Sony's Spider-Man Universe

Sony's Spider-Man Universe
Developer	Columbia Pictures
Publisher	Sony
Platforms	As noted below
Released	2002-present
Added to Museum	As noted below

The Sony Spider-Man Universe (SSU) is an American multimedia series by the Sony-owned studio Columbia Pictures that is spearheaded by films and television shows with characters related to the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. It also includes comics and music.

Purchase of Spider-Man film rights

In 1996, Marvel Enterprises went bankrupt. To save the company, the film rights to its most popular characters were sold to various film studios at relatively low prices. The rights to produce Spider-Man films, as well as films based on characters related to Spider-Man, were purchased by Sony.

Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

From 2002 to 2007, Columbia Pictures produced three Spider-Man films. After the release of Spider-Man: No Way Home, which featured all three versions of Spider-Man produced by Sony Pictures, this version of Spider-Man was retroactively referred to by Sony as the Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man.

Films

Title	Studio	Released	Notes
Spider-Man	Sony Pictures Releasing	2002
Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures Releasing	2004
Spider-Man 3	Sony Pictures Releasing	2007
Spider-Man: No Way Home	Marvel Studios	2021	Included the Friendly Neighborhood, MCU, and Amazing Spider-Men.

Amazing Spider-Man

Sony retooled the character into the Amazing Spider-Man films, which featured a different version of Spider-Man. Films featuring the Amazing Spider-Man iteration of the character were released from 2012 to 2014.

Films

Title	Studio	Released	Notes
The Amazing Spider-Man	Sony Pictures Releasing	2012
The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Sony Pictures Releasing	2014
Spider-Man: No Way Home	Marvel Studios	2021	Included the Amazing, MCU, and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Men.

Sharing Spider-Man film rights with Marvel Pictures

Following the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) by Marvel Studios, Sony and Disney, the owners of Marvel, made a deal to bring a new version of Spider-Man into the MCU.

Films

Title	Studio	Released	Notes
Captain America: Civil War	Marvel Studios	2016
Spider-Man: Homecoming	Marvel Studios	2017
Avengers: Infinity War	Marvel Studios	2018
Avengers: Endgame	Marvel Studios	2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home	Marvel Studios	2019
Spider-Man: No Way Home	Marvel Studios	2021	Included the MCU, Amazing, and Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Men.

Sony's Spider-Man Universe

Through Columbia Pictures, Sony also developed its own interconnected cinematic universe based on Spider-Man-related characters. This universe was announced as Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters on May 20, 2017.

On September 1, 2021, Sony rebranded its universe of Spider-Man-related characters as Sony's Spider-Man Universe.

Films

Title	Studio	Released	Notes
Venom	Columbia Pictures	2018
Venom: Let There Be Carnage	Columbia Pictures	2021
Morbius	Sony Pictures Releasing	2022
Madame Web	Sony Pictures Releasing	2024
Kraven the Hunter	Sony Pictures Releasing	2024
Venom 3	Sony Pictures Releasing	2024

Television shows

Title	Studio	Released	Notes
Silk: Spider Society	Sony Pictures Releasing	TBA

Spider-Verse

In this version, Miles Morales trained with an older, more experienced version of Peter Parker. Both interacted with multiple versions of Spider-Man across the multiverse. This multiverse was introduced in 2018.

Films

Title	Studio	Release	Added to museum	Notes
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse	Sony Pictures Animation	2018
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	Sony Pictures Animation	2023
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse	Sony Pictures Animation	2025