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[Gipsy Danger]

Not sure of the legitimacy of the site but Den of Geek have an exclusive claiming that Marvel has secured the rights back for Fantastic Four from Fox.

Megaton if true.

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Would make sense since Fox salted the earth for any future FF films with that horrendous reboot.

According to our source, Fox were given the TV rights for X-Men in exchange for Fantastic Four. The deal's been in the works for some time, we're told, and further, the timing of Marvel's recent announcement of its movie slate leading up to the year 2020 and the X-Men TV series is no coincidence.

Read more: http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/fan...t-marvel-movie-planned-for-2020#ixzz3odf0JYue

Edit: Worth noting that Marvel has recently announced three untitled films for 2020. Den of Geek are claiming one of these to be the FF movie.

Praise Doom.

Update:

Editor in Chief at collider.com says it's not true.

Full article here.

Apparently Marvel never had the TV rights to X-men in the first place so there was no trade whatsoever.

Update 2: Den of Geek have updated with this.

Update: Having asked for some clarification from our source, we understand that the deal Marvel have made with Fox - which will see Fantastic Four returned to the Marvel fold in exchange for the X-Men TV rights - also includes the rights to villains Galactus and Doctor Doom, as well as the Silver Surfer.

If the deal pans out as our contact says it will, this means that two of the biggest villains in comic books will be able to appear elsewhere in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and not just in the 2020 film we've heard is already in place.

Update 3: Rumour was confirmed false by multiple sources. Pack it up, boys and girls.
From Den of Geek

Since our original story about the possibility of Marvel having re-acquired the rights to Fantastic Four, we've been contacted by 20th Century Fox. It states that our source's suggestion that Fox had reached some kind of deal with Marvel is "completely untrue."

A denial has also come from Marvel.

 

[Mr. Poolman]

Doom needs to come home.

 

[Banjotanooki]

Here we go.....

 

[Cheebo]

People speculated this when we found out yesterday Marvel is letting Fox have the X-Men tv rights now. We'll see. I will wait for a more trustworthy source.

 

[dark_inferno]

I hope Xmen is next.

Galactus rights are then on Marvel right? Please god let it be true.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

If true, I wonder if it has to do with the FX show and/or their reshuffling of movies they announced at NYCC.

 

[El Topo]

Can't wait for the Captain Marvel movie to debut in 2021. Wait, 2020? Oh, no delay possible? That's actually fantastic.

 

[The Elite]

Hopefully five years is enough to clear the stench of the latest film.

 

[ReplacementPelican]

Insane if true, having Galactus and Silver Surfer would make for a great Phase 4, even if Thanos with the gauntlet is probably far more powerful.

 

[phanphare]

and there was much rejoicing

 

[Gipsy Danger]

I hope Xmen is next.

Galactus rights are then on Marvel right? Please god let it be true.

Correct. Marvel would get Doom and Galactus back. Which is the most important part of such a deal. Fuck Thanos, the granddaddy is coming home.

 

[Pics_nao]

Can't wait for the Captain Marvel movie to debut in 2021. Wait, 2020? Oh, no delay possible?

Please don't. I want the pain to go away.

 

[Cheebo]

I hope Xmen is next.

No chance. X-Men is EXTREMELY successful for Fox. The last X-Men movie grossed over 700 million, better than a ton of Marvel Studio films.

 

[SamuelSupreme]

Dont do this to me if this isn't true.....Please God send Doom home

 

[Imperial]

Dr.Doom to be the villian of Phase 4

 

[The Elite]

I hope Xmen is next.

Galactus rights are then on Marvel right? Please god let it be true.

X-Men is successful for Fox. They won't let that go anytime soon.

Hopefully the TV rights leads to a new animated series.

 

[Gentle Rodriguez]

Worth it just for Doom

You can dumpster the rest for all I care

 

[Carbonox]

Doom is all I care about.

 

[Afro Thunder]

This is huge...if true.

 

[pants]

Dr.Doom to be the villian of Phase 4

I want Marvel to strengthen their villains quite a bit before doing Doom. Doom is the GOAT and should be treated as such

 

[friskykillface]

I hope they didn't pay much , fantastic four is pretty meh as a franchise at the moment

Free Doom , last iron man villain x team up with thanos and galactus x silver surfer take over after Thanos dies

 

[Gipsy Danger]

Thinking about it, it's insane that Fox couldn't find success with Dr Doom. One of the coolest villains in the history of pop culture.

 

[The Elite]

Doom
Galactus
Silver Surfer

I am still not sure who had the rights to the Skrulls. Agents of SHIELD could really use them.

 

[dark_inferno]

Correct. Marvel would get Doom and Galactus back. Which is the most important part of such a deal. Fuck Thanos, the granddaddy is coming home.

Well then marvel has the two most important marvel villians back.

So expect a tease of Doom or Galactus right after the second part of the third Avengers movie.

