Spider-Man: No Way Home was the first (and so far only) film in the pandemic to reach $ 1 billion in global box office, and its streaming strategy certainly helped bring fans together in theaters – as the film was not aired at all.
Last year, we saw an unprecedented number of new theatrical films released in streaming services on the same day they hit theaters. HBO Max, in particular, has become synonymous with practice. But HBO Max not streamed Spider-Man: No way home.
And while actor Tom Holland’s Spider-Man appears routinely in Marvel’s Disney movies, that doesn’t mean the latest Spider-Man movie has been coming close to Disney Plus for a long time.
Sony Pictures is the distributor that released No Way Home and released the film exclusively in theaters.
Will Disney Plus’s Spider-Man: No Way Home air?
Not at any time in the near future, unless Disney and Sony make a new deal.
Spider-Man, as a character, comes from Marvel, but Disney’s Marvel has a complicated deal to share a license with Sony for the Spider-Man characters in the movie. Sony is generally responsible for creating and distributing stand-alone films about the Spider-Man universe, and then Disney’s Marvel can “borrow” movie characters into its own Marvel cinematic universe. That’s why Tom Holland’s Spider-Man appears in the Avengers movies.
That’s why you I can stream some Disney Plus movies starring Holland as Spider-Man – but you it can not broadcast there some of the specific Spider-Man movies.
The same agreement applies to the Venom and Morbius films coming this year. These are Marvel characters, but the movies are distributed by Sony movies, so they won’t be for Disney Plus soon.
You may have read some articles about how Spider-Man movies will come to Disney Plus thanks to a new deal last year. That’s true, but it’s complicated – the deal may not be about No Way Home.
Disney provided a deal with Sony in April to stream some Spider-Man catalogs, as well as Sony films released in theaters between 2022 and 2026. First of all, these theatrical releases for 2022-2026 will not reach Disney Plus for many, many months ; they actually will be first exclusively on Netflix. But since No Way Home cinemas were in 2021, this part of the deal doesn’t apply to him anyway. Second, neither Sony nor Disney confirm when – or even if – No Way Home will be considered a “catalog” movie that can be aired on Disney Plus.
Bottom line: If you hold your breath to broadcast No Way Home at Disney Plus, it will be a long time before you can exhale – if ever.
Will HBO Max be the first to air Spider-Man: No Way Home?
No.
HBO Max is closely related to the concept of streaming on the same day, as it has released more movies this way than any other streaming service. HBO Max aired every Warner Bros. movie. from the 2021 release schedule on the same day they appeared on the big screen, more than a dozen films. that’s why Matrix 4a Warner Bros. movie, airing on HBO Max now.
But that created some misguided hope among movie buffs when all kinds new movie hits in theaters. Without knowing the studio that is distributing this new movie, many people are wondering if this is one of the movies available on HBO Max.
But Spider-Man is being distributed by Sony, not Warner Bros., so it’s not on its way to HBO Max.
Okay, where – and when – will Spider-Man: No Way Home be available for streaming?
Sony has an agreement for its films from 2021 to go first to the first-class Starz cable network, where they are available for viewing on its traditional channels, as well as in the streaming application. So Starz will be the first place you can stream this latest Sony movie.
Traditionally, the film will make its way to Starz approximately six to nine months after its release.
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