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  • Spider-Man: No Way Home Crosses $1 Billion at the Box Office

    Spider-Man: No Way Home Crosses $1 Billion at the Box Office

    “Spider-Man: No Way Home” cruised past the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office Sunday, according to Sony Pictures.

    After having the third-biggest worldwide opening of all time last weekend, Spider-Man: No Way Home has earned $467.3 million from domestic and $587.1 million from international markets to reach a global box office total of $1.05 billion over 12 days.

    “No Way Home” — which stars Tom Holland and Zendaya as Peter Parker and MJ as they battle villains from across the Marvel multiverse — is also the only film of the pandemic era to make $1 billion worldwide.

    It is the first film to reach $1 billion since “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” which was released in December 2019.

    Sony also said that “No Way Home” is now the top grossing film of the year worldwide.

  • ‘Spider-Man’ Films Coming to Disney Plus After New Deal with Sony

    ‘Spider-Man’ Films Coming to Disney Plus After New Deal with Sony

    Disney and Sony Pictures Entertainment agreed to a multi-year licensing deal Tuesday that will bring your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man to Disney’s platforms, including Disney+.

    The agreement will not only eventually bring the Marvel Studios co-production “Spider-Man: Homecoming” and its follow-up “Far From Home” onto Disney’s streaming platform, but all of Sony’s theatrical releases from 2022-2026 like “Uncharted” with Holland and” Bullet Train” with Brad Pitt; Sony’s library of superhero films like “Venom” and the previous “Spider-Man” iterations that were solely produced by Sony.

    Blockbuster films like the “Jumanji” and “Hotel Transylvania” films are also included.

    The deal also makes those films available to Hulu, and FX, ABC, and other Disney-owned broadcast networks.

    Earlier this month, Sony signed a deal that gave Netflix first crack — what’s known in the industry as a “pay-one window” — for these titles. Typically, that window of streaming exclusivity lasts 18 months.

    A subscription to Disney+ costs $7.99 per month or $79.99 per year, and a bundle consisting of Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+ costs $13.99 per month.

  • Marvel Finally Reveals Real ‘Spider-Man 3’ Title

    Marvel Finally Reveals Real ‘Spider-Man 3’ Title

    Marvel has revealed that “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is the offical title for third “Spider-Man” film.

    The revelation comes after Holland and his co-stars set the Internet humming on Tuesday night with their own fake titles for the film, including Spider-Man: Phone Home, Spider-Man: Home Slice and Spider-Man-Homewrecker.

    Stars Tom Holland, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon revealed the title as “Spider-Man: No Way Home” as you can see in the video below posted Wednesday:

    “Spider-Man: No Way Home” also features Benedict Cumberbatch as Marvel mainstay Doctor Strange and is rumored to delve into the multiverse as it will also unite separate generations of Spider-Man films. Alfred Molina, who played Doctor Octopus in Tobey Maguire’s Spider-Man 2, will appear. So will Jamie Foxx, playing Electro, the villain he portrayed in 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, which starred Andrew Garfield. The new title adds fuel to the multiverse speculation.

    Spider-Man: No Way Home Arrives in theaters on December 17, 2021.

  • BREAKING: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Announced for Playstation 5

    BREAKING: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales Announced for Playstation 5

    During the PlayStation 5: The Future of Gaming event today, PlayStation, Insomniac Games and Marvel Games revealed a new Spidey adventure heading exclusively to the PS5 — Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

    That’s right — this Holiday 2020, you can join the latest web-slinging adventure with an all-new story set in the Spider-Man universe that builds on and expands the critically-acclaimed blockbuster Marvel’s Spider-Man.

    Experience the rise of Miles Morales as he masters new powers to become his own Spider-Man. Get a sneak peek of the game below!

    PlayStation revealed, with PS5’s ultra-fast SSD, players can near-instantaneously fast-travel across Marvel’s New York City, as well as feel the tension of each one of Mile’s web-swings, punches, web-shots, and venom blasts thanks to the DualSense wireless controller’s haptic feedback.

    Experience the story of Miles Morales as he faces great, new challenges while learning to be his own Spider-Man, exclusively on PlayStation5, this Holiday 2020!

