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This is Disney’s fault. Not Sony’s. Remember: Disney owns Marvel Studios.

Sony actually covered the production costs of all of Tom Holland’s Spiderman movies, not Disney.

The contract that Sony and Disney had been working with was Sony gets 90% of the earnings for the new Spiderman movies (since they still own the copyright to the character), in exchange for Disney’s (and thusly Marvel’s) use of the character in the MCU, and on official Marvel/Disney merchandise. (Which Disney gets the profits from.)

With me so far? Sony gets 90% of the movie profits. Disney gets 10% of movie profits, and (I believe) 100% of the merchandise profits.

Disney recently decided that a 90/10 split isn’t enough for the multi-billion dollar corporation, and wanted to revise their contract with Sony to an even 50/50 take of the spoils.

The Problem: This was the exact contract Disney and Marvel pitched to Sony back during Andrew Garfield’s tenure as Spiderman, which Sony refused to even humor. So obviously, Sony is PISSED.

Negotiations are still on the table, of course, to keep Tom Holland’s Spiderman in the MCU, but unless Disney can calm tf down with their bs, Sony plans to break from the deal, and take their rights to Spiderman and leave. (Since Sony technically still owns all of the rights to Spiderman.)

The Problem 2.0: Marvel fans and Tom Holland stans are blaming Sony for the disagreement, when the fault falls onto Disney and their greed.

Disney only got 5% of the ticket sales. (And even that might have just been the first day ticket sales though that bit is unclear. And like OP said, 100% of merchandise sales but considering Spider-Man is Marvel’s property in everything except film production, that’s hardly unfair.) So Sony got 95% of the earnings from the movies, which, considering they financed the movies and their promotion, is okay. (I mean, being part of the MCU and having Marvel’s creative input is a significant part of why the new Spider-Man is so popular but whatever.)

Disney didn’t just demand 50% of the profits. It offered to co-finance the movies: share costs and profits. Sony refused. So Disney isn’t being “greedy” it’s just trying to level the playing field.

The anger isn’t misguided. For all we know, it’s absolutely spot on. The details of the deal haven’t been published so we can’t definitively say who’s to blame. From the looks of things, it’s currently Sony. Maybe in the full contract, there are some points that can explain why Sony would make such a decision but as things currently stand, Disney offered a fair deal (keep in mind that Marvel was grooming Spider-Man to be Tony’s successor; he was going to be playing a much more crucial role) and Sony declined for some inexplicable reason.

Is Disney a mega-corporation? Yes. But so is Sony. Just because Disney’s bigger doesn’t mean Sony’s a “victim”.

Because of the lack of information, I’d recommend everyone do their own research and come up with their own opinions.

And to help you on your way, here are my sources:

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So Minnesotans showed the fuck up tonight (like we do) - thousands in the street protesting tr*mp’s latest executive disorders. And guess what happened? The old proverb “What if an emergency vehicle needs to get where it’s going” came to life, and the sea went silent and parted to allow it through (swiftly…literally the truck was going about as fast as, if not faster than, it would have been if there had been cars it needed to go around).

Please share this. This was a rare occurrence where an emergency vehicle needed to go through the route of a protest, when usually they have predetermined alternative routes, and it went completely fine. Also for the love of god, have more respect for firefighters/EMTs…they know how to do their jobs. They’re ready for anything, including working around protests.

Fire/death cw

There was an arson attack at KyoAni today (I am typing this at july 18th 2019, 4:00 PM AEST) and while it's still a developing story, there's been confirmed fatalities and many, many injuries.

Here's a link to the gofundme to support the victims and their families. It was set up by a licensing company that's worked with KyoAni in the past.

What does it take to teach a bee to use tools? A little time, a good teacher and an enticing incentive. Read more here: http://to.pbs.org/2mpRUAz

Spy: but, darling, I'll be so lonely without you. Come curl up in my arms so I can feel whole again.

Sniper: Are you trying to seduce me into healthy sleeping patterns?