It is not all inclusive but gives us a general understanding at a glance. Heres a handy diagram about which studios own the rights. A full textbased list of what character belongs to which studio is available to view online. Artist and writer maurice mitchell of the geek twins has created visual guide to marvel character movie rights, a great infographic that shows exactly what movie studios own which characters. The marvel cinematic universe mcu is an american media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films, independently produced by marvel studios and based on characters that appear in american comic books published by marvel comics. As you can see, lionsgate entertainment made out the smartest with the rights to manthing. Jan 28, 2015 this is a visual guide to who owns all the different marvel character movie rights created by artist and writer maurice mitchell of the the geek twins. See more ideas about diagram, words and euler diagram. Currently, sony owns the movie rights to spiderman, while 20 th century fox owns both the successful xmen movie franchise both have new films hitting in 2014, and have. Deadpool characters charted in notinnuendoatall venn diagram. See in 1998, marvel began licensing the rights to put some of its characters in films to other studios.
This infographic of marvel character movie rights is pretty. This infographic of marvel character movie rights is. But why do that when you can let the other movie companies make movies. The division is based at affiliate abc studios location.
Fox owned the xmen and fantastic four, marvel studios owned the avengers, quicksilver belonged to marvel and xmen, etc. Its basically the center slice in a venn diagram of oceans eleven or the inside job, or the bank job, or any heist movie with job in the title. The franchise also includes comic books, short films, television series, and digital series. Marvel character movie rights and upcoming movies mtr network. The rights to these characters are all over the place. Marvel character movie rights and upcoming movies mtr. This venn is a bit tricky but if youre a movie fan this should be somewhat easy to guess. Recently, the geek twins put together this fantastic guide for which movie studios own the rights to every marvel comics character. If marvel studios wanted to get the rights to the above characters back disneys pockets are deep enough to make it happen. Or at least people who like easily readable depictions of things falling in to categories. Our antihero positions himself comfortably in the middle of the venn diagram with a pair of breasts separating the heroes and villains. Dec 14, 2017 with the fantastic four and xmen film rights presumably coming back to marvel as part of the walt disney company acquisition of 21stcentury fox, the house of ideas is one step closer to having. Marvel comics has been selling the rights to make films based on their material since the 1990s.
Currently, sony owns the movie rights to spiderman, while 20 th century fox owns both the successful xmen movie franchise both have new films hitting in. To answer the basic query, marvel can make an xmen, deadpool, or fantastic four movie tomorrow. Share your thoughts, experiences and the tales behind the art. Marvel is ahead of the game right now, but warner bros. The marvel movie rights infographic gives a great visual representation of what movie studios own which marvel superheros and which. Why did marvel sell their movie rights to multiple studios. Marvel character movie rights that disney doesnt own digital spy. As part of the deal, marvel licensed the rights to captain america, daredevil and silver surfer to be on. You might remember what massive news it was that tom hollands new version of peter parker would be showing up in 2016s captain america. Marvel television was an american production company responsible for liveaction and animated through marvel animation television shows and directtodvd series based on characters from marvel comics.
Marvel studios is known for the production of the marvel cinematic universe films, based on characters that appear in marvel comics publications. Jan 28, 2015 visual guide to marvel character movie rights. One such trade happened for 2016 s deadpool and 2017. May 10, 2016 all of the marvel cinematic universe movies, ranked from best to iron man 2. After the foxmarvel studios negotiations broke down, and both parties missed out fox wanted to keep daredevil, marvel wanted silver surfer and galactus back most probably to tie in with guardians and avengers 2, the spite action on the part of fox was to claim continued movie rights on elektra.
Soon after 20th century fox got the license for xmen and then sony got the film rights to spiderman. Visual guide to marvel character movie rights infographic posted on thursday, january 29th, 2015 by peter sciretta why isnt spiderman allowed to join the avengers in the marvel cinematic universe. Creative venn diagrams are easy to understand and interesting to draw. The marvel movie venn diagram blame it on the voices. Overthinking it subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesnt deserve. Marvel first licensed the film rights to the character blade to new line cinema.
