I’ve been hearing a lot about this so to clarify:
This is Disney’s fault. Not Sony’s. Remember: Disney owns Marvel Studios.
Sony actually covered the production costs of all of Tom Holland’s Spiderman movies, not Disney.
The contract that Sony and Disney had been working with was Sony gets 90% of the earnings for the new Spiderman movies (since they still own the copyright to the character), in exchange for Disney’s (and thusly Marvel’s) use of the character in the MCU, and on official Marvel/Disney merchandise. (Which Disney gets the profits from.)
With me so far? Sony gets 90% of the movie profits. Disney gets 10% of movie profits, and (I believe) 100% of the merchandise profits.
Disney recently decided that a 90/10 split isn’t enough for the multi-billion dollar corporation, and wanted to revise their contract with Sony to an even 50/50 take of the spoils.
The Problem: This was the exact contract Disney and Marvel pitched to Sony back during Andrew Garfield’s tenure as Spiderman, which Sony refused to even humor. So obviously, Sony is PISSED.
Negotiations are still on the table, of course, to keep Tom Holland’s Spiderman in the MCU, but unless Disney can calm tf down with their bs, Sony plans to break from the deal, and take their rights to Spiderman and leave. (Since Sony technically still owns all of the rights to Spiderman.)
The Problem 2.0: Marvel fans and Tom Holland stans are blaming Sony for the disagreement, when the fault falls onto Disney and their greed.
Due to this misguided anger, the hashtag “Boycott Sony” is taking social media by storm and, in a best case scenario, infulence Sony into a deal with Disney for more than Disney deserves. In a worst case scenario, Sony will see the boycott and start a war with Disney, and we’ll never see Tom Holland’s Spiderman again. (Tom was Stan Lee’s favorite Spiderman/Peter Parker btw.)
