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Sony’s Spider-Man Spinoffs Were Bad But I Still Want to See the Movieverse Team-Up
ComicBook.comStory by David Harth
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Despite the critical panning of Sony's Spider-Man spinoffs, fans still crave a team-up movie from the studio's underutilized superhero universe.
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- Sony had ambitious plans for a Spider-Man expanded universe, including a potential Knull-focused team-up film similar to the Avengers, but these dreams have now been shelved due to the box office and critical failures of films like Morbius and Kraven the Hunter.
- While Sony's Spider-Verse has been a laughingstock, the studio had access to a rich tapestry of beloved Spider-Man characters and villains that could have made for an entertaining team-up movie, even with the studio's track record of stumbles.
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Sam Raimi, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, James Gunn, Peter Safran, Marvel Studios, Sony Pictures, DC Studios, Spider-Man, Venom: The Last Dance, Kraven the Hunter, Morbius, Madame Web, Deadpool & Wolverine, Avengers: Doomsday/Avengers: Secret Wars, Creature Commandos