Sony Plans to Reboot Its Spider-Man Universe

On 3/4/2026 at 2:31 AM, Goldbug said:

haha! I do think perhaps a Black Cat movie would be cool

Does she still have bad luck powers?

something along the line of her origin story from the 90's Spider-man cartoon version wouldn't be bad

I couldn't believe how bad Madame Web messed up, like all those Spider themed heroines are NOT older than Peter Parker by THAT much!

They had plans for one but Scraped it along with a Silver Sable movie

haha! I do think perhaps a Black Cat movie would be cool

Does she still have bad luck powers?

something along the line of her origin story from the 90's Spider-man cartoon version wouldn't be bad

I couldn't believe how bad Madame Web messed up, like all those Spider themed heroines are NOT older than Peter Parker by THAT much!

On 2/27/2026 at 7:38 PM, since83 said:

I would exclude Civil War to No Way Home as Sony wins. Those are MCU movies and that's why they were good. Without the Marvel Universe, Marvel character will never reach their storytelling potential.

Yup, totally agree with this, these are facts.

Fine Sony, enough with the subtle hints. I'll do it.

Future film slate:

2027

Cletus Kasady just wants to relax and enjoy his private, pirate island. But when a cargo plane flying Grizzly escapes his grasp, he's going to have to suit up and take another "stab" at his loot as the nefarious Don Carnage!

Young Max Dillon just wants to take his girl up to the lake for the weekend. But when his inappropriately age-differenced inventor friend Adrian Toomes attaches a time machine to a flight harness a mishap sends him back to 1963, where he'll have to convince a younger (did that guy ever have hair?) Adrian that he's on the level all while trying to avoid dating his mom! Lightning's gonna need to strike twice if he's going to generate the 1.22 gigawatts he needs to get Back...to the Vulture!

Journey to the old west as Doctor Carolyn Trainer and her washed-up, hard-drinking mentor Otto set up shop in Octopus' Bluff New Mexico, which might still be Old Mexico at the time, I don't know, I'm no historitrician. But when Otto stumbles upon a gold nugget the size of his head and gunslinger Black Bart Hamilton (look him up!) comes a'callin, Carolyn will have to use the mechanical arms she invented for surgeries to stand between the two parties. Will she be able to save the town, her friend, and still hold true to her oath of "First, do no arm?" She is Doctor Octopus: Medicine Woman!

2028

Join Shriek and her "son" for the rock opera to end all rock operas! Heads will roll and baked beans will flow, as that deaf, dumb and blind hovering mummy thing sure plays a mean skee-ball! It's Carrion, My Wayward Son!

Felicia Hardy has it all; fame, fortune, beauty... and all the boredom that goes with it. When she gets the idea to put together an all-girl rock band with cat themed costumes, hijinks will ensue as they struggle to get signed, cut their first album, and try to navigate the cutthroat, commercialized world of pop stardom! But why does she insist their first concert is played in a museum filled with priceless jewels? Shot mocumentary style with heavy anti-consumerism vibes, audiences won't want to miss Fear of a Black Cat!

Teen detectives Quentin Beck, Flint Marko and Mac Gargan are the best game in town when it comes to solving local mysteries. At least, according to them. But when their neighbor Pete loses his paste-pot ("CAREFUL" - Kevin Feige) what starts as a simple case quickly spirals out of control involving giant lizards, fascist bees and goblins of every stripe and color. And what's with the maniacal laughter echoing through Old Man Norman's haunted amusement park? Find out in Mysterio, Inc.

2029

All his life Aleksei Sytsevich dreamed of one thing: playing football for Notre Dame in Paris. "You're too big," they told him. "You'll end somebody," they said. "That's a cathedral, they don't have a football team." But no matter the rejection, he was too dumb to give up on his dream. Witness his plucky journey and be inspired by his can-do attitude as he's finally allowed on the field in the last scene, where he is held liable for utterly trampling the defensive line. He is Rhiny!

Stanley Carter and Emil Gregg just want to get their nascent juke joint up and running. But on opening night their patrons are picked off one by one by mysterious strangers Michael Morbius and Morlun! Now they'll have to band together with the remaining survivors if they ever want to see the light of day again! They are Sin-Eaters!

Kraven the Punter. Writes itself. Just take The Replacements and make Kraven the disgraced soccer guy and focus the movie on him. Maybe stick Kazar in the Keanu role, see if Marvel notices. Roderick Kingsley as Gene Hackman? That works, right?

2030

This is it. Where it all comes together. The Vulture. Sandman. Electro. Kraven. Mysterio. Doc Ock. All former wives of Henry the 8th! For the first time ever, hear them tell their stories as Da Six!

See Sony? You just gotta know the characters and give the people what they want. It's not that hard.

I would exclude Civil War to No Way Home as Sony wins. Those are MCU movies and that's why they were good. Without the Marvel Universe, Marvel character will never reach their storytelling potential.

When you look at Sony's handling of Spider-Man in totality? There have been a few successes.

And my praise kind of ends there. And if we are being honest? Those MCU films were what they were because of Marvel's involvement.

I didn't even bother with Morbius, Kraven or Madame Web.

I always had my reservations about them trying to create a live action spider-verse. And that reservation came from their previous failure with TASM reboot where TASM 2 teased a Sinister Six that went nowhere.Honestly, the first warning sign was how Venom was handled. No white logo. Which came from the Symbiote's connection to Peter/Spider-Man. There were some teases...but nothing of substance came from it, making the whole Sony Spider-Verse effort just fall flat on its face. It's like the DC Snyderverse all over again. Sony went into this ill-conceived belief they could make these villains popular just by being spider-adjacent but kind of forgot the most important element of the recipe...Spider-Man.How do you make a Kraven film without Spider-Man? People care about the villains because of their connection to Spider-Man. Many of them aren't like the Joker. Heck even DC stumbled with a Joker sequel it never needed.

