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What is the deal with Marvel and the X-Men?
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Frozenprince
Banned
When that 150 mill Gambit movie comes out and does a billion dollars in China alone, you will be eating crow
BreezyLimbo
Banned
The funny thing the second Marvel gets the X-men rights back, they'll do a push in a way that will make it seem like the X-men never lost popularity.
Like the second it's announced Marvel has X-men back, the x-men will be popular again.
Like the second it's announced Marvel has X-men back, the x-men will be popular again.
Frozenprince
Banned
I can't stop thinking of his awful "spanish" in 22 Jump Street and hoping that's what he sounds like the whole movie.
I'd see it.
Affeinvasion
Member
Because our supreme court has mandated that corporations are people.
MHWilliams
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vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Isn't that on ice / development hell?
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KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Fox deserves plenty of blame for how they have handled the Fantastic Four. One of the most iconic comic book series of all time and it's been completely butchered on screen.
Their X-Men handling has been fine. Yeah, The Last Stand sucked, and that first Wolverine movie was dire, but no one has been perfect when translating comics to movies. X2 and Days of Future Past were great, and the original film and First Class were both pretty good movies.
Frozenprince
Banned
Nope, after Deadpool made that $$$ they're in pre-production IIRC
wait, really? over iron man 3? I don't believe you.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
But they cut a 150 million check.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
To Bronson yes, it's all up to him.
BronsonLee
Member
I'M ON IT GUYS
Shut up
excelsiorlef
Member
If that movie actually happens and is good I will change my avatar to Gambit tussling Vampire Jubilee's hair for a month.
Y'all better hope Tatem can do to Gambit what Brie Larson is gonna have an uphill climb to do for Carol
broncobuster
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BronsonLee
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KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Most of those 6000 characters are X-Men.
i think he meant to say solo debut 😗
Frozenprince
Banned
Bronson gonna make the whole movie a romantic comedy set in turn of the century England.
Inexplicably there's gonna be a shitload of Chinese people in it.
Inexplicably there's gonna be a shitload of Chinese people in it.
Name them.
Safest bet i seen in a while.
150 million dollars for a guy who has CW level powers.
If Marvel cam out and said they were going to do a 150 million dollar Blue Marvel movie I would have to give them bit of side eye. But 150 million dollars for gambit, I can't stop laughing.
BronsonLee
Member
I love period dramas, what can I say?
And I mean, well, there's probably only going to be one.
playing multiple roles
MHWilliams
Member
This is really my thought on it.
Marvel gets the X-Men and the Fantastic Four back, there's no reason to trying something a bit different with characters like the Guardians, Dr. Strange, and Black Panther. Movie schedules are finite and the only reason Marvel does anything else is because they don't have the rights to those characters.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
Name all the various X-related characters? That would probably go over the size limit for posts.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
I think he made an ok Gambit too.
Really? Honestly I don't remember that line hahaha I've watched it once, and tried to erase it from memory ever since. Film was so bad ;.;
Watch when Marvel drops that Solo movie. It will change the course of cinema FOREVER
Frozenprince
Banned
excelsiorlef
Member
Literally they better hope they keep Tatum and he kills it.
He's got the talent to do it but at 150 million lol wtf are they thinking?
Nobody at Fox knows who that is. And if they find out they won't read past the Powers & Abilities section of his Wikipedia page.
No deal unless we get Jaime too.
Frozenprince
Banned
There is only 2 story lines that could justify that, Gambit's enhance origin where he travels back in time to Victorian England or The New Son storyline.
Frozenprince
Banned
Like if Bishop isn't in the movie what even is the point.
MHWilliams
Member
I'm reasonably sure Marvel has the rights to Captain Britain. They could do it.
They would of course go with Austen's version.
Dark Ninja
Member
Its really a business decision to not promote characters that they don't own all the rights to. Its a great move on their part they don't "need" the X-men currently because they are doing fine without them. Fantastic 4 is the most realistic franchise they could actually get back, those movies have been abysmal and financial bombs. X-men...you'll probably be dead by the time they get that back.
KuwabaraTheMan
Banned
I'd guess that Captain Britain is probably a shared rights type of thing.
Frozenprince
Banned
Well if they did Alan Moore's version they'd have to deal with him following them around to all the press events, hiding in the bushes and talking about MI6 bugging his teeth for the dark lord.
Aerobatics
Neo Member
They're basically doing it out of spite and taking all the fans who love those characters along for the ride.
It's definitely to hurt the brand. They know long term it benefits them to weaken the brand, regain control of it, and strengthen it again. If somehow that doesn't work, they're STILL strengthening the brands they gain more from like the Avengers, it's win/win for them, if somehow the Xmen became garbage nobody cared about and they also didn't get the movie rights back, it would be a shame for the comics universe but for the bottom line it wouldn't be a bad outcome (not the one they want, however).
NeonZ
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Only for the merchandising based on their own movies.
They still got Deadpool and New Mutants. And Logan is Hugh Jackman's last movie so it's not like it matters if it's a success or not.
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