The Rebooted "Keep Hope Alive" (that the rights can revert back to Marvel) Thread - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Part 24

[Shuri]

Exclusive: Captain Marvel 2 Ideas "Pretty Amazing" Says Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige

Just give us Monica.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Exclusive: Captain Marvel 2 Ideas "Pretty Amazing" Says Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige

“Mama something’s wrong!! I WANNA LET GO!!”

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Btw, you guys are a little naive if you don’t think Feige and Marvel Studios haven’t atleast been cooking up fanfiction since 2017 when this deal was first announced. They could’ve even been tossing X/F4 ideas as part of the sales pitch.

Feige has something brewing, he just has to play coy for PR purposes.

 

[Spider-Fan]

Feige and co no doubt have ideas. They just can't have anything formally done until it closed, like coordinate directly with the big wigs at FOX, commission screenplays for characters currently under FOX, etc. They have to wait for the closure for all of that. But I have no doubt Feige and co have been informally coming up with some ideas of what they want to do.

 

[Abudefduf]

Exclusive: Captain Marvel 2 Ideas "Pretty Amazing" Says Marvel Studios Boss Kevin Feige

Amazing? Spider-Man in Captain Marvel 2 confirmed.

Dumb jokes aside, I really want the antagonist to be Marvel's best matricidal maniac, Moonstone. She's such a good villain.

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

Feige and co no doubt have ideas. They just can't have anything formally done until it closed, like coordinate directly with the big wigs at FOX, commission screenplays for characters currently under FOX, etc. They have to wait for the closure for all of that. But I have no doubt Feige and co have been informally coming up with some ideas of what they want to do.

This could be a good thing. Imagine having all that time to think about where these characters fit into the larger universe.

By the time they start working on an official script and director, Feige should be able to give them extensive back-story and the direction he wants them to go so they can have a solid framework in which to build their story.

I think Feige will be able to say: "This is who the characters are. This is what makes them special. These are their flaws. This is how I want the visuals to be different from previous films, and this is how I want them to be similar. By the end of the film, audiences should be thinking about X."

Some creative types might not be thrilled with having those sorts of limitiations, but for the right writers and directors, it will give them the type of structure that should help them make a film that fits very nicely into the MCU while showing the elements of the FF that make them unique.

 

[Spider-Fan]

This could be a good thing. Imagine having all that time to think about where these characters fit into the larger universe.

By the time they start working on an official script and director, Feige should be able to give them extensive back-story and the direction he wants them to go so they can have a solid framework in which to build their story.

I think Feige will be able to say: "This is who the characters are. This is what makes them special. These are their flaws. This is how I want the visuals to be different from previous films, and this is how I want them to be similar. By the end of the film, audiences should be thinking about X."

Some creative types might not be thrilled with having those sorts of limitiations, but for the right writers and directors, it will give them the type of structure that should help them make a film that fits very nicely into the MCU while showing the elements of the FF that make them unique.

I think one of the first projects we're going to get confirmed is that Adam McKay Silver Surfer movie. McKay has good relations with Marvel, openly wants it, and I am sure they have had informal talks about doing it. I expect this to be bumped to high priority once it closes.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I still hold on to my theory that the first (formerly Fox owned) characters we see will be Storm and Rogue.

BP2 will no doubt have Ororo or maybe the Fantastic Four, then Rogue/Mystique as the villains for CM2. Carol is loved the world over for her superpowers and for helping to end the threat of Thanos, Rogue is jealous because she can’t touch anyone and people hate her because she was born a mutant. She seeks to take her aggression out on Carol.

Sows the seeds for Avengers vs X-Men.

 

[Lip]

It might take a while before the first MCU X-Men movie, but I do believe we'll see mutants popping up everywhere in the MCU as soon as possible.

And yeah, Rogue and Storm are strong candidates.

