Now this part I can't say for sure is rumor or not, but I heard that Sony wants $10 billion for the property rights. Obviously, that ain't going to happen. Let's look at some figures...Disney bought Lucasfilm and the Star Wars/Indiana Jones franchises for $4.1 billion from George Lucas. Sorry, Sony. Star Wars is much bigger than Spidey. The last movie Spider-Man: Far From Home made over $1 billion dollars. That's not all profit. Take away the production costs and the publicity, maybe 1/3 to 1/2 is profit. You do the math on how many movies that they'd have to make in order to get their money back. Disney isn't going to pay it. They will come back with a lower offer and then they can negotiate from there.
The thing is, Spider-Man's stock has already gone down for Sony since the announcement of their split. People don't have faith in the fact that Sony will do a good job with this next movie. In fact, it's already been announced that they intend to have both The Scorpion and Kraven the Hunter in the next movie. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't one of the biggest problems with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 the fact that they had too many villains in it and couldn't keep a story together? Doesn't this sound like it's starting out to be the same thing? Sony doesn't have the patience that Marvel has. They want everything, and they want it now. And let's not forget about Apple.
Apple is wanting to buy Sony so they can start their streaming service with an already established movie and television catalog. And I don't think that they'll be buying them for $10 billion. Also remember that if Apple does buy Sony, the Spider-Man property reverts to Marvel/Disney and the lose out on it here as well.
So what's going to happen? Your guess is as good as mine, but I will keep you updated as more news unfolds.
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