The Spider-Man Deal Between Marvel and Sony Still Isn’t Fully Solidified
Like many of you, I assumed the reason that we haven’t seen Spider-Man in any of the marketing material for Captain America: Civil War was because they were trying to keep that aspect of the film a secret. Well, it turns out there’s a lot more to it than that.
During a Q&A with Collider, directors Joe and Anthony Russo revealed that all of the deals involving Spider-Man between Marvel and Sony Pictures still aren’t fully completed. I thought everything was squared away! Apparently that’s not the case, though. The directors explain:
“Part of the reason of what was so secretive was that the deals were always lagging slightly behind how we were using the character. We were always in danger of upsetting the deal—there were still sensitive issues going on between the two studios that they needed to agree on. When we were casting Tom Holland, when we were screen-testing him for the movie there was a whole very involved kind of process that was under the radar and secretive, because of the fact that it was still a sensitive business issue.
“The reason why I preface that is we’re still kind of in 'deal zone.' The reason why we still won’t talk about [the costume] is that Marvel and Sony still have to work out what uses they have for the character, on a promotional level, on a commercial level. There’s still complications as far as that goes that involves business deals.”
Sounds like an absolute nightmare for the people involved. We’ve only got a few months before Civil War is set to be released in theaters. Marvel and Sony better get everything figured out soon so they can start slapping Spider-Man on lunchboxes, t-shirts, and toys! I guess everyone wants to make sure they benefit and get what they want out of this deal. There must be a lot of red tape to slash through and compromises going to get the deal done.
In the end, the fans will win because we’ll get to see Spider-Man included in the MCU, which is what we’ve all been wanting to see for years.