See, comic books are a unique medium in that they've run for an incredibly long time, but under the guidance of many different creative visionaries. On the one hand, the constant change of creative teams keeps a comic book character fresh, as new people bring new ideas to the table, and keep the character relevant and connected to the at that time current generation.
When that happens, comic book creators rely on 'retcons' to right and re-write the possibly outdated aspects. The goal was simple: create an alternate reality in which popular superhero origin stories were re-told in a modern context - free from decades of convoluted and dated backstory. Back in nary a superhero could be found in the summer cinema. Marvel was struggling financially and sold off the movie rights to its most valuable properties: Spider-Man, X-Men and the Fantastic Four. A fourth Raimi film starring Maguire was eventually scrapped.
That might have been the last we saw of Spidey. But then Marvel Studios struck gold with the first Iron Man movie in , which became the bedrock of what would be a massive, character-driven empire. Marvel was also bought by Disney. In , Marvel turned Guardians of the Galaxy, an obscure comic featuring aliens, a talking raccoon and a monosyllabic tree, into a massive hit.
The film handily beat the well-known and well-loved Spidey at the box office. Such a deal was practically unheard of, and yet somehow, the studios were able to come up with a plan that left everyone fairly satisfied. Marvel Studios would produce new Spider-Man films alongside Sony and also include MCU characters in Spider-Man films, but Sony would get full distribution rights for the movies — including all of their box office earnings.
They were granted permission to use Spider-Man in their own films, such as Avengers movies and were also given all merchandising rights to the character. Now, with both studios wanting what's best for Spidey, it was time for a third Peter Parker to suit up.
With Marvel Studios on board, it was decided that Spider-Man would debut not in his own reboot film, but rather as part of the huge ensemble in 's Captain America: Civil War. This easing of Spider-Man into the MCU would allow the character to be integrated in the series in a more natural way, while also taking the pressure to carry a film by himself off of the new Spidey. Marvel also decided that the new Peter Parker would once again be a high schooler, but unlike Maguire and Garfield, who were both pushing 30 when they were cast in the role, the studio looked at actual teenagers for the part.
And after a highly-publicized search that culminated in a screen test of six teenage actors, year-old British actor Tom Holland was selected as the third live-action Spider-Man. Holland's version of the character debuted in Civil War to rave reviews. By skipping the origin story, fans were instead treated to meeting a Peter Parker who was already fighting crime as Spider-Man.
This Spidey was less driven by the guilt over his uncle's death and more driven by his desire to please his new mentor, Tony Stark, who gives him a new suit in the film and recruits him to help fight Captain America and the other rogue Avengers.
Fans and critics alike loved Holland's personality in the role, while also finding it refreshing that he was actually, for the first time in Spidey history, close in age to the character he was playing. The movie was the first Spider-Man film to be produced by Marvel Studios, and it proved to be a success by every measure. The film had the highest Rotten Tomatoes score of any Spider-Man movie since Spider-Man 2 , and it earned a worldwide box office take that was second only to Spider-Man 3.
Holland followed up that goodwill by appearing in the two largest Marvel movies to date, 's Avengers: Infinity War and 's Avengers: Endgame. Both movies have already become cultural touchstones, and they rank as the fifth and first highest-grossing films of all time , respectively. Furthermore, Spider-Man's contributions to each film helped raise the character's profile not only in the MCU, but to the moviegoing public as well. So when the next Spider-Man movie debuted less than ten weeks after Endgame 's premiere, it did so on a wave of MCU-driven excitement and anticipation.
The film's Endgame connections proved to be huge, as it was the first MCU movie to take place after the momentous events of that film. Far from Home earned stellar reviews, becoming the third Spider-Man movie to earn at least a 90 percent average on Rotten Tomatoes.
Excitement for the Spider-Man movie franchise has arguably never been higher. Despite the runaway success Holland has enjoyed as Spider-Man, Sony may not be entirely happy with the new status quo. There have been rumors recently that the studio is looking to regain full control over the franchise from Marvel, and that they even were set to do so if Far from Home had failed to gross a billion dollars.
So why would Sony want to screw up the good thing they have going with Marvel? For one, they probably aren't big fans of a character whose rights they own being used to drive the profits of a rival studio. They also have their own budding mini Marvel universe made up of other Spider-Man-related characters, but Spider-Man is — so far — not allowed to appear in those films as they exist in a separate universe.
Sony had tremendous success with their first such Marvel-verse film, 's Venom , as the movie earned nearly as much at the box office as Spider-Man: Homecoming. The film's reviews were notably atrocious , but Sony still had million reasons to be pleased with it. The studio has already greenlit a sequel, as well as vampire movie Morbius with Jared Leto, and Sony also has several other projects in development. Like this: Like Loading Superman, and the Rejection of Nostalgia the m0vie blog.
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