Rights revert to Marvel/Disney if Fox's next Daredevil film goes off the rails

[samurainoir]

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2012/07/12/david-slade-exits-foxs-daredevil/

Director David Slade has dropped out of Fox’s long-discussed Daredevil reboot, leaving the studio scrambling to get the project into production by the fall or risk the rights reverting to Marvel. Deadline cites a scheduling conflict with Slade’s commitment to helm NBC’s Hannibal pilot.

Best known for his adaptations of 30 Days of Night and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Slade signed on in March 2011 to helm the film, which is based on “Born Again,” the seminal 1986 Marvel comics storyline by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli.

[The Toyroom]

I thought this was already common knowledge....???

[samurainoir]

^^^
you already knew David Slade just dropped out this round? Just as they were about to start filming? In time for fall?

[samurainoir]

Also, FF gets a director

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2012/07/12/its-official-chronicles-josh-trank-directing-fantastic-four-reboot/

Fox has finally made it official: Chronicle director Josh Trank will helm the reboot of its Fantastic Four franchise. According to Deadline, production will begin sometime following Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class, which goes in front of the cameras in January.

He’s expected to put the film ahead of his other projects: Sony’s Venom spinoff and Shadow of the Colossus adaptation, and Warner Bros.’ The Red Star adaptation.

Fox, which released Fantastic Four in 2005 and the sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer in 2008, holds the movie rights to the Marvel property (as well as X-Men and Daredevil) in perpetuity — as long as the studio keeps making the films within a contractually prescribed time frame.

[The Toyroom]

I'm talking about the rights reverting to Marvel which is your headline...

[samurainoir]

I'm talking about the rights reverting to Marvel which is your headline...

The headline just got a whole lot urgent with the latest news didn't it?

[Brue]

i am glad disney has the movie rights to the avengers characters and actually glad they don't have rights to many of the other players. why? because i think the stories are more believable when not every hero exists. think about the avengers movie - if spidey is introduced as existing then wouldn't it be stupid for him to not get involved. either you throw them all in the fight or you just say "wow, soider-man just did nothing!?"
i like that the movie franchises have separate universes

keep DD where he is. of course if they rush a film it could be bad. (note. i loved the first DD film)

[johnmiic]

FOX doesn't know how to make an FF film. If they had 1/2 a brain and allowed Bryan Singer to get FF and X-Men to crossover the FF films might pick up in quality.

[madmarva]

If I was Fox I'd just let it revert back. Dare Devil isn't a character that's going to generate Spider-Man-type money and rushing a production just to keep a the property is wasting money.

Chronicle is a good film with excellent effects. Makes me optimistic about an FF movie.

[thunderbolt]

the only people this really matters to is Fox and Disney. It really doesn't affect us little guys.

[clemso]

But in the right hands a movie can do generate success, look at Blade, barely a support character in the comics, but pretty much saved Marvel's *****

If I was Fox I'd just let it revert back. Dare Devil isn't a character that's going to generate Spider-Man-type money and rushing a production just to keep a the property is wasting money.

Chronicle is a good film with excellent effects. Makes me optimistic about an FF movie.

[clemso]

Also i think Daredevil has a lot more going for it than say Punisher (3 movies already) and Ghost Rider (2 movies)

[samurainoir]

The rights for both Hulk and Punisher reverted back to Marvel Studios, with mixed results. Although Incredible Hulk was a step up from Hulk, and The Avengers' hulk is the charmed third time. Punisher War Zone was unwatchanle compared to the first two, which at least I could laugh at.

I've got mixed feelings... But I think I'd much rather that this does not get off the ground and revert back to Marvel than have fox make a sub par second film just to hang onto the rights. Of course Marvel has been on a roll, and Daredevil could end up running around the Avengers during a third outing, which I don't think the character belongs necessarily. He's such a street level hero. I'd rather Marvel relaunch Daredevil in a crossover alongside characters like Punisher or Luke Cage if this was the route they take.

[madmarva]

Also i think Daredevil has a lot more going for it than say Punisher (3 movies already) and Ghost Rider (2 movies)

Clemso, I agree with you on the above statement, but my point is a rushed effort isn't likely to end up being a very good product. It isn't going to make Fox Spider-Man-like money, probably not even Thor or Captain America money. Why waste resources on something that's likely to tank?

I could be wrong, but I just don't think the ceiling on a Dare Devil film even if well produced and directed is over the $150 million range and it would probably cost that much to make.

If Marvel had the rights, it might be able to make a DareDevil movie that could perform as well as Thor or Cap, but I don't think Fox can do it.

It's kind of like with Green Lantern last year. Warners made a mediocre GL movie for $225-250 million. With the right script and director, Warners might be able to make a great GL movie for that price,but even if it does, it doesn't mean the film will perform like Dark Knight. I don't think the ceiling on a GL movie is as high as a Batman film.

[samurainoir]

^^^
Agreed Terry. Brand recognition on Green Lantern and Daredevil just aren't as high as Batman and Spiderman. With that said, we saw Iron Man build his brand over three hit movies, and now there is no doubt that he's officially an A-list property as he embarks on his fourth outing in Iron Man 3. Unfortunately, the initial GL and Daredevil movies didn't launch the characters into that same zone.