Sony's Spider-Man Universe

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Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel Entertainment. Distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, the films are based on various Marvel Comics characters and properties associated with the character Spider-Man, who is not prominently featured in the franchise. Unlike other shared universes that establish crossovers between entries, the films in the SSU are loosely connected, with greater emphasis on standalone storytelling over interconnectivity. Sony Pictures, which owns the film rights to Spider-Man, began developing an expanded universe featuring supporting characters from the Spider-Man films by December 2013. The studio planned to use The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) to launch several spin-off films focused on Spider-Man villains from the comics, including a Venom film. After the relative critical and financial disappointment of The Amazing Spider...

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