^ Possibly. I'd love to see a big list of characters and teams with the respective right holders, but can't see to turn up anything comprehensive.
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
Fictitiously yours, Trent Roman
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Y'know that's why I really wish Marvel would take back all the "movie rights" they sold over the years to Sony and Fox and just do a deal like they did with Iron Man and Hulk, just release it through their studios, they've got the distro rights, but Marvel owns the characters and can do whatever the fuck they want to do with them. I mean its called the Marvel UNIVERSE "YOUR UNIVERSE!" not the Marvel "Marvel seperate owned properties under a publishing banner."
C'mon suits at Marvel. Get it done. So says Robau, Pike and of course DOOM!
C'mon suits at Marvel. Get it done. So says Robau, Pike and of course DOOM!
They can't just take the rights back. There are contracts in place, and Fox and Sony aren't going to alter those contracts and give up the rights voluntarily because they make much more money by controlling the rights themselves. Paramount just gets a distribution fee from distributing Marvel Studio's self-financed films. Almost all of the profit goes to Marvel (and Marvel will take the loss in the event of a flop). Universal agreed to give the rights to Hulk back to become a distributor because they didn't want to bankroll another Hulk film themselves. The same isn't true of Fox and Sony in respect of their Marvel properties.
Does anyone know how long Sony and Fox have left on their contracts?
The contracts don't have expiry dates as such. Their hold on the rights are extended each time they make a film within the necessary time frame. Marvel will only get the rights back if they fail to make a new film in a timely manner. The number of years they have between films will vary from contract to contract, but it's thought that their deal with Marvel likely allows them five years between films.
The only licensed property that seems like it may revert back to Marvel soon is Daredevil (unless Fox moves quickly and gets a reboot made soon).
The only licensed property that seems like it may revert back to Marvel soon is Daredevil (unless Fox moves quickly and gets a reboot made soon).
I want to see Ryan Kwanten (from True Blood) play Captain America.
Though, I could settle for Alexander Skarsgard.
Though, I could settle for Alexander Skarsgard.
Always kinda thought that one tall blonde lawyer dude from the first couple seasons of Boston Legal would have been an excellent Captain America, he's got the right look, the right build, and oddly even the right voice.
He's one of the most-mentioned contenders, but he's way too old at this point. Cap's early 20s at the point this film is set.
Well, make up can kinda fix that. Although hell, the dude'll be behind a mask for like half the movie right?
Although what COULD work would be a little CGI-face enhancement to make him look a bit younger during the early part of the film, then maybe the end, the ystop using it to show how the war sort of weathered him. Super soldier or no, I'm sure many men came out with a few more wrinkles and a bit more 'aged' after the War. I mean, look at Iron Man, Tony Stark is probably maaaaybe in his 30s, but RDJr is what? In his 40s now? And it works. Cap and Tony should be similar in physical age. Otherwise its like having Zac Efron giving Mel Gibson orders, its just silly.
Although what COULD work would be a little CGI-face enhancement to make him look a bit younger during the early part of the film, then maybe the end, the ystop using it to show how the war sort of weathered him. Super soldier or no, I'm sure many men came out with a few more wrinkles and a bit more 'aged' after the War. I mean, look at Iron Man, Tony Stark is probably maaaaybe in his 30s, but RDJr is what? In his 40s now? And it works. Cap and Tony should be similar in physical age. Otherwise its like having Zac Efron giving Mel Gibson orders, its just silly.
His age is kind of indeterminate in the comics; from his debut he was clearly a fairly experienced businessman and inventor in a late 30s/early 40s state, but since comics characters never get too old, he's lingered there ever since.
One of the issues with casting Steve as a character is that he's only in his 20s during World War II and when he gets defrosted, but he acts like someone considerably older than that. Casting a 40something won't work.
Yep.
Hence why a 40 something isn't a bad thing. I know that was always one of the funny things about Cap was that he probably isn't really that much past his 30s even by the time he died, yet he acted and even talked far older than he was physically. Of course the SSS is supposed to retard his aging too, so he could be quite old and still be somewhat youthful.
I dunno, I guess I just don't trust some of the younger actors to really pull off a convincing, leaderly, iconic guy like Rogers. Younger guy for the WW2 stuff, but I dunno... and remember the freezing didn't completely STOP his aging, it just sort of suspended him a bit, preserving him, but I think he would still age a bit after being defrosted.
I dunno, I guess I just don't trust some of the younger actors to really pull off a convincing, leaderly, iconic guy like Rogers. Younger guy for the WW2 stuff, but I dunno... and remember the freezing didn't completely STOP his aging, it just sort of suspended him a bit, preserving him, but I think he would still age a bit after being defrosted.
darkwing_duck1
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The closer to 20 the better, and certainly no more than 25.
darkwing_duck1
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The reason he "talks older" is because of what he went through in the war and before...remember, Cap grew up during the Depression, and "youth" as we know it was not something he had the luxury of.
Also, the general type of manners a young man was expected to have would seem "older" than what we would expect out of a contemporary 20-something. He isn't older physically, just "older fashioned", as it were.
