North Korean Spy to Be Charged in Sony Pictures Hacking

Re:North Korean Spy to Be Charged in Sony Pictures Hacking by sillyquiet on Thursday September 06, 2018 @11:49AM (#17927097)

It kind of blows my mind that North Korea is responsible for Spider-Man joining the MCU.

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Re:North Korean Spy to Be Charged in Sony Pictures Hacking by jedberg on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:06PM (#17927231)

I’ve heard this a few times but I’m not super familiar with the ins and outs of the MCU and who owns (owned) what.

Can you connect the dots for me?

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Re:North Korean Spy to Be Charged in Sony Pictures Hacking by chrisdsaldivar on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:31PM (#17927438)

When Sony was hacked over The Interview a bunch of emails were leaked including some between Sony and Marvel. Apparently Spiderman was supposed to be in Captain America: Civil War but the deal fell through. When the emails leaked about it fans went nuts a pushed Sony to include Spiderman in the MCU which ended up happening. Sony still has the rights to Spiderman he's just part of the MCU now.

I'd recommend reading the emails. They show just how badly Sony needed Marvel's help to make a good Spiderman. Here's my favorite http://imgur.com/XiqC6fz

Edit: Also Sony was trying to make their own Spiderman universe instead of being part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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Re:North Korean Spy to Be Charged in Sony Pictures Hacking by laken on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:39PM (#17927502)

For some further background, many of the most popular Marvel characters' rights were sold off years before the MCU & Disney acquisition, such as Spiderman.

Disney has tried to get back as many as they could, and are continuing to do so. Off the top of my head, Universal currently owns theme park rights to Spiderman, Avengers, X-Men, and Fantastic Four on east-coast USA. In regards to film rights, Fox owns X-Men and Fantastic Four, and Sony owns Spiderman. One of the reasons Disney is pushing hard for acquiring Fox is to get back the X-Men rights from Fox, as that's the 'easiest' way to add them into the MCU.

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Re:North Korean Spy to Be Charged in Sony Pictures Hacking by sillyquiet on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:42PM (#17927524)

Universal also owns Hulk and his rogue's gallery with a few exceptions.

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Re:North Korean Spy to Be Charged in Sony Pictures Hacking by sillyquiet on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:43PM (#17927536)

see https://imgur.com/a/0lE9s#p6kuIut for a diagrammatic representation of this tangled web of IP

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Re:North Korean Spy to Be Charged in Sony Pictures Hacking by arayh on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:49PM (#17927573)

Thanks for posting your favourite email leak - it made my day. I would imagine it'd be hard for a group of middle-aged adults trying to modernize Spiderman by observing their children's day-to-day activities. Conversely, I really liked how Marvel included vlogging as a narrative form, which added a good amount of humour and relatability for modern youth.

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Re:North Korean Spy to Be Charged in Sony Pictures Hacking by sillyquiet on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:40PM (#17927512)

Unless things has drastically improved at Sony, this does not bode well for Venom.

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Re:North Korean Spy to Be Charged in Sony Pictures Hacking by clircle on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:00PM (#17927176)

Care to explain? I don't know much about Spiderman and Marvel.

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Re:North Korean Spy to Be Charged in Sony Pictures Hacking by sillyquiet on Thursday September 06, 2018 @12:41PM (#17927518)

Sorry! See chrisdsalvidar's response above, they outlined it pretty well.

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