Sony’s Best Spider-Man Spin-Off Ideas Make Venomverse Failures Even Worse
Sony is betting big on a cinematic universe centered around movies like Venom, but there was a much better way to create a Spider-Verse of spin-offs on the big screen that could sustain itself outside of the MCU. After Spider-Man: No Way Home performed like an Avengers film at the box office despite the pandemic, it has never been more obvious that Sony will continue to invest in the Spider-Man IP and its adjacents. However, transferring the success of Tom Holland's Spider-Man films to other productions in the franchise will not be an easy task.
Sony's plans for a broader Spider-Man franchise are nothing new. Back when The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was being made, there were already several ideas as to how the studio could make the most out of the Spider-Man IP – especially after Marvel managed to make the Avengers into a worldwide blockbuster phenomenon. Throughout The Amazing Spider-Man 2, it is possible to notice several hints of the formation of a Sinister Six in that universe, something that never became reality.
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Even after the combined work between Marvel and Sony for the release of a new Spider-Man, now part of the MCU, the studio that owns the cinematic rights to the character and all its adjacents has not given up on creating a cinematic universe of its own. So far, Sony has released two Venom movies and one Morbius film,with Kraven The Hunter and Madame Web in the works. However, Morbius' box office failure shows that this may not be the best route for the studio. Rather than focusing on Spider-Man villains who can hardly function without the hero, Sony could use the various legacy Spider-Man characters such as Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man 2099, and
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