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Well, this is an absolute shock. Marvel will now be able to use Spider-Man in other of their movies, (Avengers 3, perhaps) and Marvel universe characters will be able to appear in Spider-Man movies. This is such a sensible arrangement that I am almost shocked that they arrived at it. Now, maybe, we can get a really, truly great Spider-Man movie. (though the 1st movies in each series were pretty solid)

Also, Andrew Garfield will not be back under the mask.

Spider-Man swings back to Marvel Studios with Sony pact - CNET
http://www.cnet.com/news/spider-man-swings-back-to-marvel-studios-in-partnership-with-sony-pictures/

The Marvel Cinematic Universe just got a little bigger, with Spider-Man set to join the tangled web in a new partnership between Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

Your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man is finally set to swing into a Marvel Studios films following a landmark deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment.

The film rights to Spider-Man were first sold by Marvel back in 1985 and eventually acquired by Sony Pictures Entertainment, meaning that until now, the chances of seeing Spider-Man on the big screen alongside other superheroes like Iron Man and Captain America in a unified Marvel Cinematic Universe were effectively nil.

While the film rights to the $4 billion franchise remain with Sony, the terms of the deal mean that the next time you see Spider-Man in cinemas it will be in an as-yet-unidentified Marvel Studios production. This will then be followed up with a Spider-Man standalone film from Sony, already slated for release on July 28, 2017.

The 2017 Spider-Man film will still be financed and distributed by Sony Pictures, however Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige will produce the movie alongside Sony's Amy Pascal.

Michael Lynton, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, said of the partnership that "this is the right decision for the franchise, for our business, for Marvel, and for the fans."

Sony Pictures had previously brought two Spider-Men to the big screen across five separate films; first in 2002, with the Sam Raimi-helmed trilogy, fronted by Tobey Maguire, and the subsequent reboot in 2012 by Mark Webb with Andrew Garfield in the iconic costume. Both attempts were to somewhat mixed reviews, but Feige is confident that all the pieces are in place this time around.

"Marvel's involvement will hopefully deliver the creative continuity and authenticity that fans demand from the [Marvel Cinematic Universe]. I am equally excited for the opportunity to have Spider-Man appear in the MCU, something which both we at Marvel, and fans alike, have been looking forward to for years," Feige told Hollywood Reporter.

The "creative continuity" Feige mentioned is what has fans salivating at the prospect of Spider-Man returning to the Marvel Studios fold. Marvel Studios' TV shows and movies all form part of an interconnected universe, and Spider-Man can now play a part in it. As one of Marvel Comics' most popular characters, it's an impressive feather in the Marvel Studios' cap.

It also seems like the current Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield, is unlikely to don the red and blue tights again, with Feige and Pascal set to "collaborate on a new creative direction for the web slinger".

While there's no word yet on which Marvel Studios film the character is set to appear in, smart money is on the upcoming "Captain America: Civil War", as Spider-Man plays a central role in the 2006 comic series of the same name. Marvel and Sony Pictures have also hinted that they'll explore Marvel Studios characters making appearances in future Spider-Man standalone films.

There's also a chance that Feige and Pascal will take a leaf out of Ultimate Spider-Man's book and movie-goers will see a black Spider-Man, if Miles Morales is underneath the mask instead of the ubiquitous Peter Parker in this re-imagining.

Also unclear is what this means for Sony's related Spider-Man spin-offs, like the Sinister Six film schedules for 2016, and still being teased as recently as January 2015.

A previous collaboration between the two studios almost happened back prior to the release of Marvel Studios' blockbuster "The Avengers". While not the wall-crawler himself, his alma mater, Empire State University, was meant to appear as part of the Manhattan skyline.

Hopefully, fans won't need to wait too much longer for something a lot more amazing.

Updated 5:07 p.m. AEDT:The Wrap is reporting that Andrew Garfield will not reprise his role as Spider-Man in the upcoming collaborations.

Awesome!

It's unfortunate that Garfield won't be back, I thought he did a really good job.

Garfield did a good job of being a smart mouth in the movies. Spiderman often insulted his enemies or made off color jokes. Garfield seems more spontaneous with these jokes than McGuire.

I agree, he was a great blend of the geek/smart alec the character was. But with Marvel prepping for the Inifinity Gauntlet series it is good news as Spider-Man does have a role (albeit a small one) in that story.

I might be in the minority, but I didn't like the Garfield Peter Parker at all. He was too cocky, good looking, tall, and I don't think he's a very good actor in general. That's just me.

