Norrin Radd
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...so we don't have to put up with these shitty movies?
When does Marvel get its film rights back from Fox...
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The rights replenish every time Fox makes a new movie. So the only way Marvel will get the rights back is if Fox fails to make another movie within the number of years specified by the contract.
Norrin Radd
Vice Admiral
In perpetuity? So if Fox decides to make a new movie every two years for the next hundred years...that's that?
Fox has the film rights to X-Men, Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, and Daredevil. Lions Gate has the film rights to the Punisher.
Obviously I can't say that it would be in perpetuity with 100% certainty, but that's likely the case. And Fox wouldn't even have to make a film every two years to extend their rights. It's most likely every four or five years, perhaps even longer. For example, Warren Beatty's hold on the film rights to Dick Tracy only came up for expiry in 2008, and Beatty claims that he earned a contractual extension to 2013 by making a TV special about the character (there's now a lawsuit between Beatty and Tribune Co. about that).
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GAWD I hope not!
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IIRC, Lionsgate distributed Punisher: War Zone but the movie was actually made by Marvel Studios. It's like how Marvel Studios produced The Incredible Hulk & Iron Man but they were distributed by Universal & Paramount (respectively).
On the other hand, there are several Marvel properties that Marvel Studios has no control over. Instead, full creative control is held by whichever studio owns the rights. 20th Century Fox owns Daredevil, Elektra, the Fantastic Four, the Silver Surfer, Wolverine, & the X-Men. Columbia Pictures owns Ghost Rider & Spider-Man. Last I heard, New Line Cinema owned the rights to Blade but I'm not sure if that option has expired or not since the release of Blade Trinity back in 2004.
Regarding 20th Century Fox renewing its options by making new movies: Does that mean that, by making Wolverine, 20th Century Fox has renewed for X# of years their rights to all of their Marvel properties or just the X-Men related ones. I wonder if that was the real reason that they added that unneccessary "X-Men Origins" to the official title of Wolverine, to legally ensure that the movie was sufficiently "recognizably X-Men."
And while we're on the subject, has anyone heard anything regarding the rumors of 20th Century Fox doing a "reboot" Daredevil movie akin to The Incredible Hulk?
No, Punisher: War Zone was a licensed film, not one financed by Marvel Studios and distributed by Lions Gate.
It would just extend their control of the X-Men rights. They'll have to make new Daredevil and FF films to extend those rights.
I would hope if Marvel was doing Punisher, it would have turned way better than that crapfest, oh man was that bad, the previous 2 incarnations were better
I wouldn't doubt if marvel studios had the rights to all those, ie GhostRider, Xmen, Spiderman, Daredevil, Fantastic 4, etc that we would see reboots to those, and I wouldn't mind that at all, esp if they were all set in the same universe
I wouldn't doubt if marvel studios had the rights to all those, ie GhostRider, Xmen, Spiderman, Daredevil, Fantastic 4, etc that we would see reboots to those, and I wouldn't mind that at all, esp if they were all set in the same universe
I read a while ago that Marvel was attempting to get the film rights back to Daredevil. I hope so. I'd like to see them do an actually good Dardevil film because the character has tremendous potential. No another shitfest like the one with Affleck was.
^They wouldn't have any legal cause to.
Personally, I loved Daredevil and I would love to see a direct sequel starring Ben Affleck, Michael Clarke Duncan, & Jon Favreau. I recognize that that will probably never happen. Heck, Jon Favreau said exactly that when I saw him on a talk show last year promoting Iron Man. But I like the character enough that I hope they'll do another movie even with a different cast. I hope it's more of a soft reboot.
I was kinda lukewarm towards Fantastic Four & Ghost Rider. I'll see the sequels if they make them but I don't think the concepts are that interesting.
I really can't see anything wrong with the Spider-Man or X-Men movie franchises that they need rebooting. They don't need a reboot. They just need the next movies to be better.
Personally, I loved Daredevil and I would love to see a direct sequel starring Ben Affleck, Michael Clarke Duncan, & Jon Favreau. I recognize that that will probably never happen. Heck, Jon Favreau said exactly that when I saw him on a talk show last year promoting Iron Man. But I like the character enough that I hope they'll do another movie even with a different cast. I hope it's more of a soft reboot.
I was kinda lukewarm towards Fantastic Four & Ghost Rider. I'll see the sequels if they make them but I don't think the concepts are that interesting.
I really can't see anything wrong with the Spider-Man or X-Men movie franchises that they need rebooting. They don't need a reboot. They just need the next movies to be better.
Daredevil wasn't that bad. The only problem I had with it was the quickie ending fighting the Kingpin. They should have saved that for the sequel, built him up more as a villain. Besides wasn't the DD movie very faithful to the comics? FF and GR sucked, though. Yet ironically I somewhat enjoyed FF2 even if they completely pussified Galactus! I want a giant purple dude with a funny helmet dammit!!!
So the general conceit is if Marvel gets the movie rights back, there is a 0% chance of them making a movie that people don't like?
And I thought I've heard definitions of "dumb" before today.
As long as "fans" are out there, people will not be pleased.
And I thought I've heard definitions of "dumb" before today.
As long as "fans" are out there, people will not be pleased.
Oh, really. The implication is that Marvel is better at handling their own properties; based on the two films so far (though that's a very small sample size), it's an acceptable conclusion.
It's once every five years, from what I understand, but, probably, yes. Wolverine means they have the rights to the X-Men characters though 2014; various other projects are being talked about in the meantime.
FOX is skirting on losing the Daredevil rights, though; Elektra reset the clock, but that's almost up.
Er, no. Why on Earth would you think they could do that? They signed a contract, and unless Fox violated a provision somewhere, there'd be no grounds.
CaptainHawk1
Commodore
FAIL.
P:WZ was the only Punisher film that actually got the character and the story right.
I disagree. Spreading the rights amongst different studios was crucial in getting a lot of these films made, which allowed them to build up a movie brand name and get the financing to launch Marvel Studios.
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