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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6818403" data-attributes="member: 37579">Not really.First, the economics of the Marvel bankruptcy are complicated, involving stock dealings and purchasing media companies, and less with the publishing of the comic. Regardless, the MCU is handled by Marvel Studios, which is its own company (or rather a different subsidiary with both owned by Disney) with its own CEO and finances. I doubt very much the profits of that company are being directed elsewhere. If the comics tank, they can close up that business without dramatically affecting anything else. But, similarly, if the MCU dries up and stops producing hits, Marvel Studios can move to other projects while the comics continue unaffected.Marvel publishing and all involved very much have to continue making money despite the MCU printing cash, in the exact same way D&D needs to keep making money despite MtG keeping Hasbro in the black. A huge D&D movie would mean lots of money to Hasbro Studios but not necessarily tonnes of cash directed at D&D. In the same way G.I. Joe: Retaliation made $375 million on a $130 budget and is guaranteed to pull in a third movie but the toy line hasn't seen much attention in years. Not if you also spent $50-$100 million on advertising.The production costs tend to involve just the making of the movie and not all the side costs, which can be pretty darn expensive if a movie is a hard sell.</blockquote>