Back in early to mid June it was reported that the Oscorp building was going to be integrated into the Avengers Manhatten skyline if not for issues of timing. It was reported by Mark Julian, here is the link to his article; http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/GraphicCity/news/?a=61478.
With Sony and Disney/Marvel discussing crossing the franchises it can only make one wonder if perhaps the ASM reboot was done not only because it is a guaranteed money maker for Sony but that it would lead to bigger and better things. Maybe a deal is already in place between Sony and Disney/Marvel to have Spidey show up in Avengers 2.
The timing would be sort of work out. Avengers 2 will probably be released in either 2015 or 2016, I am leaning more towards 2016 and this is why. 2013 has IM3 and Thor 2 and 2014 has Cap 2 and an unknown movie though it is sounding like Guardians of the Galaxy. 2015 doesn’t have anything scheduled as of yet but Disney/Marvel will no doubt want to introduce another character into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, hopefully it is Black Panther movie. It makes sense to only release one movie the year prior to Avengers 2 release, it will prevent the public from being too overwhelmed with superhero movies thus Black Panther is the sole release of 2015.
Amazing Spider-Man 2 has already been announced for May of 2014 which would then give a two year break between Spidey’s role in ASM2 and Avengers 2. The issue of introduction into the Marvel Cinematic Universe would be the greatest issue for Spider-Man. The easiest way of course would be for Avengers 2 to again take place in New York City and for Spidey to assist the Avengers in some way. I’m sure the powers at be will think of something clever.
The biggest roadblock for such a collaboration between Sony and Disney/Marvel is Sony and how much money they would want in return for Spider-Man. I would think that if Sony actually crunched the numbers they would find that lending Spider-Man to Avengers 2 would benefit them greatly. The majority of, if not the entire, cost of the movie would fall on Disney/Marvel, Sony then would probably want some sort of percentage of profits from ticket sales and merchandising. The difference between what they would need to shell out for the movie, if the deal meant they needed to contribute to the budget of the movie, would be dwarfed by what they would bring in. It seems like a win-win scenario to me. Someone at the top of Sony just needs to realize that.
Another issue that could possibly arise is the evolution of Spider-Man’s story if he did appear in Avengers 2. Sony would want to ensure that it didn’t affect any of their plans for future Spider-Man movies. This is easily circumvented by not expanding upon any relationship that Peter Parker/Spider-Man has in his solo movies, his relationships in the Avengers sequel would be with fellow Avengers, particularly Tony Stark/Iron-Man. Can anyone say Iron-Spider armor!!!
This kind of collaboration can lead to great things. It can lead Sony and Fox to working more closely with Disney/Marvel to put out good movies and movies that are established within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Plus it would take the combined powers of the three studios to make a movie such as Civil War, Secret Invasion, Siege or the current mini-series Avengers vs X-Men. Marvel has done a great thing with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the next step in this evolution is getting all their characters back. Though they may not be able to get their rights back, they can get them back under their creative control to make good movies that are linked.
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