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Old 01-15-2019, 01:59 PM   #953
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Also, the way the Sony/Marvel Spider-Man deal works, Sony can release Spider-Man whenever they want. They still retain rights over all distribution and marketing of stand-alone Spider-Man movies, even if they're created by Marvel Studios. In exchange, Marvel gets to use Spider-Man in their team-up movies. So Marvel/Disney likely had little say in when this movie was coming out.
I wouldn't be surprised if Sony is playing games withe Marvel on purpose. I think that even Sony was surprised at how well the Venom movie did. Surely they want to edge Spiderman out of the MCU and towards their own universe at some point.
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