All of the marvel cinematic universe movies, ranked from. All of the marvel cinematic universe movies, ranked from best. The latter show triggered a lawsuit by 20th century fox, who held the film rights for the xmen. Sep 06, 2017 a sherlock reunion in a marvel film is very possible says cumberbatch. Its basically the center slice in a venn diagram of oceans. Heres a handy diagram about which studios own the rights to. Venn diagram of merchandising, licensing, and ownership. What is the exact timeline of marvel reclaiming their rights. All of a sudden comics were big business and the market place was flooded by speculators looking to cash in on the the. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Surely, there has to be some way to create a venn diagram between those that saw the first avengers and black panther, although marvels latest hit surely must have brought in a lot bigger africanamericans than any of marvels previous movies due to its director, cast and the general tone of the film that combined modern hip hop with. Mar 29, 2016 this feature is not available right now.
A venn diagram, sometimes referred to as a set diagram, is a diagram that graphically displays all the possible relationships between a finite number of sets. Marvel television expanded the universe to network television with marvels agents of s. Mar 23, 2019 the original version of the geek twins visual guide to marvel character movie rights. Via the geek twins, the mary sue stay geeky my friends. The problem then was that marvels movie rights to its characters had been sold off in the 1990s to different companies, leaving their entire comic book universe shattered in a hodgepodge of legal quagmires. Deadpool 2016 movie takes place in 2016 based on the new. Updated diagram shows characters owned by marvel studios after. Based upon marvel comics most unconventional antihero. Comic book character rights are tricky especially when it comes to big and small. After their last movie about the jade giant, they shared bruce banner and his alterego with marvel studios. The geek twins original guide to marvel character movie rights. Marvels very first superhero ensemble certainly seem like they belong with the mcu, but it isnt looking good. After the fox marvel studios negotiations broke down, and both parties missed out fox wanted to keep daredevil, marvel wanted silver surfer and galactus back most probably to tie in with guardians and avengers 2, the spite action on the part of fox was to claim continued movie rights on elektra.
Marvel comics film rights venn diagram by adrenalinerush1996. Prior to to the modern marvel cinematic universe and disneys. I mean you know, the venn diagram of the marvel universe brings people together from all sorts of places. Diagram graphics the students will describe the graphic assigned to that student to the other students. Visual guide to marvel liveaction movie rights, before and. This is a venn diagram representing which studio owns film rights of a. A sherlock reunion in a marvel film is very possible says cumberbatch. Marvel just got the movie rights back to an iconic character.
Marvel comics film rights venn diagram by adrenalinerush1996 on. The original version of the geek twins visual guide to marvel character movie rights. An updated visual guide to marvels liveaction character rights has been. A sherlock reunion in a marvel film is very possible says. Marvel studios is known for the production of the marvel cinematic universe. My visual guide to marvel character movie rights updated. Advertisement on the heroes side of the chart, weve got weasel t. Civil war campaign 2016 short season 2 takes place in 2016. When reed richards, ben grimm, and the storm siblings took to our screens in 2005, fox assumed they were the next big superhero franchise, however, middling success and a lackluster sequel blasted the quartet back into space. There are countless ways to make a diagram but by far the easiest way is to use smartart which is built into microsoft word and powerpoint. The interior of each circle represents a set of objects, or objects that have something in common. You ask a more interesting question than you realise, i think. At their simplest, venn diagrams are made up of overlapping circles.
Marvel studios, llc originally known as marvel films from 1993 to 1996 is an american film and television studio that is a subsidiary of the walt disney studios. Marvel television also collaborated with 20th century fox in producing shows based on the xmen franchise such as legion and the gifted. Marvel had better luck in syndicating their properties in the late 1990s and early 2000s with night man and mutant x, lasting two and three seasons, respectively. All of the marvel cinematic universe movies, ranked from best to iron man 2. But you know what helps clear everything up, always. All of the marvel movie character rights explained in one. The creation of marvel films in 1993 now known as marvel studios allowed for marvel to do a reaquisition in some cases. Marvel s very first superhero ensemble certainly seem like they belong with the mcu, but it isnt looking good.
