Is Venom a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe MCU or not
Buying the cinematic rights to the Spider-man franchise when Marvel was down was a pretty fortunate move for Sony. The 5 Spider-man movies (original Sam Raimi trilogy and the two Amazing Spider-man movies) have grossed ~$4 bn on the box office. As per details, Sony has agreed to Tom Holland’s Spider-man being part of the MCU for 5 movies (Civil War, Homecoming, Homecoming 2, Infinity War, and Avengers 4). Marvel would serve as the creative heads for the 2 standalone movies (in terms of defining and presenting the character), but would have no financial play (movie is produced and distributed by Sony, as are any profits reaped). Conversely, Sony would have no play at all in the 3 Avengers movies (either creative or financial). Venom Art T-Shirt In the meantime, any person with a bit of business acumen would have realized a) the current superhero hype, the popularity of movie-verses, and c) how universally adored Spidey is. To take advantage of the same, Sony decided to build their own f...