5 Heroes Marvel Saved By Getting The Movie Rights Back

When Sony's first Spider-Man film came out in 2002, it took the world by storm and helped to pave the way for the massive levels of popularity comic book films would come to reach since then. Spider-Man 2 was even better, arguably the best Spider-Man film to date, in fact. Then, things started to get a bit rocky. Spider-Man 3 was an unfocused mess that was rejected by the vast majority of fans and critics alike, with its sequel ultimately being cancelled.

Several years later, Sony decided to give the web-slinger a reboot. Frankly, the Amazing Spider-Man films are criminally underrated, but the fact remains that they never really managed to find their footing with audiences. Subsequently, the prospective films that Sony was planning had to be cancelled as well, hanging Amazing Spider-Man 2's sequel-bait ending out to dry.

All this time, fans were all but demanding that the rights to Spider-Man be given back to Marvel so that their most popular hero could finally join the fabled MCU. However, it didn't appear that Sony was willing to budge.

Then, a miracle happened.

Sony actually cut a deal with Marvel Studios, allowing Peter Parker to finally come home. He stole the show in Captain America: Civil war and we are quickly approaching the release for his first MCU solo-movie, aptly titled Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Marvel has already proven that they can use Spider-Man well and gauge a positive response from fans, so it seems like their golden boy is finally getting his overdue time to shine.