Wow. Is this news to anyone?

I don't think this was public knowledge before, but I suppose it makes sense since Kingpin is as much a Spider-Man villain as he is Daredevil. I assume Sony owns his film rights, but Marvel is still able to use him on TV, so maybe they could get him in a Spider-Man movie at least? D'Onofrio doesn't even seem confident about that though, so who knows.

If you weren't aware (be grateful), there have been tons of channels appearing on YouTube these last few years that post fake "concept" trailers while clearly hiding the fact that they're "concept" trailers to attract views, and mostly Marvel movies. And goddamn are they good at getting clicks

https://deadline.com/2025/03/youtube-ad-revenue-fake-movie-trailer-screen-culture-1236354143/

“[Marvel’s] doing great,” said Jordan, who is one of the MCU’s all-time great villains after playing Erik Killmonger in “Black Panther” and its sequel. “They’ll get it back.”

One comic book tentpole Jordan hopes Marvel gets off the ground is its long-in-the-works “Blade” movie. First announced in 2019 with Mahershala Ali tapped to play the eponymous vampire hunter, “Blade” has been through various writers and directors. Marvel officially took the movie off its release calendar last fall.

“Launching any franchise, it’s tough,” Jordan said. “I hope it gets together. I want to see a ‘Blade’ movie, you know what I’m saying? The ‘Blade’ franchise was everything.”

The MCU version of Spider-Man is a guaranteed $1 billion movie franchise. All three movies have earned in excess of a billion dollars, with the only other Marvel Studios franchises able to do that are ensemble cast movies like the Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy. From that alone, Tom Holland's Spider-Man track record beats out MCU pillars like Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, Chris Evans' Captain America, and even the MCU's longest-running solo franchise star in Chris Hemsworth's Thor.

But when you look at it further, Tom Holland's Spider-Man does that while also keeping its budget relatively modest by modern blockbuster standards. Adjusted for inflation, all 3 Spider-Man movies are in the bottom third of budgets - hovering around $190m to $230m. In comparison, time has shown you can't make a Captain America movie for less than $230m (unless Brave New World indeed hits their $180m budget), a Guardians movie for less than $250m, or an Avengers movie for less than $300m. 

Looking even deeper, the second Tom Holland movie - Spider-Man: Far From Home - has the unique distinction of being the lowest-budgeted of all MCU movies to date, adjusted for inflation. It comes in at a respectable $195.2m, beating out the original Iron Man ($203m), the first Thor ($208.5m), and everything else.

When you combine those two things - a relatively low budget with a $1b+ track record of revenue, you end up with the three Spider-Man movies making the most for the least for Marvel Studios and Columbia Pictures.

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