In case you haven't already read, Sony and Disney who are the two major producers of the Spider-man franchise tried to reach a deal recently where the profit could be on a 50:50 ratio. To the unknown, before Marvel was affiliated with Disney, it had pawned the movie-making rights to several of its original creations (like Spider-man) to companies like Sony, Fox, etc. They never truly were a matter of worry for any of the companies involved until the Kevin Fiege led Marvel brought in a major revival for these characters over the last 10 years.
With back-to-back blockbuster successes and the stupendous success of the Marvel cinematic universe, Disney wasn't too happy with Marvel receiving only about 5% of first dollar gross. However, Sony led by Tom Rothman, was too keen on sharing their profits either even if it meant an equal amount of reduction in the investment. Because of this failure to reach middle-ground, Disney has decided to pull Kevin Fiege (executive producer who is regarded as the backbone to the franchise's success) off the Spiderverse.
No sooner had the news become public, fans of the MCU did not take Kevin Fiege's exit (aka Marvel's exit) from the Spider-man movies lightly. Much of their frustration was directed towards Sony because of the company's unwillingness to share revenue. Sony on their part has officially commented,
“Much of today’s news about Spider-Man has mischaracterized recent discussions about Kevin Feige’s involvement in the franchise. We are disappointed, but respect Disney’s decision not to have him continue as a lead producer of our next live action Spider-Man film..
We hope this might change in the future, but understand that the many new responsibilities that Disney has given him – including all their newly added Marvel properties – do not allow time for him to work on IP they do not own. Kevin is terrific and we are grateful for his help and guidance and appreciate the path he has helped put us on, which we will continue.”
so your trying to tell me that iron man passed his legacy onto spider-man to become the new leader only for sony to take him away from the mcu?? wow didn’t know sony was ran by fucking clowns 🤡 #SaveSpiderman pic.twitter.com/JIhfDxc312
— mia (@mia01998045) August 21, 2019
Sony don't disappoint Stan Lee. #SaveSpiderMan pic.twitter.com/JuKwlbcJgJ
— sᴇñᴏʀɪᴛᴀ ᴄʏɴᴅìᴇ🏳️🌈 (@cyndierellajera) August 21, 2019
#SaveSpiderMan
— mac (@fidelbelike) August 21, 2019
Spiderman leaves mcu after disney and sony split up.
disney and sony to marvel fans rn: pic.twitter.com/yq3dXLBeFC
We lost the kid . #SaveSpiderMan pic.twitter.com/p5M4ejnAYC
— ᴋᴇɴᴅᴇʟʟ🕸 (@DaKendellFire) August 21, 2019
FUCK YOU SONY #SaveSpiderMan pic.twitter.com/s5hp17WJ2W
— Too broke to afford FFH tickets 🤡 (@MarvelTheStark) August 21, 2019
tony stark literally invented time travel in endgame to bring peter parker back and here y'all are taking him out of the mcu smh #SaveSpiderMan pic.twitter.com/A8SdO5yTLW
— L✨ (@xoxo_lea) August 21, 2019
If Sony is going to take away spiderman from MCU i m not gonna watch any Sony Movie From Now. @SonyPictures#SaveSpiderMan #BoycottSonyPictures pic.twitter.com/IzbwSHcGQR
— Nakul Singh (@nakulfbd) August 21, 2019
Disney you can make more money by keeping Spidey FFS! #SaveSpiderMan pic.twitter.com/oPs7gCH3TC
— Rish (@Captain_Meme69) August 21, 2019
“Eververywhere I go, I see his face.” #SaveSpiderMan #sonyiscancelled pic.twitter.com/lPcWDta6H8
— #𝟙 𝕊𝕥𝕠𝕟𝕪 ℍ𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣 (@wildtimeeditz) August 21, 2019
#SaveSpiderMan
— McFly (@BreedingRyan) August 21, 2019
Sony: ends Spider-Man deal with Disney
Literally everyone alive and dead: pic.twitter.com/3i6ucg4z0N
even his co-actors are begging sony#SaveSpiderMan pic.twitter.com/61Z1ccauPb
— kate #SaveSpiderMan (@keiitrcha) August 21, 2019
#SaveSpiderMan
— AdARsh SinGH (@addy_singg) August 21, 2019
Sony: we are letting go of Spider Man from the MCU
Me: pic.twitter.com/8y2UPf8yR9
All these great years and we found a way to the MCU...we can't afford this kinda shit from #SonyPictures
— Bilal Rasool (@BMRthelegend) August 21, 2019
#SaveSpiderMan pic.twitter.com/DRXo92GZEj
i will singlehandedly #SaveSpiderMan pic.twitter.com/MO0fT0FFGp
— vee ⎊ 𖤍 // fan acc (@valsreactor) August 21, 2019
So its official? Ok.. I'm okay...
— 𝕯𝖆𝖗𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 🥀 (@mricheel_) August 21, 2019
No, I AM NOT OKAY!! 😭💔#SpiderMan, #SaveSpiderMan pic.twitter.com/CND84vrOTo