Sony-controlled social media accounts, including the official Twitter page for Spider-Man: Far From Home, are facing heat from Spider-Man fans campaigning to keep Tom Holland’s wallcrawler in the Marvel Cinematic Universe following a widely criticized break up with Marvel parent company Disney.
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The latest post from @SpiderManMovie, advertising the newly issued extended cut of Far From Home in theaters, ignited a lengthy thread of replies promising a boycott of both the extended cut and Sony Pictures unless the studio reaches a new pact with Marvel Studios.
Failure to strike a new deal would preclude the involvement of producer Kevin Feige on future Spider-Man pictures, stripping Holland’s Spidey of all ties to Disney-owned characters such as mentor Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), or Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and the Avengers.
According to a recent report from Variety, Sony and Disney met to renegotiate a new deal as long as six months ago, before the expiration of the original five-movie deal that ended with Far From Home. Claims from insiders have been contradicting: one source said it was Sony who no longer wanted a pact with Disney, and another said it was Disney that was “no longer interested” in sharing a busy Feige to work on an IP controlled by Sony.
“You put back Spider-Man in the MCU then we will come watch,” writes one Twitter user. “Otherwise #boycottsonypictures.”
The oft-tweeted hashtag and its variants โ including “Boycott Sony Spider-Man” and “Boycott Sony” โ have been a constant presence on the social media site since August 20, when the public first learned months-long talks between Sony and Disney broke down.
“I’m not seeing any @SonyPictures movie until Spider-Man is back in the MCU and Marvel Studios is overseeing him,” wrote another Twitter user. The sentiment is widespread: the hashtags are posted in response to tweets published by other Sony handles, including @SonyPictures, @Sony and @SonyElectronics.
#SaveSpidey #BoycottSony #SpideyForever #SaveSpiderman
โ ArtisticMisfit | #SaveSpidey (@TheGuise3) August 30, 2019
#boycottsonypictures #SaveSpidermanFromSony
โ BoycottSony (@sony_boycott) August 29, 2019
Holland is still committed to the role and, when teasing Spider-Man 3 over the weekend, said the franchise is “only going to get bigger and better from here.”
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โ The MCU Dude โณ (@MCU_Dude) August 29, 2019
WHEN MCU SPIDERMAN STAYS WE WILL. UNTIL THEN #SAVESPIDERMAN pic.twitter.com/ggya5aU1iJ
โ Ali A | ุนูู (@NotoriousAloush) August 29, 2019
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โ Matt Imperati ๐ฆ (@mimperati86) August 29, 2019
KEEP HIM IN THE MCU
โ mia (@MiaLovesMarvel) August 29, 2019
No.
โ โญ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ซ๐PCD is real (@GranttMarais) August 29, 2019
Not until my spiderman is back in the fucking mcu, thanks.
bring him back into the mcu cowards
โ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ธ (@heatherwooly) August 29, 2019
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You can forget it until you put him back in the MCU #BoycottSonySpiderman
โ The Toucan (@etotoucan) August 29, 2019
BRING BACK THE MCU SPIDERMAN!!!
โ Meghan Barry (@lbigreyhound) August 29, 2019
Nope. Put @TomHolland1996 back in the MCU or you can keep your Wal-Mart discount bin spidey franchise. Hope it flops.
โ Derek Summerville (@D_Summerville) August 29, 2019
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You put back Spider-Man in the MCU then we will come watch. Otherwise #boycottsonypictures pic.twitter.com/tPSM45pdV4
โ L.E. (@MissKillerBunny) August 29, 2019
โ Ken Adams (@KenAdam86776811) August 29, 2019
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Wonโt be giving Sony my money ๐คทโโ๏ธ pic.twitter.com/SwsHZ0nIuU
โ Kevin Rodriguez (@KevinRF45) August 29, 2019
I’m not seeing any @SonyPictures movie until Spider-Man is back in the MCU and Marvel Studios is overseeing him.
โ Stephen T. (@GoshZilla) August 29, 2019
I only support MCU Spider-Man pic.twitter.com/IjWCxVXdBy
โ Kellen Adams (@Kellen_Adams15) August 29, 2019
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โ Gerardo Antonio (@gerardraooto) August 30, 2019
Can #Spiderman find his way back home to the MCU? #SaveSpidey
โ ๐๐ป๐พ (@kennethdegraaf) August 30, 2019
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Bring Spiderman back
โ Ktulharius| I`m my own shrink (@Ktulharius) August 26, 2019
Fix the deal with Marvel first, won’t buy any of your products otherwise… #SaveSpiderman #SaveSpidey #SaveSpidermanFromSony
โ neothehacker (@neothehackerV2) August 26, 2019
@Sony I know youโll probably disregard my tweet but would you please make a new deal with Disney so that Spider-Man can stay in the MCU? I love Homecoming, Far From Home, Civil War, Infinity War, and Endgame and I would love to see your partnership with Marvel continue for years
โ James Dour (@jrtdour) August 29, 2019
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โ Vladimir (@elventilador25) August 29, 2019
Iโm not paying Sony a cent until they give Disney the rights back.
โ Commentary From A Geek | Google Andrew Yang (@GeekCommentary) August 20, 2019
Why should we now his story won’t be continuing thanks to the separation of marvel and Sony.
โ Arron Bell (@ghostshooter281) August 20, 2019
I *would* typically see this…then today happened…#HateYou3000 pic.twitter.com/iCk2PO5I0O
โ WearyWooloo #bringbacknationaldex (@WWooloo) August 20, 2019
