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post #31 of 46
9/3/09 at 5:11am
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Disney does indeed own the rights to the Muppets. They bought them in the '90s. They've never changed hands, as far as I know. Perhaps Columbia had a distribution deal for some videos, but never the rights to the characters.
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post #32 of 46
9/3/09 at 10:15am
Disney didn't buy the Muppets until 2004. Before 2004, Disney had nothing to do with Muppets except for airing some Muppet related programming (like Fraggle Rock) on the Disney Channel.
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post #33 of 46
9/3/09 at 10:28am
My kids & I sat down and watched "Dark Crystal" last night.. I am so ready for the BD of it.. one of the most beautiful looking films.

And, just so it is relevent.. it made a great limited edition Marvel comic.  I have a feeling Marvel could also see a lot of "limited edition" tie in vehicles that would be virtual break even advertising in it's future.  
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post #34 of 46
9/3/09 at 1:50pm
Henson almost sealed a deal with Disney before his death, but they wanted the Sesame Street characters too, and that apparently was a deal breaker. The last project Henson worked on was the 3-D Muppet film that still plays in Disney theme parks today.

Disney did distribute the last two theatrical Muppet films, and aired Muppets Tonight! on ABC, before finally getting most of the Muppets body and soul a few years back. They did not get Fraggle Rock or the non-Muppet films like Dark Crystal or Labyrinth.

Kermit had a small role as narrator in Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas, and The Christmas Toy. Both specials were not part of the Disney deal, and his scenes are cut from the DVD versions.

Current non-Disney Henson projects do not use the Muppet name at all, even though the style of the puppets being used is unmistakable.
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post #35 of 46
9/6/09 at 6:56pm
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Originally Posted by SilverWook View Post

Disney did distribute the last two theatrical Muppet films

Muppets From Space was produced by Columbia.
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post #36 of 46
9/6/09 at 7:18pm
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Muppets From Space was produced by Columbia.
 
You're right! I forgot about that one, and thought Muppet Treasure Island was the last feature film released.
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post #37 of 46
9/7/09 at 2:17am
According to Entertainment Weekly, "Pixar is said to be eyeballing an Ant-Man movie".

Marvel films rights currently locked with other studios...

FOX
-Daredevil (reboot coming)
-Fantastic Four (reboot coming)
-Silver Surfer (spin-off feature coming)
-X-Men (X-Men: First Class is currently being prepped, while several X-Men Origins movies are being planned along with the Wolverine sequel)
(Fox's deals state that all rights revert back to Marvel if films of these characters aren't made within a certain amount of time.)

PARAMOUNT
-Avengers (the deal includes a sequel)
-Captain America (the deal includes a sequel)
-Iron Man (the deal includes two sequels)
-Thor (the deal includes a sequel)
(Overall, the studio has a nine-picture pact with Paramount.  When a ninth film is completed, all rights will be controlled by Disney.)

SONY
-Spider-Man
(Spidey is the one property that Disney probably won't be able to get their hands for for quite some time, if ever.)

UNIVERSAL
-Hulk
-Universal also has theme-park rights to several Marvel characters.
(Hulk is expected to appear in the upcoming Avengers feature, but Universal isn't likely to make another sequel.)

Disney will probably wait to make a big screen live-action flick based on a Marvel character, but look for the animation department to focus on the many less popular heroes on Marvel's sizable slate.
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post #38 of 46
9/7/09 at 8:16am
Marvel's deal with Fox really sucks.  Fox will only keep rebooting or making crappy sequels just to keep the rights.
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post #39 of 46
9/7/09 at 2:49pm
It was a very smart move of Fox to structure the deal they have with Marvel the way they did.  As you stated, all the studio has to do is continue to crank out these movies, no matter how good or bad they are to maintain the rights.  With the Disney deal, Fox made sure to put making new films of these franchises their top priority.  As many as three new 'X-Men Origins' films are said to be "in the works" (Magneto, Deadpool, and possibly Gambit), with a second 'Wolverine' feature hitting theaters as soon as 2011.  Fox also has stepped up work on the new "X-Men: First Class" movie.  Reboots for both Daredevil and Fantastic Four are underway.  Fox is also looking for someone to write the eventual Silver Surfer feature as well. 

