 |
| Although, Spiderman looks like a natural for the Avengers in comic book land, all is not well in movie land :( |
 |
| Marvel Studios |
 |
| Fox Studios |
Right off the bat, let me explain one thing, Marvel before finding out that its comic book movies were very, very lucrative would allow other movie studios to buy the creative rights (under contract) to their comic book characters in order to put them on the big screen. Then Marvel wised up, and they got bought by Disney. Subsequently, they started making some really good movies (Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Avengers) and as the comics saw a new resurgence and new readers were becoming somewhat knowledgable, they started asking for more (mainly in the form of crossovers or team roster expansions). Unfortunately, the Marvel characters that were bought by other movie studios were and are still by contract, not Marvel's movie making property. So as long as Marvel doesn't own these properties we the comic fans (old and new) will never see them together in a movie.
So here is as far as I know, which movie properties belong to which studios. If the two characters or teams you're looking to see in the same movie aren't owned by the same studio, sorry, the chances of seeing them on the big screen until the contract expires is slim.
 |
| Sony Studios |
- Spider-man
- Ghost Rider
- All affiliated villains and characters
Fox
- X-Men
- Fantastic Four
- All affiliated villains and characters (Silver Surfer)
Marvel/Disney
- All other Marvel Comics properties
And now the good the bad and the ugly. GOOD: some previously other studio owned Marvel properties have come back to Marvel since contracts have expired. Punisher and Daredevil have come back and Marvel will be making a Netflix exclusive Daredevil show! The much maligned red spandexed hero will fare better on the small screen under the care of its maker. Also, when it comes to Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, there is a loophole that since at different times they were on both the X-Men and The Avengers, they will be able to be in both movies, they just can't make any reference to the other movie studio's superhero team. The BAD is that there are still properties that are owned by other studios and therefore they will be missing from the Marvel Universe and the quality of the movies are always in question because they are not being made by their creator (Ghost Rider, Spider-Man 3, Both Fantastic Fours, and X-Men 3). The UGLY is that we may never see the united Marvel Universe at the same time on the same screen because Sony and Fox have clauses in the contract that says the intellectual properties go back to Marvel IF they do not use the properties in a movie for a specified period of time, but Sony and Fox will continue to make movies featuring these heroes knowing that they are cash cows and will continue to milk them until they are dry.
 |
| Loopholes |
And remember, Jesus loves noobs!
Blessings~!
Unfortunately, Sony and Fox will most likely not be "spurned" into making better movies. The reason being, comic book movies sell the most to the younger kiddy crowd, for the most part. Also, for characters like Spiderman, merchandising rights have already been sold off. And we all know merchandising is worth way more than the movie. A movie like Spiderman would cost millions just to make so the box office gross amounts mean nothing after paying out all the people involved in making the movie. To put the cost in perspective, a 20 minute CG enhanced clip can cost a couple million dollars and that's not even counting the actors that are in the shot. In contrast, a Spiderman action figure probably costs less than a dollar to make and they sell them from $10-$20 for the cheap ones. That's a huge markup. So, will Sony lose Spiderman? Maybe. Will it be anytime soon? Most likely not since they are such a hugs company and can throw millions of dollars at something before giving up. As for Fox.... their movies are definitely not on par with anything Sony is putting up. We'll see how they fare in the coming months.
ReplyDelete