Kevin Feige Confirms That The Watchers Are Shared Between 20th Century Fox And Marvel Studios

Kevin Feige Confirms That The Watchers Are Shared Between 20th Century Fox And Marvel Studios

In a new interview, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has touched on some of the studio's rights-sharing details, along with discussing some scenes from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2...

By MattBellissimo - May 10, 2017 03:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Vol. 2
Source: /Film
WARNING: SPOILERS for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ahead!

By now, many fans are well aware that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 has some hilarious and intriguing mid and post-credits scenes; five, to be exact! While most of them don't carry much storytelling weight, one scene ended up drawing a little more interest than others. In the film's final scene after the credits (and a quick scene during the film), we get to see Stan Lee among the Watchers, a race of beings committed to observing the events of the universe.

This scene was of particular interest to fans because it was believed that the Watchers were owned by 20th Century Fox, seeing as Uatu the Watcher first appeared in Fantastic Four #13. Could their appearance in Vol. 2 signify mended relations between Fox and Marvel Studios? Unfortunately, it doesn't seem like that's the case.

While addressing the post-credits scenes with /Film, Kevin Feige was asked if the Watchers were owned by Fox, to which the Marvel Studios President confirmed that while Fox may own certain characters, races are shared between the two companies. "No. There’s joint custody with a number of things. There are certain characters that they have, but races that we share. If that makes sense?" This explains why Marvel Studios also has access to the Skrulls (which Feige also re-confirmed in the interview). Additionally, it's likely that the rights to Uatu specifically are in Fox's hands, similar to how they own the Super Skrull. 

Also addressed was the mid-credits scene that teased the appearance of Adam Warlock. Given the character's heavy involvement in the Infinity Gauntlet comic storyline, some surmised that an appearance in next year's Avengers: Infinity War may be in the cards. Unfortunately, Feige put those dreams to an end as well. "Adam is not in Infinity War. That is not a tag for Infinity War," he said before reiterating that "[Adam's] always been top of mind for the Guardians franchise. And if he appears anywhere in the future, it’ll be with Guardians."
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Havenless
Havenless - 5/10/2017, 3:35 AM
So marvel definitely definitely has the skrulls. I rememberrdvilus interviews where feige was coy about it. Glad it's out to rest.
MiopTop
MiopTop - 5/10/2017, 3:37 AM
@Havenless - Aren't the Chitauri some form of Skrull ? I thought it was more or less confirmed they had the skrulls since they were able to use the Chitauri.
Havenless
Havenless - 5/10/2017, 3:43 AM
@MiopTop - It may be a reimagining, but they're different races. The actually Skrulls have been mentioned in the Ultimate universe.
MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 5/10/2017, 3:43 AM
@MiopTop - Nah, Chitauri are now a different species. They were originally supposed to be a form of Skrull in the Ultimate Universe, but then they introduced actual Skrulls down the line anyway.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 5/10/2017, 3:39 AM
So I guess Fantastic Four is still with Fox. Unless they are hiding something. This is disappointing.
MattBellissimo
MattBellissimo - 5/10/2017, 3:41 AM
@Urubrodi - Doubt they're hiding anything. They have plenty of time to do another reboot of the franchise. Fant4stic was just to keep their hands on it.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 5/10/2017, 3:39 AM
Forget that!
I heard MCU can use the Skrulls???

I had NO clue about this!!!

This is a f*cking game changer!
I'm thinking about the potential and...

holy shit...
Kree/Skrull War, Secret War... :Q____________
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 5/10/2017, 3:56 AM
Invasion*
Not Secret Wars, although that would be cool too.
But they don't have Dr.Doom....yet.
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