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Logo text You can stop holding your breath for a Madame Web 2.
Or a Kraven the Hunter 2 …
Yet the Spider-Man extended universe isnt dead, either.
Sony Pictures chairman and CEO Tom Rothman confirms the studio is planning a fresh reboot to the Spider-Man universe after the franchises string of box office disappointments (aside from the trio of Venom films, which performed well). Related Stories TV 'Spider-Noir' Trailer: First Look at Nicolas Cage's Dark Take on Spider-Man and Premiere Date Movies Sadie Sink Saw Fan Theories She'd Be in Next 'Spider-Man' Movie, Then "Two Days Later, They Asked Me to Do It"
Rothman was asked by Matt Belloni on The Town podcast, Where are we in the Spider-Man franchise? Not the animated Spider-Verse. Is the larger Spider-Verse dead? blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-article-mid-article-uid0' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid-article1","mid-articleX","mid","mid-article"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-article") .addSize([[300,250],[2,2],[300,251],[620,350],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366]]) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; });
Are you going to go back to those at some point?
The executive added that scarcity has value … you got to make the audience miss you.
Rothman also, for the first time, confirmed a 2021 report that Spider-Man: No Way Home was banned in China due to the films climax taking place at the Statue of Liberty.
The executive pointed out the film made $1.9 billion globally, which pisses me off to have to say this.
You say, $1.9 billion, whats wrong with [saying] 2? Well, it didnt get into China, but in my mind [the films box office is] over 2 [billion] because I know what we would have done in China.
[The China Film Administration] just said, Small thing, no problem, just cut out the Statue of Liberty — which is where the climax is. That was their request.
Needless to say, Rothman did not change the film — which might have been impossible given the sheer amount of screen time that takes place at the iconic New York landmark. blogherads.adq.push(function () { blogherads .defineSlot( 'medrec', 'gpt-dsk-tab-mid-article2-uid1' ) .setTargeting( 'pos', ["mid","mid-article2","mid-articleX"] ) .setTargeting( 'viewable', 'yes' ) .setSubAdUnitPath("ros\/mid-article2") .addSize([[300,250],[300,251],[620,350],[2,4],[4,2],[320,480],[620,366]]) .setClsOptimization("minsize") ; });
Also, I really didnt look forward to sitting in front of Congress, telling them why I cut the Statue of Liberty out at the request of the Chinese Communist Party, he added.
Sony reportedly courted China heavily for Spider-Man: No Way Home, even releasing a Chinese poster amid hopes it would be the first Marvel Phase 4 film to clear censorship approvals. The prior film, Far From Home, made $200 million in China.
Rothman was also asked about his relationship with Marvel boss Kevin Feige, and opined, There are two people about whom I would say this — and maybe more if I think about it — but never bet against Jim Cameron and never bet against Kevin Feige.
The live-action Spider-Man universe movies were plagued by both poor reviews and weak box office. Launched with 2018s hit Venom, which set a high-water mark for the franchise with $856 million globally, the efforts included 2022s Morbius ($162 million globally), 2024s Madame Web ($100 million globally) and 2024s Kraven the Hunter (an abysmal $60 million globally against an estimated production budget of more than $100 million).
