Aug 11, 2010 how many of you have wondered who owns the rights to what marvel cb charactersthats what i thought, everyonefollow the jump to find you who owns the rights to your favorite marvel comic. Dc movies have been trending upward since the dc extended universe experiment backfired with 2017s superhero teamup movie, justice league, which disappointed at the box office after extensive. Marvel, on the other hand, sold off the movie rights to many of its. Feb 14, 2020 while the vast majority of liveaction dc films remain part of the ongoing dc extended universe dceu, which launched with zack snyders batman v superman. See in 1998, marvel began licensing the rights to put some of its characters in films to other studios. Dc comics rights and restrictions information prints. With fox deal, disneymarvel could own a piece of batman cbr. In 2008, marvel studios turned the page on the comic book movie with. In 2014, detailed the long, strange saga, where, despite owning some form of rights to namor, marvel still cant greenlight a movie thanks to legal complications with universal. We all know that marvel doesnt have the film rights to a lot of their big properties. List of films based on dc comics publications wikipedia. I say lend since if the company like dc comics is owned by time warner dc will let them use batman without selling them use rights.
Dc comics rights and restrictions information prints and. For fans of comic book movies, its no secret that warner bros. In 1967, dc comics was acquired by the kinney national company, which would eventually morph into warner communications in the 1970s. Dec 26, 20 stepping back into the completely fictional characters of the marvel comics universe, there are a number of characters like quicksilver who could be prone to shared rights between movie studios. To my knowledge, dc more or less owns the rights to all of the characters that are owned by dc entertainment as others have pointed out, some properties published under dcs imprints are creatorowned, but the vast majority of work published by dc comics is owned by dc and her parent companies ultimately, time warner. Soon after 20th century fox got the license for xmen and then sony got the film rights to spiderman.
Jan 20, 2019 the acquisition comes with the rights to marvel comics xmen and fantastic four properties. The dc comics universe has produced plenty of movies, from modern favorites like the dark knight, joker, birds of prey, and suicide squad to classics like superman. Its clear disney isnt willing to pay the current price for the movie rights to the xmen. Based on one of dc comics most popular stories, batman. Marvel first licensed the film rights to the character blade to new line cinema. Unlike marvel comics, whose movie rights are more scattered, all dc movies are produced by warner bros. Dc is home to the worlds greatest super heroes, including superman, batman, wonder woman, green lantern, the flash, aquaman and more. Before aquaman, the only dceu movie that was both a financial and. Does warner brothers own all of the film rights for dc or are there any held by other studios.
Superheroes that marvel does not own the rights to anymore. As marvel prepares to release the 22nd film in its cinematic universe. The movie on home video in the 1980s, the tangle of rights between fox, greenway and warner kept the show off of the home video market. It is the comics publishing branch of dc entertainment, inc. Marvel is ahead of the game right now, but warner bros. For decades, dc comics has been one of the two largest american comic book companies, along with marvel comics. Zachary levi has thanked all dc comics fans for making shazam. Despite many dc movies not reaching their performance goals, dc is still a very valuable property to warner bros. Film adaptations based on dc comics properties have included serials, live action and animated films, directtovideo releases, television films, fanmade films, and documentary films contents 1 liveaction films. Dc films is an american film studio that is a subsidiary of warner bros. Heres a handy diagram about which studios own the rights to.
Dc comics movie foremost for dc entertainment news. These rights have been caught in a complex web of licensing since 1985. The majority of its publications take place within the fictional dc universe and feature numerous culturally iconic heroic characters, most notably superman. Check out a full list of upcoming dc movies and their current status including the flash, the batman, aquaman 2, wonder woman 2, and more. Dc comics is one of the largest and oldest american comic book companies. American superhero film franchise based on dc comics. Marvel has a similar department, although my dealings with them have been minimal. Dc comics has a marketing and licensing department whose job it is to rule on proposals from outside companies to contract for use of their properties. How to obtain permission from popular groups like marvel. Dc comics owns the rights to the character of the batman. All dc comics movies ranked jun 02, 2019 kevin smith wants to do a netflix series about dc comics the question. Dawn of justice in 2016 a followup to 20s man of steel, a handful of upcoming dc films are going to be standalone, in the vein of todd phillips joker origin movie. Christopher reeves puts on the superman costume from zack snyders man of steel movie in a new fan poster.
