Unlike every other MCU movie (barring The Incredible Hulk), it's Sony – and not Disney or Marvel Studios – which owns the movie rights to Spider-Man.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is not on Disney Plus because of a deal between Sony and Netflix. Netflix will have exclusive access to Sony movies like Across the Spider-Verse for the “pay one window.” This can last up to 18 months, so expect Netflix to have the exclusive license for quite some time.
Well good news, because Spider-Man is coming to Disney+. And not just one Spider-Man, but all three Spider-Men — Peter One, Peter Two, and Peter Three, AND Venom! Coming soon to Disney+, six Spider-Man films will be launching on the streaming service in the U.S.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse can be found on Disney+ in some regions around the world, but in the USA, Disney and Sony do not have a deal to stream Sony's Marvel movies for Disney+, although they recently made a deal for some live-action Spider-Man movies, but not for Into the Spider-Verse.
In the United States, the No Way Home is already streaming on Starz for its Pay 1 Window, which has been since July 2022. Looking at patterns based on how Spider-Man movies were released on Disney+ in the UK, Spider-Man: No Way Home should arrive on Disney+ in the United States in late 2023.
Information about streaming services showing Spider-Man: No Way Home. Our data shows that the Spider-Man: No Way Home is available to stream on Binge, Foxtel Now and Prime Video.
“Spider-Man: Homecoming” and “Venom” will join the service on May 12, 2023.
Have you ever wondered why The Incredible Hulk wasn't on Disney+ before now? It's because this movie was produced by Universal Pictures and Marvel Studios a year before Disney purchased Marvel in 2009.
Unlike other Marvel Studios films, because Sony Pictures created “Venom”, Disney has only licensed the film, along with others in the Spider-Man franchise, for Disney+ internationally. And unfortunately, there are other contracts with other streaming services still in play in many countries like the UK.
As the battle for the legal ownership of Spider-Man continues, Marvel and Sony could both lose the rights to the iconic webslinger as early as 2023. The battle for Spider-Man's legal ownership continues, with both Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures potentially losing the rights to the iconic superhero as early as 2023.
Although Sony still owns the rights to Spider-Man, the two studio giants have finally worked out a deal to allow the character to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies. Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man is also finally joining the MCU catalog.
Am I able to stream Venom 2 on Netflix or Disney Plus? Yes. You are able to access Venom streaming on Netflix but, you won't find Venom on Disney Plus.
Spider-Man: No Way Home has undeniably drawn more attention and discussion than any other Marvel movie post-Avengers: Endgame. But unfortunately, as the wall-crawler rights at tied up at Sony while Marvel Studios only produces the MCU's Spider-Man movies, it's one of few in the franchise absent from Disney+.
Disney wholly bought Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in 2009. This granted Disney ownership over the Marvel Comics publishing imprint, Marvel Studios, and of course, all of the various IPs and characters that fall under what is termed the Marvel Universe, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Since 2006, Marvel has owned the cinematic rights to the Hulk, and that's why the character has been featured in many different MCU movies since 2008. It was only the distribution rights that Marvel didn't own. This wasn't the case for the other Marvel characters upon the Disney acquisition of Marvel.
The films' streaming shuffle has been expected since the massive deal between Sony and Disney in 2021, which kicked into gear the move to bring Sony's “Spider-Man” films and other Marvel properties to Disney+.
Venom 3 was originally expected to arrive sometime in October 2024, but the fact that Sony has moved it up on the schedule suggests that they are confident about delivering the film despite the impact of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes on the production (more on that below).
Venom is one of Spider-Man's most valuable allies in many Marvel stories, but he always has to play the role of villain first. Marvel's Spider-Man 2, the sequel to the 2018 web-slinger game and its 2020 spinoff, Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales, is setting up the classic battle between its Spider-Mans and Venom.
In 2012, Norton told The Hollywood Reporter that he “really, really enjoyed” making the movie and that he decided not to continue playing the character because he didn't want to commit to another Hulk movie.
The Incredible Hulk has arrived on Disney+ finally as the rights to the movie revert back to Marvel/Disney. As you can see below, the official Disney+ account revealed the news. The second MCU movie is finally appearing on the streaming service for the first time.
Complicated Film Rights with Universal Pictures
Universal Studios would have lost the rights to the character if a new deal wasn't renegotiated. The deal was that Marvel Studios would finance The Incredible Hulk in exchange for Universal Pictures distributing the film.
Fans can expect to watch Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on Netflix six months after the film's theatrical release, thus in December 2023. The date seems reasonable considering that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse dropped on Netflix on June 26, 2019, six months after its U.S. release on December 14, 2018.
While not all are there now, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Spider-Man 3, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Venom are available to stream now on Disney+.