I like the idea that all Spider-man films are just remakes of the first Sam Raimi one, like that production company who only had the rights to make Bond as long as it was Thunderball.
It's because the contract sony signed with marvel back in the day stipulated that they must create a new Spider-Man movie every few years or lose the rights.
The contract specifies two key production windows:
Sony must start production within 3 years and 9 months after the previous film's release
They must release the next film within 5 years and 9 months after the previous film's release
There's also an important exception: if Sony releases three pictures within eight consecutive years, they can extend these deadlines to 5 years for starting production and 7 years for release
I saw that cartoon on my feed and it looks like the most unnecessary, almost exact copy of the Tom holland version, but in cartoon. Why? Nothing new and it just uses the same aesthetic as the movie
Its a different story overall, and just to say its actually much better than I was expecting.
The character designs match, but it is absolutely not the MCU story. Norman Osborn becomes Peter's mentor, not Stark, which should speak to how different it becomes.
I’ve watched part of it and really enjoy it so far. To say there’s nothing new I don’t think is right. It presents a lot of classic Spider-Man tropes and intentionally swerves them.
It got solid reviews on IMDB, which is usually how I judge the worthiness of shows.
It's 99% new and different from the MCU. The 1% are small nods to the MCU.
For example in both Peter is out and finds a broken DVD player, then he brings it home and tells May how excited he is that someone threw away a perfectly functioning (obviously broken) DVD player. All the while missing that his future mentor is on the couch, talking to May.
Or as the series progresses we learn that certain events that occured in the MCU also exist in this world.
Overall however it is a completely new Spider-Man. (Yes, Spider-Man interacts with well know Spider-Man characters, but not following any previously written story.)
If things continue like they are currently, I would not be surprised to see a new Spiderman movie in the next 5 - 10 years that's just "Spider-Man" "The Spider-Man" or "Spider-Man One".
If you're talking about the flash cameo, many fans were quick to point out that it had its ears digitally removed. That wasn't BatMan. That was Man.
20th Centurt Fox owned the televised rights to Batman, meaning without permission from Disney there are no new televised appearances of him. Even the Batman animated series were on Fox.
I think even Teen Titans original series excluded Batman.
There are different rights and types of ownership for these things. One person can own the merchandising rights while another owns the rights to distribute media.
I wish they would stop remaking these stories, just keep the story line going and change actors along the way as they age out. How many people actually care about which actor is playing the hero this movie?
It's been a couple of months since the new animated "Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man" came out. Maybe they're out looking for an even younger Aunt May?