Every Spider-Man film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe has seen the title hero share the screen with other famous faces from the franchise. Sony’s deal with Marvel Studios gives it access to MCU characters in its solo Spider-Man films, making those projects more clearly part of the larger universe. Sony has certainly cashed in, as across four Spider-Man movies, Tom Holland’s Peter Parker has met other huge figures like Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), The Punisher (Frank Bernthal), and Jean Grey (Sadie Sink) of the X-Men.

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