Disney has been flexible during the pandemic, constantly changing when (and if) movies went to theaters and how long they stayed there before streaming. On top of that, Disney and Sony have dramatically different streaming strategies.ĭisney has its own streaming service Sony doesn't.
That's also why you can stream some movies on Disney Plus featuring Holland as Spider-Man - but you can't stream any of the Spider-Man specific films there. That's why Holland appears regularly in Disney's Avengers films, and Cumberbatch played Doctor Strange not only in Sony's No Way Home but also in Disney's Multiverse of Madness. She said that Doctor Strange 2 will get reshoots to fix the story and add more cameos that fans expect from this multiverse film.Each company can arrange to "borrow" the characters (and the actors who play them) from the other to be part of its own MCU films. But Randolph didn’t mention any reshoots for the Sony movie. The VFX and box office worries are the reasons that might convince Sony to delay its No Way Home release date again. Image source: Marvel Studios What about the Spider-Man trailers? Given all the hype around it, it could probably reach $2 billion in pre-pandemic times.Įternals poster showing the 10 new Marvel heroes. A film like No Way Home would easily surpass $1 billion if not for the pandemicrun. But an excellent opening weekend isn’t enough. The movie is tracking for a better opening weekend than Black Widow and Shang-Chi. And the studios want to make sure that No Way Home looks as good as possible.Īlso, Sony is reportedly still keeping an eye on the Eternals box office performance. We’re looking at “very tight and stressful deadlines” for special effects. It might be too late for Sony and Marvel to fix No Way Home, but Marvel has plenty of time for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness reshoots.Īside from story issues, both movies are “down to the wire” when it comes to VFX.
Both of these multiverse movies are “kitchen sink” movies, with test audiences identifying issues with their stories. Randolph explained in a video that the MCU’s Spider-Man 3 and Doctor Strange 2 movies have test screening issues.
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