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Sony Pictures today set The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on the release schedule for May 2, 2014 to kick off the summer of 2014. “I think it speaks volumes about our confidence in what we are seeing on the new film and our desire to move quickly on the next installment,” a Sony exec tells me about the reboot of its biggest superhero franchise from Marvel.
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Not being a snark but what % of Spiderman’s profits will go to Disney?
Only the percentage that Marvel got with the original Spider Man deal. Because Sony pushed the sequel out before any window where rights could revert to Marvel, the $$$ amount is not as big as one would think. I’ve heard that original deal it’s around 2-3% of Sony’s take, but don’t know if that’s accurate.
Anyone else know for sure?
There was a piece in the LA Times years ago that talked about this but I can’t find it. It isn’t quite the standard 10% licensing fee but it’s higher than 2-3%.
Tobey Maguire should play the villain.
Toby Maguire should play Ben Reily haha
What else does Columbia/Sony have as a viable franchise…Ghost Rider….The Smurfs…Adam Sandler films…???
If I omitted another big Columbia tent pole franchise… please, remind me what that is…as it my have escaped memory.
Of course they have a sequel planned. It is not about the confidence, it is the fact that they have to keep making them or the rights revert back to Marvel/Disney.
Sounds like they think they have the next ‘Batman Begins’ on their hands…
None, really. Sony currently has the option on the rights. They pay a fee to be able to use the character, then get to keep all the profits.
Hope this movie bombs bad because Sony was stupid to reboot this series since it did nothing, but make them a boat load of money. The trailer for this one didn’t even spark my interest and hardly anyone is stalking about this.
James Webb should hang his head in shame having yet again spent countless millions showing peter parker getting bit by a radioactive spider.
Marc Webb should, too.
Sony has Will Smith, Spidey and Bond.
And if the film doesn’t work, maybe they’ll just use that date for another reboot.
How often does Sony need to make these to keep the rights? I remember reading that the studios holding the film rights to Ghost Rider and Fantastic Four needed to film new ones every so often or they would lose the rights.
It’s different from project to project depending on what the terms of the deal are. While there’s been a lot of speculation about Marvel’s option/licensing at Sony for Spidey and Fox for X-Men, the terms of the deals are secret so we don’t know for sure.
However, the judge’s ruling last year on the Superman lawsuit might redefine what the law views as a reasonable amount of time before rights revert to the orig rights holder. The judge’s ruling doesn’t guarantee a minimum/maximum amount of time, but essentially states that a reasonable value of the property has to be taken into account. In Superman’s case for instance, the judge ruled that after the 2006 Superman Returns release, if WB hasn’t released a new Superman film by 2012-2013, the Siegel/Schuster estate could make a legal claim that WB is squatting on the rights (even though they still legally own the rights). Since WB is going to make that release window, the Siegel/Schuster estates will lose that leverage in their lawsuit.
Bottom line:
1. Every deal is different.
2. The studios are going to keep pumping out movies regarless of quality to ensure they keep the rights.
Correction: The lawsuit stated that WB has to be in production on a new Superman film by 2011. Nowhere on the lawsuit files dictate when the studio can release the film — as long as they start shooting this year (and they have) — they could release it in 2012, 2013… whenever they feel like it.
Otherwise, Sony’s remarkably confident in a film that hasn’t been released, let alone completed…
Oops my bad how could I forget such an accomplished director who directed an overrated romcom and a greenday video
the “overrated romcom” was the best lovethemed movie i ever saw..
sequels that come 2 years later always worry me, but spider-man 2 did come out 2 years after spider-man.
it’s a good idea for a sequel to follow as closely on the heels of the first film as possible.
but this isn’t about sequelitis. it’s about dropping sam rami for a neophyte actor who has no track record directing a fantasy film and zero street cred with comic-book/fantasy world. AND casting an emo-boy-man as peter parker.
for sony maybe it’s all about holding onto the rights and just pushing something out. they probably paid webb and the cast peanuts. they’re merely placeholders.
Sony has an ace up their sleeve in Ghostbusters 3. Just you wait. Who ya guna call?
Sony is obviously a bunch of idiots! It’s too soon for a reboot as it is (I waited 3 movies for Sam Raimi’s version of the Lizard), and the new suit sucks (in my humble opinion), and watching the trailer, the new origin doesn’t look too promising. Now they’re planning the sequel before the first movie fails. I hope they can spare the millions they’re gonna lose. What am I thinking? Of course they have the millions they’re gonna lose!