If there's a bigger and more gratifying piece of movie news this year then 2015 will end up being a fine vintage indeed. When Sony and Disney broke the news that they would be 'co-operating' on the next installment of the Spiderman franchise a few weeks back, you must have heard the whooping from Space. Not only does this save Sony's floundering efforts to create their own 'Cinematic Universe' - it also means that Spidey gets to play with Stark, Rogers, Banner & Co in future Marvel movies, likely starting with the already 'Avengers-like' Civil War in 2016. In this episode, we examine the finer points of the 'deal' and investigate the implications of a post Raimi/McGuire/Webb/Garfield Spiderman franchise...

Spidey can be in MCU now http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=43403

Garfield didn't want to come back? http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/spider-man/34056/andrew-garfield-opted-not-to-return-to-spider-man-role

Might be Miles Morales... whoever that is?http://www.slashfilm.com/rumor-non-white-spider-man-miles-morales/

More (speculative) options: http://www.slashfilm.com/new-spider-man-casting/

Early candidates: http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/spider-man/34079/spider-man-first-candidates-to-take-over-from-andrew-garfield

Marvel didn't pay a dime to Sony: http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/10/8014927/marvel-not-paying-sony-for-spider-man

New Phase 3 release dates to make room for new MCU Spiderman Movie in 2017 http://www.slashfilm.com/new-marvel-release-dates/

More details at /film: http://www.slashfilm.com/spiderman-marvel-studios/

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