Marvel Makes all the Creative Decisions for Sony's SPIDER-MAN Movie Reboot
After seeing Spider-Man join the Avengers in Captain America: Civil War, I couldn’t be more excited for the Jon Watts-directed solo film from Sony Pictures. I have no doubt that movie is going to turn out awesome, and that’s because Marvel is the creative producer on it.
Marvel and Sony had to make one hell of a a deal to make this crossover happen, but they are both dedicated to the character, and they are working very closely with each other to make sure fans get the best big screen version of Spider-man possible.
During an interview with Collider, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige explained Marvel’s role in the co-development of these Spider-Man films:
“We’re working very much [together]. It is a — I don’t know exactly what the credits will be, but it is a Sony Pictures production of a Marvel Studios film. The agreement was that it is very much a Sony Pictures movie. Amy Pascal is co-producing it with us and [Sony Chairman] Tom Rothman is leading the charge for Sony and that we are the creative producers. We are the ones hiring the actor, introducing him in this film, and then working right now on the script and soon to be shooting the actual Spidey film.”
So it seems like Marvel is handling all of the important creative things that matter to the movie and character. That’s good to know! Feige also reiterated that the new Spider-Man movie will not be an origin story.
“We spend a lot of time as we work on these movies saying ‘Don’t take it for granted that the audience saw the other movies or that the audience is as versed in the comic books as we are.’ We take great pains to give you everything you need to know within the context of whatever movie you’re actually watching. However, we did say, if it’s safe to assume anything, it’s safe to assume that everybody knows how Spider-Man became Spider-Man and what that backstory was. We’ve seen it a number of times now, it’s its own well-known mythology. So we said, let’s reveal that there’s been a Spider-Man in the MCU and we meet him, as you see, in [Civil War].”
The is something that is actually briefly and brilliantly glossed over in Civil War. It was also recently revealed that we will see other Marvel characters crossover into the Spider-Man films, which is fantastic! I bet Sony is happy they struck this deal with Marvel.