Sony’s sloppy Spider-Man universe gets even messier with Spider-Noir

The article argues that Sony’s Spider-Man projects remain inconsistent, with the acclaimed Spider-Verse films showing what the studio can do when it embraces inventive storytelling. A new Spider-Noir project could expand that creativity, but it also threatens to make Sony’s already muddled web of Spider-Man-adjacent stories harder to follow.

Sony is still trying to turn Spider-Man rights into a broader franchise without relying entirely on Marvel Studios, but its track record outside animation has been uneven. The challenge is whether character-focused spinoffs can feel essential rather than like rights-driven extensions of a brand.