Even though the studio has failed at least twice over to build a sustainable franchise based around everybody’s favorite web-slinging superhero, the rapid expansion of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe underlines that the ghost isn’t being given up without a fight.
Having already canned Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4 when development was already well underway, the company then did the exact same thing again when The Amazing Spider-Man series was dumped after only two installments, nixing plans for a multitude of sequels and spinoffs – several of which already had release dates locked in.