Which MARVEL Characters Belong to Which Movie Studios? || NerdSync

Marvel Studios continues to acquire rights to heroes like Daredevil, Ghost Rider, and even shared rights with Spider-Man, but have you ever wondered why different movie studios have the rights to different Marvel characters? Today, Joel explains the history of Marvel superhero movie rights, and explains which characters belong to which movie studios!

The comic book industry is filled with endless lawsuits and legal issues. Thankfully, Caped-Joel is here to walk us through some of the fun, complicated, and ridiculous court cases involving our favorite comic book characters!

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[ashleybeggs]

I would love to see the board room arguments between studios.

[Old_School]

Scarlet Witch and quicksilver are not founding members of the avengers. They are important avengers but they were still in the brotherhood of evil mutants when the avengers were founded.

[danieldragotti]

I hope marvel and fox agree to work together, what's happening to the x men comics are sad

[pastortobe]

"Think of it as a messy divorce only now Papa Marvel gets visitation" 😂😂😂😂

[TheVetoSkreeemer]

The rights to shared characters are more complicated.and I guess companies have negotiated many times. For example.Viper is a.Captain America villain., but also is related to Wolverine

[airricksreloaded]

love these videos but Joel... please send in a new and updated version of your pictures with more poses lol

[TheSpiderjaws]

Film Theory AND NerdSync?! IN THE SAME DAY?!

[TheAntiSanta]

In the timeline where Marvel didn't sell all it's movie rights, the company fell under, and all their characters were forgotten. In this world, the big two are DC and Valiant Comics. DC still can't figure out how to make a Superhero movie that people want to see, is good, and makes money. The highest grossing Superhero movie is *X-O Manowar 2*. People still don't know what the hell X-O Manowar is.

[charleslee]

Another reason they can't use "mutant":

the fledgling start of Marvel Studios did a show called Mutant X; this show was created by Avi Arad. Fox was not happy about this. They sued, and won; this prompted Fox to say that no project made by other Marvel film/television properties (Avengers, Spider-Man, Hulk, etc.) could use the word "mutant" EVER again.

Thanks, Avi!

[koala]

Thnx to this channel I started to love comics!

[Jdawgwatchr]

Sad thing is Fox may own the X-men but half of the characters are being "Killed" off because of the movies which makes me pissed.

[abcmurder]

Dang!! I fell behind like 15 videos.. You guys really keep the pace

[JimmyGoodYT]

Great video man! Loved how you broke it down and the metaphors you made were spot on. Keep it up!

[TheRAZORVIDS]

Great video! nerdsync is the best comic channel on youtube!

[MrPink-qfxi]

That 4 years thing is really a genius idea.

[Talk_and_Reaction]

I like this idea of separating as it creates diversity within marvel. and also creates a competitive edge for each brand

[mattwo]

2:53 You forgot Columbia had Ghost Rider and Mephisto.

[DoraKage]

Wasn't Joel with Comic Book Cast? I haven't watched their stuff in a while.

[patorengou]

1:27 your trashcan has a shockey thing in it

[kurtbertumen]

I wish DC's film distributions & bankcruptcies issues could be look like as a timeline.

1970's:
- DC filing into bankcruptcy.

1980's:
- Batman & Superman Movies owned by Cannon Films.
- Wonder Woman & Aquaman & Flash movies owned by Holywood Pictures.
- Green Lantern movies owned by MGM.

1990's:
- Warner Brothers bought DC.

2000s:
- Warner Brothers released DC movies based on Batman, Superman & Wonder Woman.

2010's:
- Warner Brothers & DC got into controversial bankcruptcy in 2010.
- Universal have so many rights to many popular DC characters.
- Universal & DC released Man of Steel in 2013.
- Universal made DC Studios in 2014.