'Spider-Man' Swings to Marvel Studios in Major Sony Partnership

[Dr Mordrid]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/spider-man-swings-marvel-studios-772127

'Spider-Man' Swings to Marvel Studios in Major Sony Partnership

Spider-Man is getting a mighty Marvel makeover.

Sony Pictures, which has been the steward of the franchise since 1999, is partnering up with Disney-owned Marvel Studios to bring a new version of the Spider-Man character to life.

As part of the revamp, the new Spider-Man will first appear in a Marvel film. The companies are not revealing details but that movie is likely to be Captain America: Civil War; the character was a major player in the comics storyline. Andrew Garfield is not expected to reprise the character

Once the character is re-launched, Sony will then release a new Spider-Man movie on July 28, 2017. Marvel’s Kevin Feige will join Amy Pascal as a producer on the new movie. The duo will “collaborate on a new creative direction for the web slinger,” according to the companies. Ari Arad and Matt Tolmach, who were producers on the previous movie, will now executive produce.

There is also talk of looking for ways to integrate characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as the Marvel movies are known, into future Spider-Man films.
The move is a major team-up for two rival studios. Spider-Man has been Sony's most lucrative franchise, but the most recent installment, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, disappointed. Disney's Marvel has had unprecedented success with its hero films.
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[Elie]

Thanks Doc! I wish they would stop bouncing characters around and keep a steady set of characters like in the X-Men movies, where actors are pretty much fixed! You get used to them and their style (Character development) which I think people need that for stability.

[Dr Mordrid]

The rights were optioned out ages ago before Marvel had a studio and had merged with Disney. Some have reverted: Punishedr Daredevil etc. and eventually more will.

[Dr Mordrid]

Duh...

[cjolley]

Elon Musk ‏@elonmusk 1m1 minute ago
Mega storm preventing droneship from remaining on station, so rocket will try to land on water. Survival probability <1%.

It's kind of understandable how you posted in this thread, but Mr. Musk isn't Iron Man and part of the Avengers quite yet.

[Dr Mordrid]

Jeez...wrong tab. Cripes.

[cjolley]

Hey, at the rate Musk is going it could be a perfectly appropriate thread posting in the not too distant future

[Dr Mordrid]

No kidding.

With the Antares engine explosion they've taken over commercial cargo until Antares is re-engined, their Mars architecture is announced later this year (it's Raptor engine components are in tests now at NASA Stennis), Falcon Heavy is on for pad tests July 1, and they're prepping a 4,000 satellite internet service with Google.

Tesla will announce big batteries for home solar rigs this month, a HUGE Solar City advanced solar cell factory is under construction in Buffalo NY (with 2-3 more planned), the Tesla battery Gigafactory construction starts in Nevada soon, and 2 Hyperloop test tracks are planned by 2 groups for Texas and Nevada.

He's effing everywhere.