Marvel, acquired in 2009 by the Disney group, has the rights of many superheroes from comics created by Stan Lee, but Sony has the rights to Spider-Man film.

Failing agreement with their rival Sony to produce future films starring Spider-Man, Marvel Studios have decided to withdraw from the project to focus on other franchises superheroes, said Tuesday several US specialty media .

A historic agreement in 2015

Marvel, bought in 2009 by the Disney group, holds the rights of many superheroes from comics created by Stan Lee (Avengers or Black Panther) and now also has access to those in the lap of the Fox (X-Men in particular ) that Disney has just acquired. But Sony has the film rights of Spider-Man.

For decades, the spider-man has been the "crown jewel" of the comics on which Marvel built his empire. It took a historic and confidential agreement in 2015 between Sony and Marvel to allow Spider-Man to integrate the storyline of the Marvel universe (five films in total, including Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017 and Spider-Man: Far From Home this summer).

No common ground

Despite the critical and financial successes of these films starring the young Tom Holland in the famous red and blue suit, the two Hollywood giants have not found common ground to continue their partnership, say the specialized media.

According to the Deadline site, the origin of the information, Disney had asked Sony to be able to further finance future Spider-Man movies to get in return a larger share of revenue. But Sony declined, wishing to maintain the terms of the current partnership. Neither Disney nor Sony have officially responded to this information.