  • VIDEO: Real-Life Spider-Man Will Be Swinging Above Disney’s Marvel Land

    VIDEO: Real-Life Spider-Man Will Be Swinging Above Disney’s Marvel Land

    Disneyland’s upcoming Marvel-themed Land will feature a new Spider-Man ride that will let riders shoot virtual webs from their wrists and now Disney has revealed that a real-life friendly neighborhood Spider-Man will be swinging above the rooftops in the new land.

    Imagineers are hard at work to bring to life an amazing new experience at Avengers Campus coming to Disney California Adventure which will be the home of the new Spider-Man experience, housed in the Worldwide Engineering Brigade — aka, WEB — and will be the first Disney ride-through attraction to feature the webslinger.

    Check out the amazing video below of Spider-Man practicing some of his amazing acrobatic feats at a top secret location:

    Visitors to WEB will find themselves helping Spider-Man try and catch “spider-bots” that need to be web’ed-up. During the panel it was also explained that guests on the attraction will be able to shoot their own webs out of their wrists via immersive technology. Also, if you happen to spot Spider-Man walking around the Avengers Campus, he’ll be wearing an exclusive Spidey-suit.

    When Avengers Campus opens this summer, guests will be recruited to become the next generation of Super Heroes. The campus will be home to a variety of new experiences giving guests the chance to feel the power, adventure and exhilaration of teaming up with some of their favorite Super Heroes including:

    • The Worldwide Engineering Brigade – also known as “WEB” – which will house the new Spider-Man attraction where guests can sling webs alongside Spider-Man himself.
    • Pym Test Kitchen, an all-new eatery, where Pym Technologies Researchers are using Ant-Man and the Wasp’s growing and shrinking technology to create super-sized and super small foods.
    • Heroic encounters throughout the campus where guests can team up with some of their favorite Super Heroes including Spider-Man, Black Widow, Doctor Strange, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther and the Dora Milaje, Thor and Loki, Iron Man and for the first time, Ant-Man and The Wasp.
    • Avengers Headquarters where guests may witness Earth’s Mightiest Heroes springing into action at a moment’s notice all over the building.


  • Disneyland’s New Spider-Man Ride Will Let You Sling Webs From Your Wrists

    Disneyland’s New Spider-Man Ride Will Let You Sling Webs From Your Wrists

    Disneyland’s upcoming Marvel-themed Land will feature a new Spider-Man ride that will let riders shoot virtual webs from their wrists as they battle an army of escaped spider-bots.

    Avengers Campus will be the home of the new Spider-Man experience, housed in the Worldwide Engineering Brigade — aka, WEB — and will be the first Disney ride-through attraction to feature the webslinger.

    Visitors to WEB will find themselves helping Spider-Man try and catch “spider-bots” that need to be web’ed-up. During the panel it was also explained that guests on the attraction will be able to shoot their own webs out of their wrists via immersive technology. Also, if you happen to spot Spider-Man walking around the Avengers Campus, he’ll be wearing an exclusive Spidey-suit.

    Starting in 2020 at Disneyland Resort and Disneyland Paris, guests will find themselves inside a brand-new land featuring some iconic super heroes and even get to join in the fight themselves, too. The Avengers Campus will feature attractions, merchandise locations, a new eatery, and also heroic encounters in the ruins of a former Sanctum Sanctorum and you never know who might show up.

    Walt Disney Imagineering and Marvel used New York Comic Con 2019 to reveal new details about the Marvel-themed Avengers Campus set to debut at Disney California Adventure.

  • Spider-Man Returns to MCU as Disney and Sony Reach Deal for Third Tom Holland Film

    Spider-Man Returns to MCU as Disney and Sony Reach Deal for Third Tom Holland Film

    Spider-Man is swinging back into the MCU. After negotions between Disney/Marvel and Sony broken down last summer, the the two companies have come to an agreement to create another Spider-Man film. 

    On Friday, the two companies jointly announced that Marvel Studios and its president, Kevin Feige, will produce the third film in the “Spider-Man: Homecoming” series. It will once again feature Tom Holland reprising his role as the titular hero. 

    “I am thrilled that Spidey’s journey in the MCU will continue, and I and all of us at Marvel Studios are very excited that we get to keep working on it,” said Marvel topper Kevin Feige. “Spider-Man is a powerful icon and hero whose story crosses all ages and audiences around the globe. He also happens to be the only hero with the superpower to cross cinematic universes, so as Sony continues to develop their own Spidey-verse you never know what surprises the future might hold.”

