invaderzim
12-02-2006, 02:39 PM
http://xmenfilms.net/xmfnews/2006/11/25/the-future-of-the-x-franchise/
Update: Our friends at IESB recently posted a response to this article (below) involving Marvel and 20th Century Fox, which you can read here. Our source at Marvel never stated that 20th Century Fox was loosing rights to the X-Men, but that Marvel wants to seek greater involvement. I personally wanted to add into this that 20th Century Fox does own the rights to the X-Men films, but those rights also have certain guidelines that must be followed.
In my opinion, while there may be some conflicting ideas, it can’t be forgotten that 20th Century Fox has made the X-franchise into a huge money-maker. X-Men and Fox go well together like chicken and mashed potatoes. To me, it sounds like Marvel wants to make sure that the future X-MEN team films (not include solo spin-off’s) are headed in the right direction.
Our source at Marvel Entertainment gave us the latest update on the ongoings of the X-MEN franchise, and what the future may hold for our favorite mutants:
Recently at the company’s web-site, we posted the latest on what was going on with all our movie projects during our last web-cast, which is available for downloading at Marvel.com. At one point during the conference, It was brought up that the future of both the X-Men and Spider-Man movie franchises will depend on how talks between Marvel, The Sony Company, and Fox will go next.
Since then some talks have taken place, and I must say that at the moment, It tends to favor Spider-Man more. Sony is so confident that Spider-Man 3 will be a hit that both the studio and Marvel are in active talks about doing more movies with the current cast and film crew. Talks between Marvel and Fox have not gone so smoothly.
I am not saying that it is hopeless, but there tends to be more disagreement on what to do next with The Children of the Atom. There is really no firm deal on the table as to what to do next. At the time of X3’s release, it was widely reported “well this is the last movie” despite the last scenes that were shown. Then the Box Office results kind of made Fox change their minds, at least all of a sudden they became more open to the idea of doing an X-Men 4.
But Marvel has an alternate plan for the future of these movies. One that Fox is reluctant to take seriously. However, they may have little choice in the matter because ultimately the X-Men are Marvel’s characters and with Marvel making even bigger steps to control and have more say in the production of their movies, the news on the future of the X-Men movies (which will be revealed in good time) I’m sure will come as a pleasent surprise to both the long time X-Men readers and those who have just recently got interested in them because of the movies.
Update: Our friends at IESB recently posted a response to this article (below) involving Marvel and 20th Century Fox, which you can read here. Our source at Marvel never stated that 20th Century Fox was loosing rights to the X-Men, but that Marvel wants to seek greater involvement. I personally wanted to add into this that 20th Century Fox does own the rights to the X-Men films, but those rights also have certain guidelines that must be followed.
In my opinion, while there may be some conflicting ideas, it can’t be forgotten that 20th Century Fox has made the X-franchise into a huge money-maker. X-Men and Fox go well together like chicken and mashed potatoes. To me, it sounds like Marvel wants to make sure that the future X-MEN team films (not include solo spin-off’s) are headed in the right direction.
Our source at Marvel Entertainment gave us the latest update on the ongoings of the X-MEN franchise, and what the future may hold for our favorite mutants:
Recently at the company’s web-site, we posted the latest on what was going on with all our movie projects during our last web-cast, which is available for downloading at Marvel.com. At one point during the conference, It was brought up that the future of both the X-Men and Spider-Man movie franchises will depend on how talks between Marvel, The Sony Company, and Fox will go next.
Since then some talks have taken place, and I must say that at the moment, It tends to favor Spider-Man more. Sony is so confident that Spider-Man 3 will be a hit that both the studio and Marvel are in active talks about doing more movies with the current cast and film crew. Talks between Marvel and Fox have not gone so smoothly.
I am not saying that it is hopeless, but there tends to be more disagreement on what to do next with The Children of the Atom. There is really no firm deal on the table as to what to do next. At the time of X3’s release, it was widely reported “well this is the last movie” despite the last scenes that were shown. Then the Box Office results kind of made Fox change their minds, at least all of a sudden they became more open to the idea of doing an X-Men 4.
But Marvel has an alternate plan for the future of these movies. One that Fox is reluctant to take seriously. However, they may have little choice in the matter because ultimately the X-Men are Marvel’s characters and with Marvel making even bigger steps to control and have more say in the production of their movies, the news on the future of the X-Men movies (which will be revealed in good time) I’m sure will come as a pleasent surprise to both the long time X-Men readers and those who have just recently got interested in them because of the movies.