I dont know if that included movie rights or something like that or tv rights, but ive loved that. Now you can collect action figures of your favorite dc comics characters from any era in an allnew 6 scale. How to obtain permission from popular groups like marvel and. For the series of directtovideo animated films, see dc animated movie universe. Nov 03, 2015 dc comics has a marketing and licensing department whose job it is to rule on proposals from outside companies to contract for use of their properties. Films that have marvel characters, however, have been coming out of multiple studios which can create some confusion about who owns. Films that have marvel characters, however, have been coming out of multiple studios.
To my knowledge, dc more or less owns the rights to all of the characters that are owned by dc entertainment as others have pointed out, some properties published under dc s imprints are creatorowned, but the vast majority of work published by dc comics is owned by dc and her parent companies ultimately, time warner. Heres a handy diagram about which studios own the rights. Superman, batman, captain america, iron man, spiderman. Stepping back into the completely fictional characters of the marvel comics universe, there are a number of characters like quicksilver who could. After several rounds of litigation involving, principally, marvel and metrogoldwynmayer, inc. Oct 18, 2016 dc comics movie rights are owned by warner bros. Feb 06, 2020 details about the movies plot are being kept under wraps, but as the hollywood reporter explains, in the comics, justice league dark was a loosely organized team of supernatural characters.
What dc comics needs to learn from jokers success the verge. This first assortment features batman, deadman, green arrow and mister miracle. All the dc comics movies in the works, including one with the rock. Timothee chalamet is robin the boy wonder in the batman fan art. The acquisition comes with the rights to marvel comics xmen and fantastic four properties. However they either sell or lend the rights to other companies for tv, movies, novels, and toys. Our main goal is to report on all the latest breaking dc entertainment news. Dc comics film franchisenot least of which is the fresh news that wb c. With relative failures including batman vs superman, suicide squad and the recent harley quinn movie, it wouldnt be surprising to see dc. Dc films finally admits marvel studios was right all along vanity. The initials dc came from the companys popular series detective comics, which featured batmans debut. Alternate trilogy conclusion only to superman and superman ii. The film is a model for the future of dcs films and a throwback to the. Aquaman is exceeding expectations at the box office and has breathed new life into warner bros.
A complete list of upcoming dc extended universe movies time. Information regarding copying and use of dc comics items held by the library of congress prints and photographs division. How many of you have wondered who owns the rights to what marvel cb charactersthats what i thought, everyonefollow the jump to find you who owns the rights to your favorite marvel comic. All dc comics movies ranked independent s complete collection of articles and commentary on dc comics.
Marvel character movie rights and upcoming movies mtr network. What did dc get right this time that it couldnt capture with most of its. It is the publishing unit of dc entertainment, a subsidiary of warner bros. Theres obviously a whole recalibration happening with that right now. Its things published by dc, but not justice league type heroes. Marvel, dc superhero movies are in for a major shakeup in 2019.
The movie was released on dvd and blu ray, but the tv series still has not received a home video release due to conflict between fox who own the tv series rights and warners who own the batman ip. Things like, road to perdition, stardust, league of extraordinary gentlemen, these were all done by different studios. With the dc power visa credit card, you can earn points for moneycantbuy experiences, exclusive merchandise and entertainment. Dc comicslegendary picturesbad hat harry productions. What if dc comics bought the movie rights to the xmen. Prints and photographs division, library of congress, washington, d. Here are all of the dc comics movies that have been confirmed or reported. Marvel character movie rights and upcoming movies mtr. Kevin tsujihara is resigning in disgrace, following a report about. Chris hemsworth is superman in man of steel alternate universe fan art. In the last six years, dcs wave of superhero films have been dark, droll and. Its no secret that hollywood is currently ruled by superheroes, and both marvel studios and warner bros.