24 months) since Sony and Netflix signed that 'first-pay window' deal, so Disney Plus' 'second-pay window' deal has now been activated. Once that six-month window expires, Sony titles will land on Disney Plus in the 'second-pay window'. Now, Sony films will debut on Netflix in what's called a 'first-pay window', an agreement that allows said movies to join Netflix's back catalog 18 months after they air in cinemas. Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a Spider can. In April 2021, though, The Hollywood Reporter revealed Sony had penned two new deals – with Netflix and Disney Plus – that allows both platforms to distribute Sony's movie library to their userbases. You see, until recently, Sony Pictures – the studio that owns the right to every Spider-Man character – had first-look deals with Netflix and Starz, which saw Sony films debut on these services (in the UK and US, respectively) some time after they launched in theaters. So, what gives? Why have The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Venom: Let There be Carnage, and Morbius been left out? An entangled web of messy licensing deals is the culprit. Pleasing as it is to see six Spider-Man films join Disney Plus' library, the absence of the webslinger's other live-action and animated films from the platform is surprising and baffling in equal measure. (Image credit: Sony Pictures / Marvel Studios) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse isn't coming to Disney Plus yet.
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