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Marvel Cinematic Universe - General Thread
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I'd guess the reason why Disney doesn't do a live action Spider-Man show (and even why they feel they have to pitch their current animated show as an alternate universe take on MCU Spidey) is the same
reason why every DC show on tv has to dance around Batman either being too young to be Batman, dead, retired, or in self-imposed exile.
No one wants a cash cow film franchise hero "devalued" by a competing live action version on tv/streaming.
True, Disney has to split the profits from the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies with Sony, but it's still a very nice chunk of change. They're not going to do anything that may impact that box office.
Now the funniest thing would be if Disney paid Andrew Garfield to do a continuation of his Spider-Man in Disney+ form, but I think even he may be too expensive for streaming budgets. Especially with Disney's lessened enthusiasm for the platform.
reason why every DC show on tv has to dance around Batman either being too young to be Batman, dead, retired, or in self-imposed exile.
No one wants a cash cow film franchise hero "devalued" by a competing live action version on tv/streaming.
True, Disney has to split the profits from the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies with Sony, but it's still a very nice chunk of change. They're not going to do anything that may impact that box office.
Now the funniest thing would be if Disney paid Andrew Garfield to do a continuation of his Spider-Man in Disney+ form, but I think even he may be too expensive for streaming budgets. Especially with Disney's lessened enthusiasm for the platform.
I thought the reason there hasn't been a proper live-action TV series for Batman since the Adam West show is because, unlike Superman (who is arguably on the same level as Batman and yet has had proper TV shows of his own in addition to feature films), they actually can't make a new live-action Batman TV show due to overcomplicated rights issue entanglements:
A Spider-Man mini-series that led towards another event would be fun, and it'd give the story time to breathe - it wouldn't even need to be a full year-after-year series like Agents of Shield was. Some of their series (like Hawkeye, Loki, and Ms. Marvel) have been fun.
I think the lack of a live action Disney+ Spider-Man series comes down to a few factors...
One, if it's staring Tom Holland, the worry is that it would devalue the current film series. After all, will people be as eager to line up to buy tickets to the next film if they can get their Tom Holland Spidey fix through a Disney+ show?
Two, if it's staring someone else, the worry is that it would devalue the current film series by introducing a second concurrent live action Spider-Man and may confuse audience members.
Three, circling back to Tom Holland, he's probably too pricey for a tv or streaming budget these days.
Sony doesn't enter the picture. Disney can do whatever they want with Spider-Man on tv. Still, that doesn't mean there aren't other issues with the idea.
One, if it's staring Tom Holland, the worry is that it would devalue the current film series. After all, will people be as eager to line up to buy tickets to the next film if they can get their Tom Holland Spidey fix through a Disney+ show?
Two, if it's staring someone else, the worry is that it would devalue the current film series by introducing a second concurrent live action Spider-Man and may confuse audience members.
Three, circling back to Tom Holland, he's probably too pricey for a tv or streaming budget these days.
Sony doesn't enter the picture. Disney can do whatever they want with Spider-Man on tv. Still, that doesn't mean there aren't other issues with the idea.
That's possibly part of it, but the Bat Embargo has been a thing at WB going back to the early 2000s, at least.
I was just thinking like a short series between the years-long gap between movies. Like Falcon and Winter Soldier and those.
I mean, it'd just be nice to see Spider-Man doing the Friendly Neighborhood thing without having to cram it into the montage during the next movie or something.
If that would somehow cut into the audience for Brand New Day... I don't know. Sounds like a weakness in the Spider-Brand to me.
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