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<blockquote data-quote="trappedslider" data-source="post: 8863955" data-attributes="member: 41932"><p>Actually no, the guy ([USER=86653]@overgeeked[/USER] ) you're replying to is half right. Marvel sold off movie rights left and right during the 90s to stay afloat as a comic company.</p><p></p><p>From the late 1970s through the early 1990s, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics_Group" target="_blank">Marvel Comics Group</a>/<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Entertainment_Group" target="_blank">Marvel Entertainment Group</a> (MEG) sold options to studios to produce films based on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_characters" target="_blank">Marvel Comics characters</a>. One of Marvel's superheroes, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man" target="_blank">Spider-Man</a>, was optioned in the late 1970s, and rights reverted to Marvel without a film being produced within the allocated time frame. From 1986 to 1996, most of Marvel's major characters were optioned, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Four" target="_blank">Fantastic Four</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men" target="_blank">X-Men</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil_(Marvel_Comics_character)" target="_blank">Daredevil</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk" target="_blank">Hulk</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Surfer" target="_blank">Silver Surfer</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man" target="_blank">Iron Man</a>. Marvel's first big-screen adaptation of one of its properties was the 1986 film <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_Duck_(film)" target="_blank">Howard the Duck</a></em>, which was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-office_bomb" target="_blank">box-office flop</a>.</p><p></p><p>MEG was purchased by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Entertainment" target="_blank">New World Entertainment</a> in November 1986 and moved to produce films based on the Marvel characters. It released <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Punisher_(1989_film)" target="_blank"><em>The Punisher</em> (1989)</a> before MEG was sold to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Perelman" target="_blank">Ronald Perelman</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacAndrews_%26_Forbes#Andrews_Group" target="_blank">Andrews Group</a>. Two other films were produced: <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America_(1990_film)" target="_blank">Captain America</a></em> (1990) released in the United Kingdom on screens and direct to video in the United States, and <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four_(unreleased_film)" target="_blank">The Fantastic Four</a></em> (1994), not intended for release.</p><p></p><p>The first film packaged and licensed by Marvel Studios was <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_(1998_film)" target="_blank">Blade</a></em>, based on the vampire hunter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_(comics)" target="_blank">Blade</a>. The film was directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Norrington" target="_blank">Stephen Norrington</a> and starred <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Snipes" target="_blank">Wesley Snipes</a> as Blade. It was released on August 21, 1998, grossing $70,087,718 in the United States and Canada and $131,183,530 worldwide.</p><p></p><p><em>Blade</em> was followed by <em>X-Men</em>, which was directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Singer" target="_blank">Bryan Singer</a> and was released on July 14, 2000. <em>X-Men</em> grossed $157,299,717 in the United States and Canada and $296,250,053 worldwide.<em>Blade</em> and <em>X-Men</em> demonstrated that widely popular films could be made out of comic book characters not familiar to the general public.</p><p></p><p>Leading up to <em>X-Men</em>'s release, Marvel Studios negotiated a deal with then-functional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artisan_Entertainment" target="_blank">Artisan Entertainment</a>, successful with the low-budget <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blair_Witch_Project" target="_blank">The Blair Witch Project</a></em>, for a co-production joint venture that included rights to 15 Marvel characters including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America" target="_blank">Captain America</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_(Marvel_Comics)" target="_blank">Thor</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_(comics)" target="_blank">Black Panther</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Fist_(comics)" target="_blank">Iron Fist</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadpool" target="_blank">Deadpool</a>. Artisan would finance and distribute while Marvel would develop licensing and merchandising tie-ins. The resulting production library, which would also include television series, direct-to-video films and internet projects, would be co-owned.By 2001, the success of Marvel Entertainment's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Marvel" target="_blank">Ultimate Marvel</a> imprint comics created leverage in Hollywood for Marvel Studios, pushing more properties into development</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trappedslider, post: 8863955, member: 41932"] Actually no, the guy ([USER=86653]@overgeeked[/USER] ) you're replying to is half right. Marvel sold off movie rights left and right during the 90s to stay afloat as a comic company. From the late 1970s through the early 1990s, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Comics_Group']Marvel Comics Group[/URL]/[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Entertainment_Group']Marvel Entertainment Group[/URL] (MEG) sold options to studios to produce films based on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Marvel_Comics_characters']Marvel Comics characters[/URL]. One of Marvel's superheroes, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man']Spider-Man[/URL], was optioned in the late 1970s, and rights reverted to Marvel without a film being produced within the allocated time frame. From 1986 to 1996, most of Marvel's major characters were optioned, including the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic_Four']Fantastic Four[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men']X-Men[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil_(Marvel_Comics_character)']Daredevil[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk']Hulk[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Surfer']Silver Surfer[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Man']Iron Man[/URL]. Marvel's first big-screen adaptation of one of its properties was the 1986 film [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_the_Duck_(film)']Howard the Duck[/URL][/I], which was a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box-office_bomb']box-office flop[/URL]. MEG was purchased by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Entertainment']New World Entertainment[/URL] in November 1986 and moved to produce films based on the Marvel characters. It released [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Punisher_(1989_film)'][I]The Punisher[/I] (1989)[/URL] before MEG was sold to [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Perelman']Ronald Perelman[/URL]'s [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacAndrews_%26_Forbes#Andrews_Group']Andrews Group[/URL]. Two other films were produced: [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America_(1990_film)']Captain America[/URL][/I] (1990) released in the United Kingdom on screens and direct to video in the United States, and [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four_(unreleased_film)']The Fantastic Four[/URL][/I] (1994), not intended for release. The first film packaged and licensed by Marvel Studios was [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_(1998_film)']Blade[/URL][/I], based on the vampire hunter [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_(comics)']Blade[/URL]. The film was directed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Norrington']Stephen Norrington[/URL] and starred [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Snipes']Wesley Snipes[/URL] as Blade. It was released on August 21, 1998, grossing $70,087,718 in the United States and Canada and $131,183,530 worldwide. [I]Blade[/I] was followed by [I]X-Men[/I], which was directed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Singer']Bryan Singer[/URL] and was released on July 14, 2000. [I]X-Men[/I] grossed $157,299,717 in the United States and Canada and $296,250,053 worldwide.[I]Blade[/I] and [I]X-Men[/I] demonstrated that widely popular films could be made out of comic book characters not familiar to the general public. Leading up to [I]X-Men[/I]'s release, Marvel Studios negotiated a deal with then-functional [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artisan_Entertainment']Artisan Entertainment[/URL], successful with the low-budget [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blair_Witch_Project']The Blair Witch Project[/URL][/I], for a co-production joint venture that included rights to 15 Marvel characters including [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_America']Captain America[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor_(Marvel_Comics)']Thor[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_(comics)']Black Panther[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Fist_(comics)']Iron Fist[/URL], and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadpool']Deadpool[/URL]. Artisan would finance and distribute while Marvel would develop licensing and merchandising tie-ins. The resulting production library, which would also include television series, direct-to-video films and internet projects, would be co-owned.By 2001, the success of Marvel Entertainment's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Marvel']Ultimate Marvel[/URL] imprint comics created leverage in Hollywood for Marvel Studios, pushing more properties into development [/QUOTE]
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