Hele aftalen imellem Sony, der i princippet ejer filmrettighederne til Spider-Man, men "lejer" karakteren ud til Marvel, så Tom Holland kan spille med i MCU, er ret indviklet.
Det hele startede dog med at Sonys Amy Pascal og Marvels Kevin Feige mødtes til en række møder, for at finde ud af om karakteren skulle være med i MCU, eller om hvorvidt Marvel skulle være med inde over udviklingen af The Amazing Spider-Man 3 med Andrew Garfield i rollen. Her sagde Feige angiveligt; at Marvel udelukkende var interesserede i at gøre det hele... ja, selv.
"The only way I know how to do anything is to just do it entirely. So why don't you let us do it? Don't think of it as two studios. And don't think of it as giving another studio back the rights. No change of hands of rights. No change of hands of money. Just engage us to produce it," sagde han til hende.
Sådan fremgår det i en ny bog ved navn "The Story of Marvel Studios: The Making of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (via The Direct), og Pascals svar var ret så direkte:
"At first, I was super resentful. I think I started crying and threw him out of my office, or threw a sandwich at him - I'm not sure which... By the fifth movie, we weren't giving them anything new. And I have to be honest about it, we were trying so hard to be different, we even went into places to be different that we shouldn't have."
