Back in the day, Marvel Comics sold off the movie rights to its most popular characters to big studios in order to stay afloat. While most of those rights have been bought back through various mergers and buyouts, Spider-Man is still owned by Sony. Marvel and Sony have been stuck in this ongoing legal battle over the rights to the Spider-Man characters and stories for years and, despite the successes that come from Marvel and Sony working together on Tom Holland’s MCU Spider-Man movies, Sony’s only recent big hit with the character has come from its animated Spider-Verse franchise.