 

[Iceman]

From Bloomberg: DISNEY CUTS IGER COMPENSATION BY $13.5M ON FOX DEAL CLOSE MISS

 

[Leo Zelinsky]

Damn that sucks

 

[Dark Raven]

From Bloomberg: DISNEY CUTS IGER COMPENSATION BY $13.5M ON FOX DEAL CLOSE MISS

There's no link there to an article. What's that about?

 

[Leo Zelinsky]

I wouldn't expect a FF or X-Men film before 2022 at the earliest (and that's being generous).

It's already 2019... That's not really that long away anyways.

 

[Iceman]

There's no link there to an article. What's that about?

The headline always comes first without an article.

Disney Cuts Iger Compensation by $13.5m on Fox Deal Close Miss

By Nick Lichtenberg

(Bloomberg) --
On March 4, The Walt Disney Company and Robert Iger amended his employment agreement to reduce by $13.5 million the annual total compensation opportunities that it would have made available to him upon the closing of the transaction with Twenty-First Century Fox.

• Eliminates annual base salary increase of $500,000 on closing date, maintains annual base salary at current level of $3 million
• Eliminates annualized $8 million increase in annual target bonus opportunity following closing date, maintains annual target bonus opportunity at current level of $12 million
• Decreases by $5 million annual target long-term incentive award opportunity that would have been made available for periods following closing date to $20 million

 

[wobbly]

The headline always comes first without an article.

I think he'll cope....lol.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I’d be pissed if I was Iger.

I just successfully cut one of the biggest acquisitions in Hollywood history and you slash my pay?

Me and Mickey would have to square up. Lol.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Any news on The Gifted? Has it been given the official ax yet?

 

[Leo Zelinsky]

I’d be pissed if I was Iger.

I just successfully cut one of the biggest acquisitions in Hollywood history and you slash my pay?

Me and Mickey would have to square up. Lol.

He has like 300m I don't think he'll cry himself to sleep. He'll have a bigger pay cut when he's president

 

[Marvel united]

Getting close!

 

[Detective Conan]

I just realized that without the president then Comcast would've gotten Fox instead of Disney.

One of the major reasons why Murdoch choose Disney over Comcast was because they were worried about Comcast's ability to close under the same DOJ that blocked a similar merger with AT&T-Time Warner that president clearly detested. One of the main reasons Comcast dropped out of the bidding war with the Mouse for Fox was because this fear was renewed when the Justice Department(pressured again by the president) appealed the decision before Comcast could put in another bid. So we have to sort of thank the U.S president for unintentionally bringing he X-Men and Fantastic Four home!

@Spider-Fan: I know I shouldn't mention politics since there's already threads for such a thing but its just an observation.

 

[Darkprime]

I wonder if the pay cut is to compensate for the recent fox lawsuit? And they re using the fox deal to cover it.

 

[Darkprime]

THR is reporting the pay cut won't go into effect until the deal closes which is even weirder. Which makes me think this is to help cover some sort of recent loss I.e the $179M fox law suit and Iger has agreed to help cover the cost out of his pay check. Just speculation.

Disney Amends CEO Bob Iger's Total Yearly Pay as Fox Deal Closing Nears

 

[Willie Lumpkin]

THR is reporting the pay cut won't go into effect until the deal closes which is even weirder. Which makes me think this is to help cover some sort of recent loss I.e the $179M fox law suit and Iger has agreed to help cover the cost out of his pay check. Just speculation.

Disney Amends CEO Bob Iger's Total Yearly Pay as Fox Deal Closing Nears

I can't see any explanation of exactly why he's being cut, but if I had to guess, I suspect the board feels he paid too much and gave up too much in concessions to get approvals.

Maybe Iger said he could get it done more cheaply and when everything shook out Disney ended up paying more than he had promised beforehand.

 

[Lip]

Getting close!

That's so weird. The closer we get, the more I feel like it's taking an eternity to end.

Can't wait for this to be over and official.

 

[Lip]

Any news on The Gifted? Has it been given the official ax yet?

Just a matter of time. Don't see why The Gifted would be an exception. If anything, it would be Legion. But even this show got cancelled. So...