Marvel's most exciting franchise could be in big trouble

As hard as it may be to remember these days, there is more to Marvel than just the MCU. The franchise used to be widespread, Fox handled X-Men and the mutants, Sony handled Spider-Man, and everything else was the domain of Disney and the MCU. But since Disney now owns Fox and Deadpool and Wolverine As the two universes merge, the field is increasingly narrowing down to the MCU and Sony, who in turn have joined forces for the MCU's Spider-Man films.

Only Sony has had some success with its own Spider-Man projects, but now trouble seems to be brewing for one of its most exciting franchises – and it could mean the end of a TV empire before it even begins.

Accordingly puckSony Pictures Television is unlikely to renew its contract with Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the filmmaking team behind the 2018 Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and its sequel, Across the Spider-VerseIn 2019, the duo signed a five-year, nine-figure deal in hopes of rebooting the Spider-Man franchise for television, but not much has come of it.

So far, only the following projects have been announced from the deal: Silk: Spider Societya female-directed version of the Spider-Man story, and the upcoming Spider-Vers spin off Spider Noira live-action series starring Nicolas Cage as the black-and-white superhero he voiced in the animated films. silk was given the green light by Amazon, but development was halted after two years while Lord and Miller were apparently involved in budget disputes with Spider Noir.

Could this be the end of the Sony Spider-Verse before it even really begins? The movie side of the universe isn't looking much healthier thanks to the failure of . Madame Web. Spider Noir is currently still under development and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Versethe third animated Miles Morales film, is still in the works, but that's it.

The future of Spider-Man media as we know it may depend on Spider Noiran expensive, experimental series. A live-action adaptation of an animated supporting character is a big risk, although with the well-known Cage as the star, there is still a chance of success. If it is enough to gain a fan base, Spider-Man could find a footing on television. If not… well, there are always the Spider-Verse movies and endless rewatches of Morbius, However, this is far from what Sony originally had in mind.