What if Marvel Entertainment was acquired by Sony?

In 2009, The Walt Disney Company acquired for US$4 billion; it has been a limited liability company (LLC) since then. For financial reporting purposes, Marvel is primarily reported as part of Disney's Consumer Products segment ever since Marvel Studios' reorganization into.

However, what if another company acquired Marvel instead of Disney? In this AU, Sony of America, who already had a deal with Marvel to produce film and television content based on Spider-Man, acquired the company in 2009, being a subsidiary of it since then.

This theory is interconnected to What if Comcast acquired The Walt Disney Company back in 2004?.

List of changes

 * Marvel Entertainment would be a subsidiary of Sony of America, later transferring it to the newly-created division in 2012.
 * On the other hand, Marvel Studios, Marvel Television and Marvel Animation would be integrated into Sony Pictures Entertainment and Marvel Music into.
 * All films in the MCU would be distributed by Columbia Pictures starting with Iron Man 2, while its television series would be produced by Sony Pictures Television.
 * Sony would acquire the film and television rights for X-Men and Fantastic Four from 20th Century Fox, with all films starting with X-Men: First Class being integrated into the MCU.
 * Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man film series would be integrated into the MCU, with Andrew Garfield being Peter Parker/Spider-Man in this universe.
 * Fantastic Four and Dark Phoenix would be rewritten in order to have a better storyline and avoid their negative reception.
 * Johnny Storm/Human Torch would be recasted, especially since Michael B. Jordan went to play Erik Killmonger on Black Panther.
 * Since it was based on a Marvel comic book series, Big Hero 6 would be produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Marvel Animation instead of Walt Disney Animation Studios.
 * Video games based on Marvel properties would be published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, making them exclusive to the PlayStation consoles.
 * The only exception are Lego games, being licensed to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, making them available to PC and Mac, as well as the Xbox and Nintendo consoles.
 * Rides based on Marvel properties would still be licensed to NBCUniversal for its theme parks.
 * The Spectacular Spider-Man and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes would get two additional seasons.

Phase One

 * Iron Man 2 (2010)
 * Thor (2011)
 * X-Men: First Class (2011)
 * Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
 * Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
 * The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

Phase Two

 * Iron Man 3 (2013)
 * The Wolverine (2013)
 * Thor: The Dark World (2013)
 * Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
 * The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
 * X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
 * Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
 * Ant-Man (2015)
 * /Fantastic Four/ (2015)

Phase Three

 * Deadpool (2016)
 * /Captain America: Civil War/ (2016)
 * Doctor Strange (2016)
 * X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
 * /Fantastic Four: Doom/ (2017)
 * Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
 * /The Amazing Spider-Man 3/ (2017)
 * Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
 * Black Panther (2017)
 * /Avengers: Infinity War/ (2018)
 * Deadpool 2 (2018)
 * Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
 * Venom (2018)
 * Captain Marvel (2019)
 * /Avengers: Endgame/ (2019)
 * /Dark Phoenix/ (2019)
 * /The Amazing Spider-Man 4/ (2019)

Phase Four

 * Black Widow (2020)
 * The Eternals (2020)
 * /Wolverine Returns/ (2020)
 * Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
 * Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness (2021)
 * Thor: Love and Thunder (2021)

Animated

 * Big Hero 6 (2014)
 * Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

Live-action

 * Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (ABC, 2013-present)
 * Agent Carter (ABC, 2015-2016)
 * Daredevil (Sony Crackle, 2015-2018)
 * Jessica Jones (Sony Crackle, 2015-2019)
 * Luke Cage (Sony Crackle, 2016-2018)
 * Iron Fist (Sony Crackle, 2017-2018)
 * Legion (FX, 2017-present)
 * The Defenders (Sony Crackle, 2017)
 * Inhumans (ABC, 2017)
 * The Punisher (Sony Crackle, 2017-2019)
 * Runaways (Sony Crackle, 2017-present)
 * Cloak and Dagger (TeenNick, 2018-present)

Animated

 * /The Spectacular Spider-Man/ (The CW/Cartoon Network, 2008-2011)
 * /The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes/ (Cartoon Network, 2010-2015)
 * [Ultimate happening later or a different show]
 * [Assemble happening later or a different show]
 * Big Hero 6: The Series (Cartoon Network, 2017-present)