What is the exact timeline of marvel reclaiming their. The comic book powerhouse was in severe financial decline, and, in order to save what it had left, marvel began selling off some of its assets, particularly the movie rights for certain characters. Jan 18, 2010 the book of eli must have sparked something in the guys over at maxims brains, because now we have this venn diagram, which chronicles the entire career of denzel washington via his facial hair. Visual guide to marvel liveaction movie rights, before. It helps us understand where the movie right lay for all of the marvel movies. Even with so much attention being given to the various movies starring marvel heroes, from various film studios, it can still be a little confusing to try to figure out which studio owns film rights to which characters. The book of eli must have sparked something in the guys over at maxims brains, because now we have this venn diagram, which chronicles the entire career of. Click the image to view the entire geek twins article.
There are a ton of new characters in 20th century foxs upcoming deadpool movie that fans will be meeting for the first time, and. From xmen, spiderman and even the often ignored namor, you can now see in one clear picture how its all laid out for now in this graphic illustrated by maurice mitchell. Visual guide to marvel character movie rights is an illustration created by the geek twins that shows which movie studio owns which marvel. Marvel studios, llc is an american film and television studio that is a subsidiary of the walt disney studios. Everything with universal should be in the circle of marvel studios, as marvel can use all of those characters and just cant make a solo movie about them, except for shehulk as there are no indications universal has her rights at all. One such trade happened for 2016s deadpool and 2017s guardians of. The problem then was that marvel s movie rights to its characters had been sold off in the 1990s to different companies, leaving their entire comic book universe shattered in a hodgepodge of legal quagmires. Infographic of who owns marvel character movie rights. Marvel, on the other hand, sold off the movie rights to many of its. What marvel comic would you like to be made into a movie. November 2016 25 october 2016 27 september 2016 26 august 2016 39. While searching the internet one evening, i came across this handy venn diagram.
Jan 28, 2015 artist and writer maurice mitchell of the geek twins has created visual guide to marvel character movie rights, a great infographic that shows exactly what movie studios own which characters. Thus, the rights to involve certain marvel characters in screenplays are restricted according to which studio owns them. Sony very nearly had the movie rights to almost every. With that in mind the geek twins have created a helpful infographic explaining where the film rights for many popular marvel characters are, including which ones overlap. What is the exact timeline of marvel reclaiming their rights to. Demands are now starting to surface for the dismissal of the writers. My visual guide to marvel character movie rights updated v. See more ideas about venn diagram, diagram, venn diagram template.
The marvel movie character rights and where they are. With the fantastic four and xmen film rights presumably coming back to marvel as part of the walt disney company acquisition of 21stcentury fox, the house of ideas is. Hulk no longer owns film rights, but retains distribution rights of the character for the marvel cinematic universe, namor. This meant that the rights to some of its characters became a freeforall, with the pie being sliced in a number of creative ways, ultimately. While disneys acquisition has greatly simplified the venn diagram of marvels film. Foxs upcoming deadpool movie that fans will be meeting for the first time. This infographic of marvel character movie rights is pretty helpful. Sep 06, 2017 i mean you know, the venn diagram of the marvel universe brings people together from all sorts of places. Its basically the center slice in a venn diagram of oceans eleven and. Visual guide to marvel character liveaction rights.
A very handy marvel film rights infographic nerdist. Luckily, most of them were held onto by marvel studios. Visual guide to marvel character movie rights infographic. Its no secret that hollywood is currently ruled by superheroes, and both marvel studios and warner bros. While the might of the marvel cinematic universe is currently on hold and comicbook fans are left waiting with. Marvel studios is known for the production of the marvel cinematic universe films, based on.
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