Considering how huge and successful the MCU has become, it’s easy to forget that parent company Disney doesn’t have full ownership of the movie rights to all of the Marvel characters.
In ancient times (that is, before the MCU), Marvel granted the rights to its most popular characters to other studios, and in many cases they have yet to take them back. That’s why Kevin Feige and company had to work so hard to fall in love with Iron Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, and all the other heroes you’ve never heard of before 2008.
Here are the biggest superheroes that Disney doesn’t have complete control over yet.
1. Spider-Man
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Marvel Studios
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You may remember the great news that Tom Holland’s remake of Peter Parker would appear in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War. This marked the beginning of a partnership between Disney and Sony Pictures (who own the film rights to Spidey since 1999).
While Marvel took creative lead on ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ and ‘Far From Home’, which exist as part of the MCU, they were funded and distributed by Sony rather than Disney. The details of the deal are complicated. In 2019, Disney and Sony said Tom Holland would make at least two more appearances, in another solo film and another as a team. The solo film is the untitled one, which is supposed to feature Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield.
Meanwhile, Sony has the animated franchise ‘Spider-Man: A New Universe’, which will have a second part scheduled for October 2022.
2. Hulk
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What? Marvel must own the Hulk! After all, Mark Ruffalo has been rolling his sad eyes from Bruce Banner throughout the MCU since ‘Avengers’ in 2012. It’s more complicated than that. Universal Pictures and Disney are co-owners of the hostile green giant, so there hasn’t been a solo Hulk movie since 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk,” and it’s unlikely there will be one in the MCU’s future.
3. Namor
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Another character divided between Disney and Universal is Namor, the other monarch of the seas who is not Aquaman. Although Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige suggested that Namor (who was created in 1939 and, like Captain America, predates Marvel, making him one of its oldest characters) could appear in the future of the MCU. , admitted in early 2018 that the rights to him “are not as clean or clear as most of the other characters.”
4. Venom
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Sony Pictures
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Sony is working on its own shared Marvel universe (other than the MCU) known by the catchy name ‘Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters’. The movie ‘Venom’ starring Tom Hardy may not have impressed critics with its messy anti-hero antics, but after grossing more than $ 500 million at the box office, more Spider spin-offs are assured. Man planned by Sony, including movies. starring Morbius, Silk, Jackpot, Black Cat, and more.
Interestingly, it has been suggested that the success of ‘Venom’ could make Sony less likely to relinquish and return the rights to Spider-Man to Marvel Studios / Disney.
5. She-Hulk
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To the uninitiated, She-Hulk (aka Jennifer Walters) may seem like a female version of her cousin, Bruce Banner. But aside from the green skin and super strength, he’s actually a very different character. She retains her intellect through her transformation, for example, and even continues to work as the greatest green attorney ever. Like Deadpool, she is also known for breaking the fourth wall with the reader.
She-Hulk’s film rights are (or at least were) owned by Universal, though Marvel presumably has considerable leeway with the character because Disney + will release a television series, ‘She-Hulk,’ in 2022.
6. Mysterio
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We may believe that Mysterio passed away at the end of ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’, but the truth is that no one rules out his return. Of course, only in the Sony Spider-Man universe. Let’s remember that Mysterio managed to convince Nick Fury that he was a good guy, so he has obviously had contact with the MCU. It could have been a formidable foe in Phase 4.
Characters who have returned to Marvel
1. X-Men
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Aside from Spider-Man, the X-Men were long Marvel’s most recognizable heroes, and with them Fox built a successful franchise separate from the MCU (albeit one that still needed a major reboot). Wolverine, Deadpool, Jean Gray, Professor X, and the rest of the gang are now with Disney, who will likely bring them into the MCU sooner or later.
2. The Fantastic 4
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The Fantastic Four were the stars of Marvel’s first comic book series (although Captain America and Namor predate them, they were created under other publishers), and the three films (including a reboot) released by Fox have not served them well. much.
Fortunately, the MCU tone seems perfect for a comedic but not too silly version of the Richards and co. One that the Disney-Fox merger has cleared. Disney announced that Jon Watts will direct the third attempt to light the flame of this franchise.
3. Silver Surfer
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Marvel Comics
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Although technically a Fantastic Four character, the popularity of the Silver Surfer (surfboards were totally forgotten in the 1960s) meant that the herald of the ‘world eater’ Galactus made the leap to being a Marvel star by right own.
Thanks to his origin, he was a Fox character until now (and even appeared in the second film. A recent version of Surfer (or Norrin Radd, if you prefer) and his adventures was basically Marvel’s response to Doctor Who, a proposal which seems pretty adequate for the MCU, or so we think.
4. Deadpool
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One of Fox’s most successful super antihero outings is Ryan Reynolds’s ‘Deadpool’. This one may be too surly for the family-owned, Disney-owned MCU, however, and fans are concerned that he will have to tone down his profanity.
The ‘Bob’s Burgers’ writers, the Molyneux sisters, are scribbling their future on the back of a dirty pizza box.
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