 

[Donos]

I hope Xmen is next.

Galactus rights are then on Marvel right? Please god let it be true.

X-Men Ip is not in shambles like F4. Sucessful X-Men films keep the Marvel brand strong while the last F4 movie did ... well...



Now there is a Chance of a proper Dr. Doom ??

 

[SpaceWolf]

Spoiler

Based on James Gunn's comments though, I won't get my hopes up.

 

[McNum]

So, Doctor Doom vs. The Avengers? Yes, please. Heck, a Doctor Doom solo movie would be crazy enough to work.

Galactus and the Silver Surfer would be nice, too. I could see the Guardians of the Galaxy run into Surfer, at least. Wasn't he a member at some point, come to think of it? Comics are weird...

As for the Fantastic Four themselves? Eh, a walk-on cameo in a second tier Marvel film is enough... if they have to appear that is.

 

[massoluk]

Finally, they have had 3 movies to get Doom right.
Fucking Doom.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

Wait. With Marvel getting the Skrulls back that means we can get a Skull Kill Krew TV series!

 

[Busty]

It's no coincidence that this has cropped up in the light of FX setting up two TV projects with Marvel set in the X-Men (???) 'universe'. Giving up the F4 rights in return for more/all X-Men live action television rights would make sense but this all seems a little too easy for me.

If true it could be huge but I just cannot see Fox being that forward thinking and open minded about the whole affair.

But if this does come to pass it would potentially show the aggressor in the Fox and Marvel's dealings in the past has been Rothman and where is ol' Rothamn now? Sony. It's going to make Spider Man's

Spoiler

glorified

cameo appearances in the MCU all the more interesting.

 

[GitarooMan]

Yes. I'm in the minority it seems in that I care more about the Fantastic Four in the MCU than Doom. They are awesome if done right.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Please please please.

 

[sparkzero]

The property is so damaged now, why would Marvel Studios even want the F4 back?

 

[The Elite]

Was there a thread for these X-Men FX shows? I completely missed the news.

They property is so damaged now, why would Marvel Studios even want the F4 back?

They're hoping five years is enough time that people will forget. They will reboot and repackage it with some crossovers.

 

[dark_inferno]

They property is so damaged now, why would Marvel Studios even want the F4 back?

Because the only weakness Marvel has right now is the villians. And thats why they needed F4. For Doctor Doom and Galactus.

 

[beyond_death]

Fuck I really want this to be true. I love the F4.

 

[Majanew]

Would be awesome if true.

Doom and others can show up for the infinity war.

And Thanos can pay Galactus a visit once he has the infinity gauntlet on with all 6 gems. The opportunities!

 

[Gipsy Danger]

They property is so damaged now, why would Marvel Studios even want the F4 back?

They don't want F4 back. They want Doom.

 

[Violence Jack]

So I'm guessing this will mean F4 will appear as cameos in other Marvel movies. But at least Doom, Galactus, and Silver Surfer will finally be where they belong.

Thank you Josh Trank. This was his plan all along.....

 

[Fuu]

iirc Marvel has the rights to the Skrulls already, it's the Super Skrull that they don't.

Doom and Galactus are the obvious advantages, but F4 back would also mean Annihilus, who could be useful for GotG.

 

[HK-47]

Expect the people whining about how X-men should go back to Marvel to increase now that Spidey and FF seem to be back in the Marvel camp.

 

[Markitron]

As someone that has never read a comic book, it would be nice to see what the fuss for Dr. Doom is all about.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Do Den of Geek have a good track record with these kind of reports? Someone check the source before Bobby Roberts yells at us.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

They don't want F4 back. They want Doom.

And Silver Surfer and Galactus.

 

[Village]

They property is so damaged now, why would Marvel Studios even want the F4 back?

The characters are great and valuable and infact can be used better than they were. Like say Dr.Doom

 

[ZeroX03]

Happy if true. I don't care for the Four themselves - they're a giant snooze honestly - but Doom, Skrulls and Galactus (and the GOAT Kang maybe?) are great gets.

And Fox are doing decent work with X-Men and I like that they don't have to follow the Marvel Studios formula so I prefer them at Fox. FX and Noah Hawley are very solid choices on the TV front.

 

[Cheebo]

Expect the people whining about how X-men should go back to Marvel to increase now that Spidey and FF seem to be back in the Marvel camp.

Except no one saying that makes any sense at all. The X-Men films of late have been both financially and critically successful. Fox has absolutely nothing to gain by doing that. X-Men is easily the most lucrative franchise Fox has.

 

[ViciousDS]

now......give them rights to the fucking X-Men damn it.....at least for avenger movies and stuff!

 

[jett]

They property is so damaged now, why would Marvel Studios even want the F4 back?

They won't do F4 movies, but they can use the characters in other movies.

 

[Gipsy Danger]

And Silver Surfer and Galactus.

They're cool and all. But Doom is God

Spoiler

until December maybe.