Spider-Man: 10 Dumbest Ideas Sony Had For The Franchise Before Teaming With Marvel

Before Sony Pictures decided to reach an agreement with Disney and Marvel Studios that brought a new version of the web-slinger into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they had some seriously dumb ideas for where to take the wall-crawler next. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was a total disaster, but one that was originally meant to launch spinoffs and at least two sequels.

Looking at information gathered from the "Sony Hack" incident, what the trades were reporting at the time, and the rumours that did the rounds in the mid-2010s, it's clear the studio had no real idea what to do with the web-slinger.

Some of these are comical, while others are downright infuriating. What they all have in common, however, is the fact they will make you feel extremely relieved and grateful that Sony ultimately realised that their only option was to enlist the help of Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige to reboot the character. Now, the character's future is looking a little brighter, but there is some uncertainty.

That's because Sony is once again taking a more active role in what happens to Spider-Man on the big screen, but nothing they do in "Sony Pictures' Universe of Marvel Characters" can be as bad as what was once in the works...

Sinister Six was supposed to spin out of the events of The Amazing Spider-Man franchise, with the final few minutes of 2014's The Amazing Spider-Man 2 setting the stage for that with some heavy-handed teases featuring various weaponry that had been created by Oscorp. Outfitting these characters to make them villains obviously completely misses the point of what makes them great.

One version of the movie would have seen Spidey recruited to the team by Doctor Octopus before the villain inevitably betrayed the wall-crawler and showed his true colours. Drew Goddard reportedly wanted Matt Damon to play him, and the likes of Colin Firth, Daniel Craig, Will Smith, and Denzel Washington were also suggested by the studio.

The team would have battled an alien called Gog in the Savage Land (as well as dinosaurs) and the movie's MacGuffin was set to be the actual Pandora's Box. Another idea thrown around would have seen the wall-crawler don the Venom Symbiote and ask the team for help in stopping Carnage.

However, there was one big concern: the word "Sinister" might alienate younger moviegoers.