How can Marvel get their characters back?

@Dynamo good thought! but doubt sony or fox would want that... they want their own film series their own way... this way both get what they want...

I thought of something like thus while ago, but never got around to write it down on here. Good to see someone else thinking along these line. It does seem somewhat unlikely to happen but then again you never know. Warner Brothers released their James Bond movie, Never Say Never Again with Sean Connery the same year that MGM and United Artists put out a Bond movie in the regular series with Roger Moore.

I agree with Dynamo. If they buy/co-own the rights and let the studios that currently own the characters co-produce or distribute the films, like Marvel Studios and Universal did with The Incredible Hulk, that's the only way I see a completely unified MCU happening anytime soon.
I'm actually hoping they made this deal with Sony already for The Amazing Spider-Man, and are just keeping the info that it's a part of the Marvel Universe a secret for the time being, just to give fans something to salivate over later.
But that's just wishful thinking, really.

Talk about over saturation. It wouldnt work because then Sony could come out with a spider man movie one year and Marvel the next and the general public wouldnt know the difference. Not saying they are dumb but the Marvel logo would be on both of them and in order to get a trilogy out for both of them, there would be 6 movies in a 10 year span of just spider man...

Same thing with Fox. Fantastic Four and X men would be the same way. Could you imagine how convoluted it would get?

We could have 2 different Spider man, 2 different X men, and 2 different Fantastic Four movies in a 2 year span... thats 6 movies over the same three character groups in such a small time plus whatever Marvel is also releasing. It just wouldnt work over the long run because the general public would most likely see them all and then get bored not really knowing the difference besides one universe is connected and the other isnt...

I also feel like Fox and Sony would want a fair trade if this deal was made. That could mean Cap, Thor, and Iron Man become Fox and Sony movies. I dont think they would share their properties with Marvel unless they got a fair deal.

Oh and lastly, if they were willing to sell half of the rights back to Marvel, dont you think there would be a price at that point to buy the full rights back?

guys you don't get it i doubt sony, fox, marvel (which is Disney) would want to co-own something, that's why the respective universes would work... also over saturation i doubt any of us would mind, neither would the causal audience as they wouldn't care about the universe thing, or that they would be able to choose the universe that they like just like ultimate and 616 it's all about choices...

The general audiance doesnt look at universes though. They see Marvel and they see Xmen and they think its one in the same. Only people that really care, like us, know the difference.

I could see Sony doing it but Fox being the pricks they are will probably not.

@LP4 thanks buddy! if you get the number post it in the comments please!

btw do you have a twitter?

hmmm good point and so is Dynamos.....but i awhile back i had this idea, Marvel owns the TV rights to ALL their characters so why not just make X-Men and SPiderman live action tv series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

@otherside- haha yeah i got twitter man! Find me on fb though, i go on there more buddy!

I'll find the number though!

fox and sony would lose too much money. and it would be confusing as hell. what marvel should do is arrange a partnership with them. and then whichever company and marvel could approve the script too and then link them in the MCU.

I disagree witht this, for one. He's proposing a a cinematic version of a multiverse, Marvel putting out Spider-Man and X-Men, etc while at the same time FOX and Sony put out theirs. CBMs won't last long as a genre with that much oversaturation. Like LMFAO said, you can argue all day about fans and 616 vs Ultimate, but the truth is whenit comes to the average joe those distinctions won't matter they'll just see another film with the same character they saw earlier that summer or the summer before. Imagine a summer with two Spider-Man films it just too much. After a while CBMs will simply flood the summer and for a few summers that won't be a bad thing, but after several summers with potentially four or five CBMs with big name characters, the same characters, seen over and over people will just get tired of it and stop going to see any of them. When that happens the era of the CBM will be over and over for many years.

ugh, no offense, but i'm so tired of hearing this issue. Marvel/Disney and Feige have said they have no intention of buying the rights back.

its not going to happen guys...

Yeah I think I added you on twitter...