There is no Way I Was Not Going to Weigh in of This One.
I'm not sure if there is nay geek new out there getting more attention than the big Sony/Disney split right now. The basic story is that Disney tried to renegotiate the deal they had with Sony over the Spider-Man films. Disney wanted a bigger piece of the pie from the stand along films, openly offering to take on a bigger piece of the expense with it. Sony said they were happy with the deal they had. Now if Sony does full walk away from the deal with Disney/Marvel, what does that mean? Well, since the present reboot of Spider-Man has been solidly connected to the MCU, with a strong hint that Spidey was going to continue Tony Stark's legacy, it would almost be a full reboot to make the stories work. The last two Spider-man stand along films have been firmly planted in the MCU with those stories connected to the greater story line. There would suddenly be a lot of history that would just have to be forgotten and over looked, creating some awkward retconning in order to make