1. Sony Just Admitted That Everything They've Done Post-Raimi Is Redundant
The whole argument against crossing over the rights was clearly that Sony (or whichever third party rights holder caved first) wouldn't have full creative control over their own character (after all, it's the same reason Marvel wanted the rights back). That much is now not a concern for Sony, because Marvel have said they don't really have all that much creative control anyway and Sony are free to continue on their own endeavours with assistance. The remaining problem is how Sony now convince anyone that they've messed up Spider-Man and need that assistance from Marvel, without expressly implying that Marvel's products, ideas and creative drive are just fundamentally better than their own? To put it bluntly, they can't. Because they've now presumably jettisoned Andrew Garfield and Marc Webb, and conceded that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was not the needed spring-board to the grand Spider-Man universe vision, they're also consciously endorsing that the last two films were a disaster and should be pretty much struck from the record entirely. That in itself is a pretty big statement, and Sony might well find that confidence in their ability to make films alone - especially in light of what else has happened to them in the past 12 months - plummets. Are you excited to see Spider-Man hit the MCU? Share your thoughts below in the comments thread.
