Sony Has Movie Rights to 900 Marvel Characters

Sony have the moving-picture show right to many moreMarvelcharacters than just Spider - Man . It ’s not just Venom , either . In fact , Sony has the rights to over 900 characters from Marvel ’s catalogue .

The issue of cinematic rights is always a headache when it comes to Marvel . It ’s true that most of Marvel ’s amusing character are gain under the umbrella of Disney when it comes to movies . This is especially true now that Fox , who ownthe X - Men and Fantastic Four , has been take on by the House of Mouse . Yet Disney , and by annex Marvel Studios , do n’t have the rights to every case . Due to Marvel Comics selling the film rights for its character days before the MCU began in 2008’sIron Man , Sony has gobbled up a pot of Marvel licensing . The studio is n’t content on sit on these characters either .

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The news of Sony ’s huge Marvel catalog comes from a report byVariety . According to the issue , while Spider - Man andrelated type like Venomare the gem of Sony ’s collection , they ’re far from alone . There are nearly a thousand Marvel case that Sony could make a movie about without any input from Marvel Studios . The upcomingVenomis the first step in Sony ’s plans to make their own Marvel Cinematic Universe , populated with their exclusive Marvel fictional character .

The specific Marvel characters that Sony has rights to is n’t publicly known and ( evidently ) they ’re far too numerous to list . However , Sony is already at work with several Marvel project , each of which give an idea of where Sony hopes to build in the futurity . A movie aboutSpider - Man scoundrel Kraven the Hunteris in the whole kit . So is a film aboutMorbius the Living Vampire starring Jared Leto . This is n’t even to mention the long gestatingSilver and Blackmovie , which would ’ve star two minorSpider - Manantagonists , that has since pivoted to become two solo films .

In all cases , Sony come out to be prefer Spider - valet de chambre related characters to headline pic . Kraven , Venom , Black Cat and Morbius all have a connectedness to Spidey in the funnies . However for the movies , it seems like Sony is result Spider - Man out of it possiblydue to their agreement with Marvel Studiosto percentage Spider - Man . Yet with 900 part to choose from , Sony likely has a few that have nothing to do with Peter Parker .

The vital and commercial-grade success ofVenomwill probably determine how aggressively Sony continues to pursue its wonder - related projects . It ’s nevertheless interesting that the studio has evidently such a big staple of characters to rend from to make film . Even withoutusing or recasting Spider - Man , Sony could conceivably work up a cinematic universe of Marvel characters . It ’s not as exciting melodic theme as the Marvel Cinematic Universe was when it first began , but it could be just as successful for Sony . Kraven the Hunter is n’t a household name currently but neither was Tony Stark before the onset the MCU . Sony could popularize and invigorate their 900 Marvel mirthful characters just as the MCU did for Captain America , Black Panther and all the rest .