Kevin Feige had an all-hands-on-deck approach on how Marvel Studios convinced Sony to drop their plans for The Amazing Spider-Man 3. Years after the end of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, Sony rebooted the franchise and launched a new version of the character played by Andrew Garfield. The first two films in the franchise were directed by Marc Webb, with plans for a third one that, unfortunately, didn't come to fruition.

Marvel Studios had something to do with the decision to not push through with The Amazing Spider-Man 3. The infamous Sony leak revealed that the studio wasn't exactly sure how to move forward after The Amazing Spider-Man 2 became a disappointment. At that time, the budding universe also included several spin-offs such as Venom and the Sinister Six on top of the aforementioned threequel. Feige reached out to then Sony Pictures Chairperson Amy Pascal in an effort to help. The MCU mastermind bluntly suggested that they allow Marvel Studios to handle the web-slinging hero's next big-screen appearance.

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Apparently, to really sell the idea to Sony, Feige rounded all executive producers at Marvel Studios to brainstorm their plan of action. As revealed in The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, they organized a retreat in Santa Monica, but those invited didn't know beforehand what it was really for. Once there, Feige asked everyone's opinion about how this potential sharing of Spider-Man could work and what kind of stories they wanted to do with the iconic Marvel hero.

"With not time to spare, Feige announced an 'all hands on deck' situation: Every executive producer at Marvel studios had to be a part of a secret, two-day-long, off-site retreat, held in a rented hotel space in Santa Monica. No one else at Marvel Studios was told about what they were doing, just that it was a 'get-together.'

In that closed room, two questions were posed: If there were an opportunity to broker some kind of deal with Sony, how would it work? And if they leveraged something like a five-picture deal, what stories would they want to tell?"

Peter Parker holding a dead Gwen Stacy in his arms in The Amazing Spider-Man 2

It obviously worked since Tom Holland was eventually cast as MCU's Spider-Man. He then went on to debut in Captain America: Civil War and became a quick fan favorite. The five-picture deal mentioned in the excerpt, ultimately, became a six-picture agreement, and Marvel Studios breezed through that. So far, the actor has played the role five times already, with a sixth appearance coming up via Spider-Man: No Way Home. The threequel is dubbed the culmination of the Spider-Man franchise, and it could very well be  — at least in terms of the character's MCU arc. Based on the revamped Marvel Studios and Sony deal, the former can only feature the wall-crawler in one more standalone and another project.

Obviously, this doesn't mean that they can't renegotiate new terms, especially now that Venom: Let There Be Carnage has established a connection with MCU's Spider-Man films. As for Garfield's canceled The Amazing Spider-Man 3 film, it's worth noting that it wasn't the actor's fault that Sony's plan didn't work. In fact, he was very good in the role — so much so that fans are holding out hope that rumors about his return in Spider-Man: No Way Home turns out to be true.

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Source: The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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