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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 23:15:15 GMT -6
They probably could buy Netflix out of the Marvel/Netflix show licenses but, I imagine they're trying to be conservative with cash right now. They own the characters, but they don't own the Netflix iterations of them. Why wait? Especially when they need as much content to dominate as possible. The $170 million figure represents the total operational losses of the Fox business unit. There are a lot of factors that contributed to that loss not least of which is the abysmal performance of Dark Phoenix. Other contributing factors were marketing costs for upcoming Fox films and, if we're being honest, the acquisition itself is also to blame. Had the purchase not happened, Fox executives would not have rushed sub-standard product out the door. The $170 million loss is a speeding ticket in the big picture. What really happened is that Disney's earnings overall fell below analyst projections (see the first paragraph below). Depending on how you look at it, Disney didn't lose any money. www.cnbc.com/2019/08/06/dark-phoenix-sank-disneys-box-office-despite-avengers-success.htmlOh wait, so they could reboot the characters anytime they want to? The only thing they would have to wait for is if they wanted to continue to use the Netflix versions specifically?
I did not know that.
What if they did vague continuations, where they recast and do already established versions of the characters so that they are effectively sequels, but never specifically mention any of the Netflix stuff until after the 2 years?
Yes, they can reboot the characters completely. The only restrictions seem to revolve around continuing or referencing the Netflix story arcs in any way (except for story beats taken from the source material). They also can't use any of the original characters from the Netflix shows (mostly supporting players). I'm sure some talented legal eagle could find a loophole that allowed for vague continuations. That probably wouldn't be worth the trouble and, it would end up being too restrive creatively speaking. |
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Post by WeirdRaptor on Aug 7, 2019 23:17:39 GMT -6
Oh wait, so they could reboot the characters anytime they want to? The only thing they would have to wait for is if they wanted to continue to use the Netflix versions specifically?
I did not know that.
What if they did vague continuations, where they recast and do already established versions of the characters so that they are effectively sequels, but never specifically mention any of the Netflix stuff until after the 2 years?
Yes, they can reboot the characters completely. The only restrictions seem to revolve around continuing or referencing the Netflix story arcs in any way (except for story beats taken from the source material). They also can't use any of the original characters from the Netflix shows (mostly supporting players). I'm sure some talented legal eagle could find a loophole that allowed for vague continuations. That probably wouldn't be worth the trouble and, it would end up being too restrive creatively speaking. Better to just burn that particular part of the franchise and run, huh? |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2019 23:25:52 GMT -6
Yes, they can reboot the characters completely. The only restrictions seem to revolve around continuing or referencing the Netflix story arcs in any way (except for story beats taken from the source material). They also can't use any of the original characters from the Netflix shows (mostly supporting players). I'm sure some talented legal eagle could find a loophole that allowed for vague continuations. That probably wouldn't be worth the trouble and, it would end up being too restrive creatively speaking. Better to just burn that particular part of the franchise and run, huh? From a business standpoint, yes, but from a fandom point of view, the Netflix shows will become events that happened in the MCU multiverse. That's sad given the passion of the actors involved and the loyalty the shows garnered from followers. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2019 5:37:35 GMT -6
Serves them right for cancelling Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Defenders and The Punisher. The Defenders was justified |
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