Board Thread:Movies/@comment-3048593-20190605150859/@comment-29908830-20190928044649

While this is certainly a victory, I have to admit, I'm still cautiously optimistic about the future.

Even with a new deal in place, I bet Disney is sweating like crazy in full awareness that Sony could just pull the rug all over again. And while a third movie will certainly be able to tie up Far From Home's loose ends, I'm wondering if Disney will try to create a contingency plan this time around - a way, almost, for them to be able to retire the character should the deal not be expanded upon, allowing him to more naturally go to Sony. And that could result in several changes being made to the film's plot.

Most of the cast and crew has stated that they want to keep this a New York movie, so my concerns that they would not be able to use the supporting cast have pretty much dissipated. What I'm more concerned about are the villains. Both Watts and Holland have expressed their desire to have Kraven be the villain, but there are two problems with this. First, they've been setting up a Sinister Six on the big screen since Homecoming, and not only do they not have enough players to do that just yet (my count is Vulture, Shocker, Tinkerer (?), Scorpion, and Mysterio, unless they introduce the sixth member in the third movie), but if they rush it into a movie about Spider-Man struggling with the revelation of his identity (a premise more suited for Kraven anyways) it would end up with the same rushing and cramming problems as The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Second, given Sony's plans to apparently make a Kraven movie, they might force Marvel to abandon their plans of Kraven as the villain.

At the same time though, I am intrigued about it as well. It was clear from the literal "passing the torch" sequence in Endgame that Marvel is pushing for Spidey, along with Black Panther and Captain Marvel, to be one of the three new pillars of the MCU. And him going back to Sony does not necessarily mean he can't be that.

Ideally, here's how I would play out a situation like this: at the end of the third film, Peter and May find themselves in the Sonyverse (using the same Multiverse technique as those in Doctor Strange 2), where they eventually decide to reside in order for the revelation of Peter's identity to blow over. From there, Spider-Man interacts with the characters in that universe in a second trilogy of films (adhering more directly with the traditional supporting cast) and in the spin-off films, until the next Endgame rolls around. There, Norman Osborn will be the new big bad (at least according to the rumors), and Peter will lead a group of superpowered individuals through the Multiverse against him. Once the day is won, Spider-Man will do one of two things. If Sony ends up getting bought out by then, he will retire (I doubt they would kill him honestly). But if Sony still has full rights, he will decide to take a tip from Thor and continue travelling the Multiverse. In all honesty, that's both intriguing and concerning. I love the Multiverse, but I wouldn't want to have to sacrifice the character's integrity in order to get it. These two had better play their cards right for us fans, is all I'm saying.