Kevin Feige Reveals Who Owns The Rights To Quicksilver And Scarlet Witch

good interview

Does it look like he lost more hair to anyone else?

you can use them,good...but how do you explain their origins?

That's great to hear. But I wish they would update the situation with their contracts with Fox & Sony.

Also don't forget that quicksilver was in XO:W for like 1/2 a second

Ha1frican

Sucks marvel dosent have the rights to its flagship character haha how ironic huh?

ahh life is just going to get better and better, i love being a fanboy! :D anyone else with me?

cool cool cool. glad they didn't go skrulls for this one though, even though i wanted them to be initially. marvel knows best.

Can someone transcribe the full interview? I'm at work and can't watch the video.

Hey, if it opens up a door to Vision, then by damn I'm all for it. Bring them on!

Would be interesting to see how they explain Pietro and Wanda's "relationship" in the movies,especially if they went the Ultimate route..

let's hope we don't see the Ultimate versions.

@LordHuck you underestimate the power of the "action figure"

@Ghostfire, I'm not sure about Sony, but their contracts with Fox haven't changed.They're the same contracts they had since the early 90s.And they are pretty airtight.

A year or two ago, when Disney was looking into reclaiming those rights, portions of their contract with Fox were put online.

I'm not sure how much money Marvel received when they initially sold the X-Men rights(they were hurting for cash then), but the contracts were vague, yet specific.

They stated that Fox would own the film rights to the X-Men until they decided to relinquish them.Disney found that out when they tried to reclaim them.That's what he's talking about in the video when he says the contracts are very specific.They're specific in how long Fox can hold on to them.There's no way around it.

I can't say the same for Sony.Remember, Ghost Rider was released in early 2007, but Sony would have lost the rights had they not started production on a film by late 2010.But look at Fox and Daredevil.They released the Daredevil movie in early 2003 and Elektra in early 2005.Sony was in danger of losing Ghost Rider because they hadn't used the rights in almost 4 years, yet Fox hasn't used the Daredevil rights in over 7 years and they're in no danger of losing them.The last Fantastic Four was released the same year as Ghost Rider, but those rights aren't in any danger of reverting, either.

It's because Fox hammer out clear, concise deals for the rights that means they can't be take away unless they give them back.

Now, on to the Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch business.Regarding the use of characters in Fox produced movies, they were very vague in the wording of the contract.It stated that Fox would be able to use any X-Men character(they listed some names) and any character associated with the X-Men created before and after the contracts were made that enables them to tell the story they want to tell.

Because Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are not X-Men and weren't named specifically in the contracts, Marvel still owns the rights to those characters, but because they are closely associated with the X-Men, Fox has access to them.

Same goes for Viper.While she's more closely associated with Captain America and the Avengers, she also shares history with Wolverine.There was a casting call/character breakdown for the Wolverine floating around a while ago, and Viper was one of the characters in the movie.

So, that's where it stands.Fox has these characers until they give them up and they can use any non mutant who frequently appears in an X-Men story, as long as that character doesn't have it's own franchise.

Those worried about SW and Quicksilver would be like their Ultimate counter parts:

None of the Marvel films have done that. Some of the story has been taken from certain Ultimate ideas but the core characters are all from 616. I doubt they're going to start any time soon at doing this. :D

@tazmaniak
Thanks bud! Last time I heard, Fox extended their contract for the xmen rights. The previous contract was for 10 years, and the extention gives them about 5 more, give or take. After that, if Fox wants to keep the right they have to negotiate with Disney. Contracts have expiration dates, so its not like Fox will own them forever. Thanks again.

Gotta love knowledgeable interviewers.

As for the Scarlet Witch/ Quicksilver thing, that's quite interesting. Hypothetically, I wonder if they and 20th Century Fox could use the same actors if they both decided to use these characters. Personally, I don't have an enormous amount of knowledge about these Wanda and Pietro, but I think that they are so defined by having Magneto as their father that it doesn't make sense to me to introduce them in the MCU if he can't exist there.