What Should Sony Do With 'The Amazing Spider-Man' With Amy Pascal Leaving The Studio?

Yesterday, Hollywood was rocked by the not entirely unexpected news that Amy Pascal was stepping down from her role as co-chairman of Sony to launch her own production company with the studio. The big question may be what will happen with 'The Amazing Spider-Man' franchise when Pascal officially leaves her gig in May. As everyone knows by now, the series is in serious flux. "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" was the lowest grossing entry in the franchise's history, which is not a good look for a building block to a third movie and spinoffs. Last summer, Sony announced it would push back "The Amazing Spider-Man 3" to 2018, and would prepare the villain-centric spin-off "Sinister Six" for a November 11, 2016 release. These were all decisions made on Pascal's watch, but one can only imagine with her foot halfway out the door, there may be some other executives with different ideas as such. Indeed, there was been much rumor mongering about Sony and Marvel...