"Much of today’s news about Spider-Man has mischaracterized recent discussions about Kevin Feige’s involvement in the franchise. We are disappointed, but respect Disney’s decision not to have him continue as a lead producer of our next live action Spider-Man film. We hope this might change in the future, but understand that the many new responsibilities that Disney has given him—including all their newly added Marvel properties—do not allow time for him to work on IP they do not own. Kevin is terrific and we are grateful for his help and guidance and appreciate the path he has helped put us on, which we will continue."

Seems like a real lazy way to try and spin their way out of the negative press.

Also worth mentioning that Disney wasn't just asking for 50% of the profit, they were asking for Sony to kick in 50% of the production costs, which were previously being handled mostly by Marvel in exchange for the character.

In other words, Disney did Sony a lot of favors just to get Spider-Man in Civil War and Avengers, and in an argument over billions of dollars in which everybody wins either way except the audience one of the ways, it's hard to side with Sony here.


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