I like the Tobey version of Peter better because that's the Peter I remember from the comics (shy, short, average looking, unsure of himself, etc.).

I'm hoping this means we'll get the perfect Spidey like we got the perfect Hulk from the Avengers. After those two horrible Hulk movies, the Avengers creators saw what didn't work and gave us the Ruffalo Hulk.

Give me Miles Morales please.

Generally speaking, I lost a great deal of respect and passion for Marvel comic based movies the second they declared Ben Afflick as the new Batman.

I have no faith in them now. JMO

Well, being that Batman is a DC character, you might want to rethink that. Unless I'm confused and Disney owns DC also.

I thought Ed Norton didn't want the job of the Hulk, but no matter. They've done an excellent job of casting the Marvel produced movies. Yes, Peter Parker should be more of a geek than Garfield, but he did a good Spiderman. I don't think I'm ready for the Morales Spiderman, as I stopped collecting those in the 80s.

On that note, I'd love to see them do the series when Spiderman grows the extra arms. I used to have that complete series. We don't need another reboot/creation movie.

He didn't. He'd later say that he wanted to do other movies (Moonrise Kingdom, Grand Budapest, Birdman) instead of The Hulk. Edward Norton is one of the best actors I've ever seen, unfortunately he's just extremely hard to work with. I think part of the problem with Ed/Marvel is that Marvel wants to make light movies and Norton doesn't. I think DC will now be following suit and making lighter super hero movies, but I'd pay to see Edward Norton as one of DC's anti-heroes.

We'll I stand corrected. I was way wrong and off, had you said nothing - I'd still be hating Marvel. Not sure whether to thank you or smack myself... I'll get back to you on that LOL

Cheers though for the info.

Right, the Garfield Spider-man was better than Tobey's (the Peter's are the reverse for me). Garfield's Spider-man sounded more like "him" as I remember from the comics and cartoons (Spider-man and his Amazing Friends*). Although, that is probably more on the writers than Garfield.

I know it sounds stupid, but I think I could add a lot to the design process if Sony/Marvel let me in the room for their next big screen Spidey. I'm not expert on some of the story lines after 1997'ish, but I think I could really capture the essence of Spider-man.

And thanks for the Miles Morales tip. I jumped on Wikipedia and started reading. I'll have to find ways to catch up on that plot line.

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When does filming in Cleveland begin?

The Tobey Maguire series was horribly casted, Dunst is not MJ caliber. Franco is.. well James Franco.. plus giving Spidey the evaluating power? And your reasoning is that a show about a guy getting super powers not being believable if he creates webslingers? Jesus..

And that's not even talking about what horrific crap they did to Venom..

Amazing Spiderman was heads and shoulders done better.. Garfield played the genius well, and his and Emma Stone's chemistry was wonderful..

Im sad that its set for another recast, but it should be interesting..

I think its interesting that Marvel and Sony are making deals, while Marvel is killing off everyone that Fox owns..

Disney and Fox are at war in pretty much every media market available. So, not too surprising.

When Peter Parker went all EMO in the third version, it was so bad it had an effect on me that made me instantly hate the previous two Spider-man movies....and I never watched another Tobey Maguire movie again. I just can't bring myself to watch The Great Gatsby...I'm afraid it'll be EMO-fied.

Basically the first 3 movies no longer exists to me. I like Amazing Spiderman. Sure it could be better..

Its why I love XMen Days of Future Past so much.. they realised they screwed up, and said screw it.. we'll just retcon the last few terrible movies as if they never happened..

Especially Origins: Wolverine. I cant wait until Deadpool makes fun of that terrible movie..

Yup, X-Men:DoFP might be my 2nd favorite comic book movie of all time (2nd only to The Dark Knight). X-Men: First Class was good too. I really like McAvoy and Fassbender, they play off each other perfect.

The first three X-Men movies were indeed trashy, though I thought they got a little better as they went on. Again, like was mentioned before with other comic movies, the creators learn valuable lesson as to what works and doesn't.

As for Origins: Wolverine, I think it could have been so much better with a few tweaks. Ultimately, it was a miss.

Spider is by far my favorite hero. This was a good move by both companies.

I could be wrong, but I thought that Time Warner owns DC Comics.

That's true, unfortunately/fortunately.

The Great Gatsby was a good (not using great to keep from being repetitive) movie! Wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.

I'll have to see that one eventually. I owned that comic book series when it came out.