Disney-Fox Deal Triggers A Big Bang In The Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The buyout is also a coup for Disney in India, as it adds to its belt the National Geographic Channels, Star India, FX and Fox networks.
Fans have long lamented 'separation' of the movie universes under which Marvel characters operate.
The much-awaited triumph of the Avengers against universal overlord Thanos may still be a year away but fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have a reason to celebrate.
The Walt Disney conglomerate on Friday effectively acquired 21st Century Fox in a massive $71.3 billion buyout. With the deal, Disney will now own the movie and television rights to a host of Marvel characters that Marvel had sold to 21st Century Fox and were, therefore, missing from the gargantuan franchise.
These superheroes include the 'X-Men', 'Deadpool' and 'Fantastic Four'. Marvel Studios, the movies and television division of comic book company Marvel, was bought by Disney in the year 2009. Fans have long lamented the 'separation' of the movie universes under which the Marvel characters operate.
The buyout is also a coup for Disney in India, as it adds to its belt the National Geographic Channels, Star India, FX and Fox networks.
Marvel had sold off many of its characters' movie and television rights to competing for movie studios to stave off its losses before it had become a successful movie studio in its own right.
Besides the sell-offs to Fox, Marvel also gave Sony, the movie rights to 'Spider-Man' and to Universal, the partial movie rights to the 'Hulk' (under the deal with Universal, Marvel cannot use the Hulk character in solo movies. The deal allows Marvel to only use the Hulk character if it appears alongside the Avengers, a superhero team-up of its characters).
The buyout is also a coup for Disney in India, as it adds to its belt the National Geographic Channels, Star India, FX and Fox networks.
Marvel had sold off many of its characters' movie and television rights to competing for movie studios to stave off its losses before it had become a successful movie studio in its own right.
Besides the sell-offs to Fox, Marvel also gave Sony, the movie rights to 'Spider-Man' and to Universal, the partial movie rights to the 'Hulk' (under the deal with Universal, Marvel cannot use the Hulk character in solo movies. The deal allows Marvel to only use the Hulk character if it appears alongside the Avengers, a superhero team-up of its characters).
With Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox, Marvel characters like X-Men and the Fantastic Four could possibly join the Avengers
Marvel had retained the movie rights to Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Ant-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy and many more. In 2008, Marvel scripted an incredible comeback with the movie 'Iron Man', that launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe or MCU and formed its own team, using these characters.
Fox on the other hand, despite creating a multi-billion-dollar franchise out of the 'X-Men', a franchise with a roster of hundreds of diverse characters, achieved mixed results, with many of its movies being as critically panned as they were critically acclaimed.
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