Which Property Will Marvel Regain The Film Rights?

Discussion in 'Science Fiction & Fantasy' started by Trek4Ever, Aug 28, 2014.

  1. Trek4Ever

    Trek4Ever Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

    Joined:
    Feb 9, 2005
    Location:
    Florida and Beyond
    Back when Marvel was bankrupt, they sold the film rights to its hottest properties to different film studios, which is why Spider-Man is at Sony, X-Men with Fox and so on. Ever since the first Iron Man came out, Marvel has been systematically regaining the rights to its characters like Daredevil and Ghost Rider.

    The last properties Marvel Studios cannot do are Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four. Will a time come when Marvel will regain any of these rights and which ones? Of course, it may not matter to most people as long as the movies based on those characters are good.

    But with the negative buzz the FF reboot is getting and the tired state of Sony's Spider-Man and the success of Marvel Studios there is an undeniable groundswell for Marvel to regain those film rights. Of course Sony and Fox aren't idiots and won't sell back the rights but is there any chance at all?
     
  2. sojourner

    sojourner Admiral In Memoriam

    Joined:
    Sep 4, 2008
    Location:
    Just around the bend.
    Sony and Fox could care less if there is a "groundswell". As long as they can fulfill the contractual obligations they can keep the rights. Which is why we got the Roger Corman FF back in the 90's.
     
  3. Kelthaz

    Kelthaz Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Apr 28, 2005
    Location:
    Toronto, Ontario
    Never going to happen. The amount of money that Marvel would have to offer to get back Spider-Man or the X-Men would exceed the GDP of most countries.
     
  4. Skywalker

    Skywalker Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Feb 24, 2005
    I do think that if Sony continues down their current path, they'll continue to experience diminishing returns and wear the property out, and Disney/Marvel will be able to make an offer.

    I don't see Fox giving up the X-Men any time soon (which is fine by me, I like having the X-Men in their own universe), but if Trank's Fantastic Four movie bombs, maybe they'll give up on that property.
     
  5. Pingfah

    Pingfah Fleet Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Feb 28, 2005
    Location:
    Pingfah
    Interesting, I did not know any of this.

    I will say though, that all the Spider-man, X-Men and Fantastic Four movies were pretty boring to me, they all just seem to lack a spark. On the other hand, Iron Man, Avengers and the related movies have been far superior, much smarter, snappier and funnier.
     
  6. Turtletrekker

    Turtletrekker Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Aug 23, 2003
    Location:
    Tacoma, Washington
    Isn't Namor the Submariner still at Universal? If so, I could see Marvel reaquiring that as Universal doesn't seem inclined to do anything with it.
     
  7. sojourner

    sojourner Admiral In Memoriam

    Joined:
    Sep 4, 2008
    Location:
    Just around the bend.
    I thought Namor was in the next FF movie?
     
  8. Greg Cox

    Greg Cox Admiral Premium Member

    Joined:
    May 12, 2004
    Location:
    Lancaster, PA
    I'm inclined to agree. The latest Spidey and X-Men movies each made over $200 million domestically. Why on Earth would Sony or Fox want to give Marvel back the rights if they don't have to?

    And let's not write the new FF movie off, sight unseen, just because of the usual hand-wringing on the internet. Remember, it wasn't all that long ago that lots of folks were arguing strenuously that GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY was going to be Marvel's first big flop, that the original comics were too weird or too obscure for general audiences, that nobody in the world wanted a Rocket Racoon movie, etc. Heck, I remember people predicting that Sam Raimi's first Spider-Man movie was going to flop because (gasp!) organic webshooters!

    We haven't even seen a second of footage from the new FF movie. For all we know, it could do perfectly well at the box office.
     
  9. sojourner

    sojourner Admiral In Memoriam

    Joined:
    Sep 4, 2008
    Location:
    Just around the bend.
  10. Mr. Laser Beam

    Mr. Laser Beam Fleet Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    May 10, 2005
    Location:
    Confederation of Earth
    ^ Ew. That last one looks like he's just hung himself! :(
     
  11. sojourner

    sojourner Admiral In Memoriam

    Joined:
    Sep 4, 2008
    Location:
    Just around the bend.
    <Blazing Saddles>
    "They said you was hung!"

    "And they was right!"
    </Blazing Saddles>
     
  12. Gaith

    Gaith Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    May 11, 2008
    Location:
    Oregon
    A few nerds griping online does not a groundswell make, undeniable or otherwise.

    [​IMG]
     
  13. Ethros

    Ethros Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Nov 4, 2001
    Location:
    1123 6536 5321
  14. the G-man

    the G-man Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Oct 22, 2010
    Location:
    to your immediate right
    They keep making decisions like this and marvel will get the right back.
     
  15. bbjeg

    bbjeg Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    May 24, 2013
    Location:
    Right here buddy.
    I agree, that Doom looks like crap.
     
  16. Captaindemotion

    Captaindemotion Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    May 26, 2001
    Location:
    Ireland
    A point worth remembering is that Marvel studios can only make so many movies a year. If they owned FF, Spidey and X-Men, then in order to make films of them, they'd have to forgo something else in the current MCU.

    So while it would be nice to see Spider-man or Wolverine hang out with the Avengers, it might mean, for example, we wouldn't have gotten a GOTG movie, as losing some of its biggest names has meant that Marvel has had to be a little more imaginative and less obvious in how it uses its back catalogue for the big screen.
     
  17. Takeru

    Takeru Space Police Commodore

    Joined:
    Sep 6, 2007
    Location:
    Germany, EU, Earth
    I hope they don't regain the rights to Spider-Man and X-men, if they had them we wouldn't gave gotten most of the MCU we have, at best it would have been a standalone Avengers movie in addition to Marvel's Spider-Man and X-Men.

    I also agree that the X-men are better off in their own universe, Spidey would work in the MCU but I like him having solo adventures more than him being part of a team.

    Basically X-Men and Spider-man being at other studios means more Marvel stuff makes it to the big screen, that's a good thing imo.
     
  18. AvBaur

    AvBaur Captain Captain

    Joined:
    Feb 11, 2006
    Location:
    Berlin, Germany
    If the new FF film is a huge flop, I could see Fox letting the rights go. X-Men and Spider-Man otoh would probably need a number of big flops in a row for the studios to ever consider giving them back to Marvel. I don't see that happening anytime soon.
     
  19. TemporalFlux

    TemporalFlux Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Sep 13, 2002
    Location:
    The End of Time
    Trank's Fantastic Four is going to bomb; and I believe you'll see Fox let the rights run out like they did on Daredevil. It's not going to be a willing handover; they'll make Marvel wait through the entire time (which if Daredevil is an indication, Marvel could be left waiting ten years).
     
  20. Set Harth

    Set Harth Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Mar 10, 2010
    Location:
    Annwn
    I so want to see Wolverine in an Avengers film even though I know it's not going to happen.