FlipBoardAs we’ve reported before, Fox has to get something done with Daredevil. Basically, if there’s not a movie in place for the character by October 10th, they have to give the rights back to Marvel.
Previously, I’ve guessed that Fox will decide that it’s not worth it and let Marvel take the character. Realistically, DD doesn’t fit in with their current plans: Marvel isn’t giving any new characters their own movie until 2014. Fox won’t see Marvel do anything with it for another three years.
But Marvel has decided to extend a generous offer to Fox: Give us back the Silver Surfer and Galactus, and we’ll give you more time with Matt Murdock.
Personally, I think Marvel is playing a sneaky game here. Fox is trying to turn DD into a hardcore ’70s-esque thriller with Joe Carnahan at the helm, but Carnahan, while a good director, is also pretty notorious for taking forever and taking on more projects than he can handle. He’s got Killing Pablo and White Jazz on the way.
Essentially, they know they can’t get back the Fantastic Four, so they’re trying to limit how successful the movies are going to be by trimming away as much of the mythos as they can. And they’re also hoping that even if they give Fox more time, they won’t be able to get it together and they’ll get Daredevil back anyway.
We’ll see what happens, but of the two franchises, I suspect Fox values the Fantastic Four a lot more.
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Anyone got the feeling this has something to do with Marvel’s interesting in making a Guardians of the Galaxy movie?
Absolutely. Thanos = Infinity Gauntlet (eventually). Surfer is one of the must haves for that story, along with Adam Warlock and Dr. strange.
Totally what I was thinking too.
Yeah, I think you’ve got it wrong. Marvel’s goal isn’t to kill Fantastic Four by attrition. It’s to get back the more cosmic elements of their film universe. We’re already more or less guaranteed Thanos in Avengers 2. It’s not too much of a stretch to add Silver Surfer and Galactus to that mix.
Yeah Space Diarrhea Galactus was a shitty idea. But an unsurprising one coming from the same studio fucktards that brought you Wolverine Origins.
Man. This just makes me sad about how bad FF2 was. Making Galactus some space cloud and relegating him to 5 minutes of “action” against the Surfer? What utter horseshit.
Yeah because the guy from Nip Tuck was such a great Doom in the first one… oh wait that one sucked too.
Michael Chiklis as the Thing was pretty damn spot on though.
To be fair to the cast, if they hadn’t had such a miserable freaking script they probably would have handed in better performances.
Fox please give the F4 back to marvel, I need a goof fantastic 4 movie in my lifetime. Also, off topic does anyone really hope that Beta Ray Bill turns up in the new Thor movie?
I see your awesome Beta Ray Bill idea and raise you a what if:
What if Beta Ray Bill WAS in the next Thor movie and it somehow tied into a Planet Hulk storyline! Do Planet Hulk as a two-parter shot back to back… Marvel could use the World War Hulk story for the 3rd Avengers to tremendous effect…
Dont mind me, just wishfully thinking over here.