Unsurprisingly, the split happened over money. Disney wanted a 50-50 co-financing deal. Sony wasn’t having it. Disney offered a more modest deal. Sony wouldn’t budge. It seemed like they were at a stalemate, so the whole thing was dropped. 

But then tiny little Tom Holland came knocking at their doors, armed with viral hashtags and all the fan support, and both parties softened a bit. “In the end,” THR reports, “the new deal had something for everyone. Sidney won a considerable stake in a new movie, up from a nominal producing fee that sources say amounted to less than 5 percent of the gross for each of the first two Spider-Man films.” And Sony, well, Sony’s back on our good side, for now.