He Spider-Man Universe Sony reached its inevitable end six years after it began. In total, the company released six films focusing on classic arachnid villains. I was the main initiator, completing an entire trilogy involving Tom Hardy. Movies Morbius, Madame Web and recent Kraven the Hunter. But even though they’re comic book characters about wall-crawlers, Spider-Man It never appeared for them.
An amazing decision, which many explain by the fact that currently Tom Holland brings the character to life Marvel Cinematic Universewhich would complicate the situation. But, apparently, this is not entirely true. Reportedly DiversityA Sony source says the company’s agreement with Disney never prevented Sony from using Spider-Man in films that did not bear his name. They simply decided not to do it.
It’s because of the first movie I. Released in 2018, it was a surprise box office success despite poor critical reception. In total, the film grossed $856 million worldwide. A triumph that made Sony believe they could use supporting characters from Spider-Man without the presence of arachnids in the films.
“All these characters are famous because they face Spider-Man [en los cómics]”explains the analyst Jeff Bock. “Unfortunately for Sony, they were successful with I and that ruined it for them because they thought they could do a spin-off of all these characters. I don’t think they realized it I He could implement the franchise on his own, but the rest could not. not necessary Spider-Man in these films it was a fatal mistake,” he concludes.
Spider-Man Sony Villain Universe
Throughout the six films of the saga, Sony repeatedly mentioned Spider-Man. Without going any further, the last part, Kraven the Hunterfeatured a hallucination in which the protagonist encountered hundreds of spiders falling from trees. This isn’t the first time an episode of this style has appeared in the franchise, although there are much more obvious references.
IN Madame Web young versions Uncle Ben and from Mary Parkermother Spider-Manwho was also pregnant. At the end of the film, she essentially gives birth to who she was meant to be. Peter Parkeralthough this is not specified. On the other hand, several other comic book characters have debuted over the years such as rhinoceros And Chameleon V Kraven the Huntersome Spider Woman V Madame Web or numerous symbionts such as Murder, Riot or Agony in feeds I.
As for connections with cinema, in Morbius appeared immediately Vulture from Michael Keatonvillain Spider-Man: Homecomingin a final scene that never went anywhere. And I from Tom Hardy I was going to go to MCU at the end Venom: There Will Be Carnage in connection with events caused by Peter V Spider-Man: No Way Homealthough their paths never crossed.
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