Zoals je vast niet is ontgaan, is Sony dik gehackt en lekken er veel mails en andere gegevens het internet op. Volgens de website FirstShowing heeft Marvel en Disney contact gehad met Sony om Spider-Man (Sony heeft hier nu de rechten van in handen) uit te lenen voor de aankomende Captain America: Civil War film. Volgens de laatste mail die 30 oktober is verstuurt zijn de onderhandelingen nog steeds gaande. Persoonlijk zou ik het prachtig vinden als het zou gebeuren want de "nieuwe" Spider-Man is heel erg trouw aan de comic.

There's a good chance you've heard about the fact that Sony Pictures was hit by hackers, and the fallout from that invasion has resulted in tons of documents being leaked online. Business e-mails, contact information for directors and actors, cost analyses, focus group testing, anything and everything that has gone into development of projects at the studio, it's all slowly being leaked online. And some of the leaks have resulted in interesting information giving an unfortunate glimpse into the inner-workings of a major motion picture studio. The latest comes in the form of a potential collaboration with Marvel Studios.

The Wall Street Journal has learned that some of the e-mails that have been leaked from this hack show exchanges between Sony's head honcho Amy Pascal and the folks and Marvel and Disney (including the House of Mouse's chief executives Kaz Hirai and Bob Iger) about potential collaborations involving Spider-Man. The Marvel Comics character is owned by Sony Pictures right now, which has prevented the wallcrawler from popping up in the Marvel cinematic universe in which The Avengers exist. But since Sony Pictures has been struggling with their Amazing Spider-Man franchise, it appears they were exploring the possibility of working with Sony in a variety of ways.

First up, in an e-mail as recent as October 30th, Sony Pictures president Doug Belgrad was speaking to Pascal about the possibility of getting Marvel to produce a new trilogy of Spider-Man movies where Sony would still be in charge of "creative control, marketing and distribution." Another Spider-Man trilogy? Whatever. The most interesting tidbit comes from a conversation between Pascal and a "business partner" that Marvel had approached the studio about trying to get Spider-Man to be part of Captain America: Civil War. But don't get too excited, because the opportunity has come and gone.

Civil War

In the Civil War storyline in the comics, Spider-Man plays a huge part in the battle, and the revelation of his secret identity actually becomes a huge turning point in favor of superhero registration. Again, since there are no secret identities in the Marvel cinematic universe in its current form, the presence of Spider-Man would really have shaken things up, and fans would have absolutely lost their minds if Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans and Andrew Garfield were all going head-to-head in this movie. But alas, that plan never solidified, and instead Sony Pictures has decided
to move on with their own Spider-Man plans in the future. What might those plans be?
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