    Disney will retain its merchandising rights and will put up roughly a quarter of the financing. As part of the arrangement, Spider-Man will also appear in one future Marvel Studios film.

    The film is scheduled for release on July 16, 2021. Amy Pascal will also produce through Pascal Pictures, as she has on the first two Holland-led films.

  • Spider-Man May Return To Marvel Due To Apple Potentially Buying Sony

    Spider-Man May Return To Marvel Due To Apple Potentially Buying Sony

    Spider-Man fans have been slung all over the place as negotions to keep the web-slinger in the MCU heated up and then broke down. Now, as Apple is considering buying Sony Pictures, Disney is waiting in anticipation as the they could end up regaining the rights to Spider-Man for free.

    If and when Sony winds up in a merger with a company like Netflix, Amazon, or Apple, the Spider-Man IP will revert back to Marvel — and it’s unlikely anyone currently involved with the IP at Sony will get a dime when that happens, according to Forbes.

    According to a report by Cosmic Book News, an investor analyst just recently claimed that Apple may be out for a major acquisition, and Sony has been listed as a potential candidate along with studios like A24, Lionsgate, Viacom/CBS, MGM, and Netflix.

    In early September, Sony CEO Tony Vinciquerra firmly stated that Sony Studios is “not for sale,” despite regular press coverage to the contrary, but things can change and money talks.

    The Sony boss also discussed the studio’s decision to stay out of the streaming wars thus far in terms of the general market, a decision which he said allows Sony to be “more transparent” with its creators by not becoming “beholden to any platform.”

    Amazon is also said to be considering purchasing Sony Pictures as well. The reason why both companies are suddenly interested is because they both have, or are working on, streaming sites, but neither has their own theatrical production or distribution model.

  • Marvel Announces New Spider-Man Animated Series For Disney Junior

    Marvel Announces New Spider-Man Animated Series For Disney Junior

    Friday, During Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment’s panel at Disney’s D23 Expo, Marvel announced a new original preschool animated Spider-Man series for Disney Junior.

    Marvel’s “Spidey and His Amazing Friends” marks the first full-length Marvel series for Disney Junior.

    “Preschool kids already love Spidey, so they’ll be delighted to have Peter Parker thwipping across their screens in this new series” Cort Lane, SVP, Marvel Animation & Family Entertainment, said in the announcement of the new series.

    In Marvel’s “Spidey and His Amazing Friends,” Peter Parker, who is used to working solo, must discover what it takes to become a truly amazing super hero: being a spider friend who works well with others. Together with his friends Miles Morales and Gwen AKA Ghost-Spider, they will team up with heroes such as Hulk, Black Panther and Ms. Marvel, to defeat evil foes and learn that teamwork is the best way to save the day.

    The new Disney Junior Spider-Man series is set to debut in 2021.

  • Spider-Man Out of MCU After Marvel and Sony fail to Reach Deal

    Spider-Man Out of MCU After Marvel and Sony fail to Reach Deal

    The Marvel Cinematic Universe is losing its friendly neighborhood Spider-Man as recent reports have revealed that Sony Pictures and Disney will not be working together on upcoming MCU projects.

    According to a report by Deadline, Feige’s exit was about money; it was about Disney seeking the 50/50 co-fi stake as the price for Marvel and Feige’s continued involvement. Sony declined to meet those terms.

    It was an aggressive stance, but these talks had been going on for some time. Had Sony agreed to Disney’s ask, Marvel and Feige would not have withdrawn from the Spider-Man films, sources said. Sony took to Twitter with a differnt take on the break up as you can see in the tweet below:

    One source said that a deal might still be reached between Disney and Sony but there are no talks currently going on. Disney is believed to have expressed concerns that Feige was spread too thin due to other Marvel projects plus original projects for Disney Plus, according to a report from Variety.

    Sony has controlled the rights to the web-slinger since 1999, but the two studios have been sharing Spider-Man across numerous films since 2015, including major roles in the latest “Avengers” movies. As part of the previous agreement, Marvel had also been acting as a producer on the 2017 and 2019 standalone Sony “Spider-Man” movies starring Tom Holland, which were both box-office blockbusters.