Disney won't be securing any of Fox's rights in the foreseeable future.  The same can be said for Sony's lock-down of the Spider-Man franchise. 
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post #40 of 46
9/8/09 at 6:57am
i just hope incredibles doesnt get forgotten. i want more of those instead of marvel cgi.
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post #41 of 46
9/8/09 at 8:22am
On the other hand, the Incredibles could make for a great limited edition or even continuing comic series.
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post #42 of 46
9/8/09 at 8:52am
I think it was just a mini-series but Boom Studios put out an Incredibles comic book. I would imagine that as soon Boom's Pixar license expires, Marvel will be putting out many different Pixar comics though.
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post #43 of 46
9/9/09 at 3:17pm
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Originally Posted by TerryRL View Post

According to Entertainment Weekly, "Pixar is said to be eyeballing an Ant-Man movie".

Marvel films rights currently locked with other studios...

FOX
-Daredevil (reboot coming)
-Fantastic Four (reboot coming)
-Silver Surfer (spin-off feature coming)
-X-Men (X-Men: First Class is currently being prepped, while several X-Men Origins movies are being planned along with the Wolverine sequel)
(Fox's deals state that all rights revert back to Marvel if films of these characters aren't made within a certain amount of time.)

PARAMOUNT
-Avengers (the deal includes a sequel)
-Captain America (the deal includes a sequel)
-Iron Man (the deal includes two sequels)
-Thor (the deal includes a sequel)
(Overall, the studio has a nine-picture pact with Paramount.  When a ninth film is completed, all rights will be controlled by Disney.)

SONY
-Spider-Man
(Spidey is the one property that Disney probably won't be able to get their hands for for quite some time, if ever.)

UNIVERSAL
-Hulk
-Universal also has theme-park rights to several Marvel characters.
(Hulk is expected to appear in the upcoming Avengers feature, but Universal isn't likely to make another sequel.)

Disney will probably wait to make a big screen live-action flick based on a Marvel character, but look for the animation department to focus on the many less popular heroes on Marvel's sizable slate.
 
Since Antman also doubles as Giantman/Goliath, the character should probably be part of the Paramount Avengers deal.

 A Pixar movie I would like to see made, would be an X-men movie focusing on the original five, yellow costumes and the whole 1960's settings, unfortunately the Fox deal will keep this from happening anytime in the near future.

An idea for Disney to captilize on if possible, would be to make a Defenders movie with Dr Strange, Sub-Mariner and the Hulk, since Universal will likely let the rights to make another Hulk sequel expire.
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post #44 of 46
9/11/09 at 12:37pm
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/d23exponews.php?id=58997 


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Iger stressed the notion that fans can expect Marvel to continue to operate as it has.

"We're not planning on any 'Disneyfication' of Marvel," said Iger, "...Our intention is to keep Marvel as an entity."

Iger went on to explain that he has met with a great many Marvel talents and that, like the acquisition of Pixar, Disney's primary goal is to stay on the sidelines and let the artists do what they do best.
 
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post #45 of 46
9/20/09 at 3:07pm
And a wrench hits the wagon..


http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/urgent-intellectual-pit-bull-lawyer-marc-toberoff-goes-after-disneymarvel-deal-on-behalf-of-jack-kirby-estate/
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post #46 of 46
9/20/09 at 4:16pm
You know, I don't mind the families of now-dead creators, who did get the shaft when they were alive, getting a nice fat settlement or even a piece of the profits from these characters. That's entirely fair.

However, the rights to the characters were (mostly) fairly sold off as work for hire. The families didn't create anything, except legal bills. They don't deserve the rights to the characters.
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