributed Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk in Spain and Japan.Funding Initiated for Iron Man Movie
On February 9, 2015, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marvel Studios announced that Spider-Man would appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the character first appearing in Captain America: Civil War and then in Spider-Man: Homecoming which was co-produced by Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures. On July 28, 2017, Sony Pictures was confirmed to continue to own, finance, distribute and have final creative control of the Spider-Man films in the MCU.Marvel Studios and Sony to Share Spider-Man in New Collaborative Deal
On April 11, 2015, Kevin Feige revealed that Marvel had been working to bring Spider-Man into the MCU since at least October 2014, when they announced their full slate of Phase Three films, saying, "Marvel doesn't announce anything officially until it's set in stone. So we went forward with that Plan A in October, with the Plan B being, if [the deal] were to happen with Sony, how it would all shift. We've been thinking about [the Spider-Man film] as long as we've been thinking about Phase Three."Exclusive: Marvel’s Spider-Man Reboot is NOT an Origin Story
Sony Pictures is also developing its own shared universe independently from Marvel Studios, having started with the release of in October 2018, and has been described by Amy Pascal to exist "in the same world" as Spider-Man: Homecoming.EXCLUSIVE: Sony’s Spider-Man Movies Happen in the “Same Reality” as the MCU However, it was confirmed in July 2018 that would not be part of the MCU as previously suggested by Pascal, but that it would rather be the first installment in its own shared universe entitled "Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters" (later renamed ""), which is centered on Spider-Man supporting characters from Marvel Comics that Sony Pictures possesses the rights to.'Venom' Officially NOT Part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
On August 20, 2019, it was reported that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige will not produce future Spider-Man films, effectively removing Tom Holland's Spider-Man from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The dispute stemmed from Disney's demand that future Spider-Man films would be financed on a 50/50 basis with Feige remaining in a consulting producer capacity, while Sony preferred to keep the arrangement under the current terms, which stipulate that Marvel receives about 5% of first-dollar gross and all merchandising revenues. However, it has been noted that the possibility of a new deal is still feasible, but there were no talks about it.Spider-Man Could Leave MCU if Disney, Sony Can’t Reach Financing Deal
On September 27, 2019, it was announced by Sony and Disney that a new deal had been reached and that Spider-Man: No Way Home was going to be produced again by Marvel Studios and be a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, scheduled for release in 2021.Spider-Man Will Stay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
In February 2024, Sony reached an agreement with Disney to take over distribution of physical media releases in North America. The first Marvel film, under this agreement, to be distributed by Sony was Deadpool & Wolverine.Disney Reaches Licensing Deal With Sony Pictures Home Entertainment For DVD And Blu-Ray Releases Of New And Catalog Titles
==Trivia==
*Sony Pictures Entertainment also distributed , , , , , , , , , , , and and will distribute , , and . 
*Sony Pictures Entertainment also internationally distributed and .
*In the film , it is shown that as a result of the Multiversal rift and Doctor Strange's spell, Adrian Toomes was transported to Eddie Brock and Venom's universe.Daniel Espinosa's Interview with CinemaBlend on Twitter - March 25, 2022As depicted in the film . However, as of 2024, this has not been addressed by Marvel Studios.
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