Sony Confirms Its Spider-Man Universe Is Being Rebooted After Multiple Flops – SlashFilm

Sony’s largest franchise is “Spider-Man,” and it is not significantly shut. The issue? It could solely make so many films that truly have Spider-Man in them. That is why the studio has made spin-offs centered on villains like “Venom” in recent times. It was suspected that Sony’s “Spider-Man” villain universe may very well be lifeless after “Kraven the Hunter.” However now we all know that spin-off universe can be rebooted.

In a current interview on “The City” podcast, Sony Photos CEO Tom Rothman addressed the way forward for the studio’s dealing with of the bigger “Spider-Man” universe. Rothman was requested if the bigger Spider-Verse was lifeless, to which he replied, “No.” He was then requested if the studio was going to revisit “these” in some unspecified time in the future. Rothman mentioned “sure.” Requested to make clear if it might be a recent reboot with new folks, Rothman then doubled down saying, “sure, sure.”

It appears Tom Holland remains to be going to be the primary Spidey going ahead. “Spider-Man: Model New Day” hits theaters in July. However do not count on to see “Madame Net 2” or “Morbius 2” — not that we had been precisely at any threat of that anyhow. The field workplace for “Madame Net” was unhealthy sufficient to kill Sony’s additional spin-off plans, and Rothman’s new feedback make it clear Sony is aware of that the strategy wasn’t working.

“Venom” was an enormous hit in 2018, taking in $856 million on the field workplace, however that proved to be an outlier. Critics usually dismissed the film, however audiences embraced it. Sony appeared to assume “to hell with critics” and moved ahead with extra spin-offs. The misfires mounted, and now it is again to the drafting board. Sony can declare that the flop that was “Morbius” turned a revenue, however not sufficient of 1 to avoid wasting this enterprise because it exists.

Starring Jared Leto, who has asserted himself as field workplace poison, “Morbius” made simply $167 million globally — a pitiful sum by Marvel requirements. That set the tone for something exterior of the “Venom” franchise. “Madame Net” barely made it previous the $100 million mark, and “Kraven the Hunter” topped out at a measly $62 million. All of those films had been eviscerated critically.

Whereas “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” ($506 million) and “Venom: The Final Dance” ($479 million) carried out fairly effectively, every installment made lower than its predecessor, with Tom Hardy retiring from the title function. For that motive, “Venom: The Final Dance” introduced an issue for Sony’s Marvel universe: the place to go from right here? That is a query Tom Rothman and the remainder of the brass at Sony now must reply. They’ll not make excuses.

“Madame Net underperformed within the theaters as a result of the press simply crucified it,” then-outgoing Sony Photos CEO Tony Vinciquerra mentioned to the Los Angeles Instances in 2024. “It was not a foul movie, and it did nice on Netflix. For some motive, the press determined that they did not need us making these movies out of Kraven and Madame Net, and the critics simply destroyed them.”

Blaming critics solely will get you to this point. Audiences had been already starting to activate superhero films, even the great ones, as they’re not performing in addition to they used to. Movies as unhealthy as “Morbius” have little or no likelihood within the market.

We’re already seeing some modifications. An animated “Venom” film is within the works from “Last Vacation spot Bloodlines” filmmakers Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein. That is a begin. As for the reside-motion stuff? We’ll should see what Rothman and co. can give you.