Avi Arad is a prominent Hollywood producer best known for his involvement in the Spider-Man series. He is now incredibly despised by fans, however, for a variety of reasons. He pushed Venom into Sam Raimi‘s Spider-Man 3, and he also came up with all the confusing drivel of The Amazing Spider-Man duology.
On the years 1998 Blade, he received his first executive producer credit. And on the years 2003 daredevilhe received his first legitimate full production credit.
Since then, he has added his name to numerous films, including Into the Spider-Verse, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man. He obviously has experience with the crawler.
The worst deal
The Sony and Marvel deal
In an excerpt from Sean O’Connell’s book With Great Power which was posted on Reddit, Arad called the deal “the worst deal”. “He accused Marvel’s Amy Pascal and Sony’s Michael Lynton of brokering a deal purely for monetary benefit.
Avi Arad Blasts MCU Spider-Man Movies In New Book – “They Did It For The Money. Terrible.” of MarvelStudiosSpoilers
Arad says, “In the interview that’s part of the book, it was a financial decision.” Terrible,
similar to giving your children up for adoption just because you don’t know what to do with them.
Fans Think Avi Arad Is Bad For Spider-Man
Avi Arad Ruined Both Previous Spider-Man Franchises
Many fans and industry insiders believe Avi Arad killed off the previous two Spider-Man movie franchises.
Even though Sam Raimi had no idea for Venom in his original Spider-Man script. Avi Arad deliberately coerced Sam into including the character.
Sony and Avi Arad treated Andrew Garfield badly because he opposed the direction taken by the 2014 sequel.
Avi Arad, thinking merchandise sales, imposed characters and plot points that didn’t sit well with the fans and the story.
After all, Spider-Man: No Way Home earned over $1 billion, and that’s not including the additional $2 billion earned by the first two standalone MCU movies.
After that, the character appeared in three more MCU films, which collectively grossed nearly $6 billion.
Needless to say, this was a huge financial win for both parties. Additionally, it breathed new life into the Spider-Man IP by allowing him to step into a larger superhero universe and later share the stage with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield.
