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Fox wants to give Silver Surfer & Galactus back to Disney in exchange for Daredevil

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A Daredevil reboot at Fox could mean Marvel Studios gaining the rights to a few Fantastic Four characters, Variety reports.

Fox currently has until Oct. 10 to start production on a new Daredevil film before rights revert to Marvel Studios, and are attempting to negotiate an extension through returning the rights to Silver Surfer and Galactus to Marvel. Both characters are currently under Fox control as part of its Fantastic Four deal, and both appeared in Fox's 2007 film Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.


According to Variety's report, Galactus is "rumored to play a key role in future Marvel pics," a not entirely surprising notion given the cosmic series Guardians of the Galaxy getting its own live-action film in 2014. A Fantastic Four reboot is also in early development at Fox, with Chronicle's Josh Trank attached.

The Grey's Joe Carnahan, who has been linked to an adaptation of Mark Millar and Steve McNiven's Nemesis, is reportedly Fox's choice to direct a "Frank Miller-esque, hardcore '70s thriller" take on Daredevil, though the article states that he hasn't yet received an official offer. Such a version would seemingly deviate from the family friendly track record established by the Disney-owned Marvel Studios.
 
DO IT!


A SS film could be great, his origin (I only saw the cartoon, so I refer to that one) was great, a guy who sacrifices himself then becomes something that doesn't even care that it was in vein.

Also Galactus would be A3 wrapped up villain wise.
 
I'd love Marvel to have Spiderman, Fantastic Four, and X-Men back.

I wouldn't want Marvel to have Spiderman or X-Men back. Marvel's films have been pretty terrible across the board, not including the mediocre Iron Man and the good Avengers. I do not want Marvel to shoehorning The Avengers crap into my Spiderman and X-Men movies.
 
FF is the one propery I desperately want to see back at Marvel. The MCU wouldn't even exist without them, and Disney/Marvel is the only one that could actually handle the property right. It slides right in, ffs.
 
If they accept the deal Disney should just adapt the whole Annhilation storyline since they could then use Silver Surfer and probably other FF space charecters like Annhilus and Ronan the Accusar
 
I think Fox thinks that Daredevil has the potential to do Dark Knight Rising numbers at the box office since in their minds daredevil is "kind of like batman" . They might even be willing to give up the Fantastic four franchise in order to keep him.
 
I think Fox thinks that Daredevil has the potential to do Dark Knight Rising numbers at the box office since in their minds daredevil is "kind of like batman" . They might even be willing with the Fantastic four franchise in order to keep him.

Honestly I wish it would go down just like this, I don't see DD working very well in MCU anyway
 
Because the world is just itching for another Daredevil film?

A DD movie or two based on Frank Millers shit would be good. Maybe directed by Gareth Evans. A DD series based on the stories of David Hinds, Kevin Smith, Bends or Brubaker would make me a very, very happy man.
 
lol, I thought this was the other Fox complaining that SS and Galactus were illegal aliens or something.
 
Would be awesome for Avengers 3. Who else would the Avenger take on if
Thanos
is the primary villain in Avengers 2?

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What's the story behind this?

Some Fox or Sony executive said that if they got desperate enough to keep the movie rights they could just make some cheap film and release it on dvd. Something similar happened in the early 90's with the Fantastic Four movie.
 


Here's the story of Fantasic Four and Constantine Films
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four_(film)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coayT3aUn8k


To keep the right Fox had to make a FF film every few years, while they waited they tricked some cheep movie makers to make a movie.
Some Fox or Sony executive said that if they got desperate enough to keep the movie rights they could just make some cheap film and release it on dvd. Something similar happened in the early 90's with the Fantastic Four movie.

Very interesting. Thanks guys.
 
Some Fox or Sony executive said that if they got desperate enough to keep the movie rights they could just make some cheap film and release it on dvd. Something similar happened in the early 90's with the Fantastic Four movie.

Nope, they never played to put it out in any form, what's out was leaked (like the horrible Wonder Woman reboot).
 
Sounds like a good deal for Disney. I'd take it. Maybe the the Disney lawyers can squeeze out a little bit more though.
 
What's the story behind this?

Fox has to release a Daredevil movie before the deadline, or else the movie rights go back to Marvel/Disney.

I'd go hard at Fox and get back Fantastic Four overall. Or at least work out a deal for them to use FF in the MCU.
 
Totally good deal.

Disney should give Fox a one-time only 2 year extension to the deadline in exchange for a full return of SS and Galactus since Fox clearly has no clue what to do with them.

Galactus will be a good villain after Thanos, since he's probably the only thing that could be bigger and more epic and cosmic than Thanos.
 
I'd say give up the whole FF universe or no deal. I have a feeling Marvel might just buy those rights back anyways if Galactus is in the plan for future movies.
 
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