And now they are going to reboot AGAIN when the answer is staring them right in the freaking face.Put Tom Hardy's Venom in a film with Tom Holland's Spider-Man. Build out from there. De-canonize all the other crap. Work with what you do have going for you. Hardy and Holland. There's your film. Yes they did the black suit before in the Raimi trilogy (poorly) because Avi Arad had Raimi shoehorn Venom into a Sandman film.

https://www.cbr.com/sony-animated-venom-movie-spider-man-disappointment/

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Spider-Man fans won't be happy with the latest Venom news. Less than two years after Tom Hardy's Venom trilogy concluded with The Last Dance, the head-gobbling alien symbiote is officially returning in a new film franchise. While a fresh start gives Sony room to improve on the character's portrayal, it's very bad news for Tom Holland's new Spider-Man movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Sony is officially working on a new Venom animated movie. The project is still early in the production phase, leaving it unclear whether or not it will act as an extension of Tom Hardy's trilogy or a reset for the franchise. Regardless, Venom's return should be concerning for Spider-Man fans who had hoped to see the symbiote show up in the MCU.

For years, fans have wanted to see Spider-Man and Venom go head-to-head, but that possibility seems less and less likely as time goes by. With Sony developing more Venom films, Spider-Man fans can kiss their hopes of seeing a matchup between the two bitter enemies goodbye.

In its complicated deal with Marvel, Sony has the right to prevent the MCU from using any characters from the Spider-Man pantheon that they plan to use in their own movies. For example, Kraven the Hunter was considered as a villain in both Far From Home and No Way Home, but Sony prevented his appearance in favor of giving the character his own spinoff film in 2024. With Venom set to star in a new film, it seems likely that Sony would prevent any symbiote appearances in Spider-Man: Brand New Day and its sequels.

This news will be disappointing to fans, especially after Spider-Man: No Way Home's post-credits scene teased the symbiote's arrival in the MCU. A trace of Tom Hardy's Venom was left behind on Earth-616 when he returned to his home universe, suggesting that Tom Holland's Spider-Man would eventually face off against his own version of Venom. While this plot point is still unresolved nearly five years later, reports of Sony's new Venom movie suggest that the MCU will never revisit this post-credits scene.

I just don't even know what they are doing. They had two (heck maybe even three) successful Venom films.

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concluded its theatrical run with a worldwide total of approximately $478.9 million, driven heavily by international ticket sales ($339M). While it had the lowest domestic opening and total ($139.7M) of the trilogy, the film was profitable against its $100M-$120M budget.

So even Last Dance was profitable. Tom Hardy is a box office draw. They put him in a film with Tom Holland? It would put buts in seats. Hell, if Morbius had Holland in it? It might have performed better. I like Holland as Spider-Man. Or go back and make Spider-Man 4. I dunno they have what works right in front of them. Its like they just have blinders on.TLDR: Agree with @tarot@Lord_Scareglow@GoldbugJust sell the rights back to Marvel and be done with it at this point. The villains are not as compelling without Spider-Man. You might be able to get by with a solo DOOM film. (not the one with the ROCK). I mean Dr. Doom. They are going to reboot, blow a lot more money on failed starts and half-assed attempts to reach the same conclusion many fans already have.

On 2/25/2026 at 5:53 PM, tarot said:

better yet, let's make a petition to get Sony to sell the movies rights back to Marvel completely. At least Universal isn't as tight with the Hulk as Sony is.

Yes that sounds like a perfect idea, there should be some sort of master IP ownership law that Marvel gets to say cut it out and give us our characters back since you butchered them for X amount of years, and the level of failure has now made you foreit the character licenses, I mean sheesh sony literally bought the bulk bag of 1000+ Spider-Man oriented characters, You'd thunk...Maybe they could have done something...no that's a grand slam of stink.

Let's get this moving...petition to make Sony sell back the rights of said currently owned characters to Marvel Studios, because of malpractice.

just make it end, I can't look at this poopie pie anymore, how can Sony? Actors and filmmakers alike should boycott any offer from Sony to produce a marvel movie.

On 2/25/2026 at 10:53 PM, tarot said:

better yet, let's make a petition to get Sony to sell the movies rights back to Marvel completely. At least Universal isn't as tight with the Hulk as Sony is.

They would probably make more money that way then making box office bombs

On 2/25/2026 at 2:23 PM, Lord_Scareglow said:

You had like 20 years to get it right, can we make a petition and unite on making sure this doesn't happen, as a fan and someone who paid to see all of these dookie movies, I think I get the right to Help in making sure the right choice is made, and It's a no, go play somewhere else.

better yet, let's make a petition to get Sony to sell the movies rights back to Marvel completely. At least Universal isn't as tight with the Hulk as Sony is.

On 2/25/2026 at 4:14 PM, memocromatico said:

We complain because we saw what they did, and since Tobeys days theyve consistently messed up. Spidey 3? Terrible, so terrible it sank the trilogy. Amazing Spider-man? 2 was a mess and the setup went nowhere with the sinister six promise. The whole of Venom to Kraven? Terrible all around besides some hits in the costumes. The only thing they havent failed with is Spiderverse animation. YET. The third one could still be a mess because it already has a 2 year delay.

Yes... this! Exactly this!