Chapter 610 of the main text of the Best Entertainment Age Chapter 610 of the Marvel superhero movie Marvel and Twentieth Century Fox’s dispute over "Fantastic Four", Ronan did not think of taking the initiative to stop. According to the copyright agreement signed between the two parties, "Fantastic Four" was adapted into a movie. Not only did Marvel have no benefits, but also the new characters in the related comics. Twentieth Century Fox also automatically owns the film and television adaptation rights.

Marvel's head Perelman didn't know what he thought, but actually signed such a copyright transfer agreement with 20th Century Fox.

Marvel's fearless dedication is something we have to admire.

Perelman acquired Marvel in 1989, just to make quick money. After completely ruining Marvel, he probably wanted to use Marvel to make more profits as much as possible before stepping down.

But this brought Marvel a series of subsequent troubles.

Nowadays, comics' profits are almost negligible. If you want to promote the development of comics, you can only rely on movies, but the movie has nothing to do with Marvel. Continuing to create the "Fantastic Four" comics is just a wedding dress for the 20th Century Fox.

Ronan remembers that after Walt Disney acquired Marvel, it has been operating to get "Fantastic Four" home, but Twentieth Century Fox is extremely tough and the two companies have conflicts one after another. In the end, Twentieth Century Fox would rather shoot a super bad movie stuck in the deadline than return "Fantastic Four" to Marvel.

With the promotion of the group company, Marvel simply killed the Fantastic Four and stopped updating the comics in this series. It was not until Walt Disney acquired the 20th Century Fox that it was updated again.

To a certain extent, the conflict between the two sides also led to the ups and downs of the fate of the "Fantastic Four" series. Except for the first one, all the subsequent movies were disappointing, and 20th Century Fox did not make much profit in this series.

Relativity Entertainment's acquisition of Marvel has become a foregone conclusion, and Ronan knows very well what Marvel's biggest problem is now.

It’s not that Marvel has no value, the problem is that all the value is reflected outside of Marvel, that is, the sons sold by Marvel.

For example, the outside world commented that Spider-Man alone is worth $1 billion.

Spider-Man is no longer Marvel's Spider-Man, and his fate is completely in the hands of Sony Columbia Pictures.

As Relativity Entertainment acquired Marvel, Ronan learned more about Marvel's son selling, which was shockingly indescribable.

When Marvel sold the copyright of "Spider-Man", it only cost $7 million, and there were no restrictions on transfer terms. As a result, "Spider-Man" was acquired by Sony Columbia Pictures in a secondary transaction.

Marvel only has a net profit share of five percent.

Sony Columbia Pictures only needs to ensure that it releases a Spider-Man movie every five and a half years, and can always have the right to shoot these characters, including any character that appears in the subsequent comics of Spider-Man.

Therefore, there was once a spider that only lasted three times, and it would be restarted after three times.

Strictly speaking, the copyright transactions of these characters have allowed Marvel to survive the most difficult stage and persist until now, but it also limits Marvel's future development and completely loses its autonomy.

Especially after selling the last batch of well-known characters to Relativity Entertainment, Marvel was unanimously regarded by the industry and even mortgage loans were difficult.

Marvel can get too little from the movie.

In the first part of "Spider-Man", Marvel received only about $12 million in revenue share. According to a five-percent ratio, Sony Columbia's profit on this film was around $240 million.

However, according to observations and statistics from the relativity entertainment professional department, Sony Columbia Pictures' profit is very likely to exceed US$400 million.

Ronan reminded Robert Eiger and communicated with Avi Arad. He has now begun to collect relevant data and evidence. As long as he encounters a suitable opportunity, Marvel will sue Sony Columbia Pictures.

The previous Marvel Comics were far away from the Hollywood system and were neither proficient in Hollywood financial calculation rules, and were also companies outside the circle.

But with relativity entertainment, the situation is completely different.

After Walt Disney acquired Marvel, Marvel also sued Sony Columbia Pictures for the Spider-Man series share. In the end, Marvel won the case, not only recovering the revenue share that the previous movies deserved, but also forcing Sony Columbia to make huge concessions.

Sony Columbia Pictures compromised Marvel and gave all the rights to sales of the film's derivatives to Marvel.

Why did Walt Disney later use Marvel's Dafa and Iron Man, the popular movie characters, to take Spider-Man to show off and fly together, not only to let Spider-Man go home, but more importantly, Marvel can get huge profits from the "Spider-Man" movie.

The so-called sentiment that commercial movies emphasize is similar to Avengers and Spider-Man, and the key factor behind it is interests.

There are more Marvel movies launched by 20th Century Fox. "X-Men" has been released. Although "Darkward" failed, the related "Erika" has started filming, and "Fantastic Four", and more movies derived from "X-Men".

The key problem for Marvel now is that its income is not in its own hands. Whether the filming or not, the progress of the film, and the release date are not up to itself.

Between the increasingly complex Marvel and the already complex Hollywood companies, it is also a torment for those superhero characters.

Taking Spider-Man as an example, can Spider-Man smoke? Can he drink? Can he have a tattoo? When can he be a virgin? Must he be a white man?

These settings details Marvel has various dissatisfaction with Sony Columbia, but Sony Columbia still uses a large-scale adaptation version that Marvel is very dissatisfied with.

Also, in order to keep Wolverine's iconic sharp-angled hairstyle on both sides in "X-Men", Avi Arad had to fight for Twentieth Century Fox for many more times before he could retain it.

Relativity Entertainment will take over Marvel. Marvel will have an important task in the future. If it can recover the copyright, it will try to recover it as much as possible. If it cannot be recovered, it will ensure Marvel's profits.

In New York, the Waldorf Assistant News Hall, among the countless flashes, Avi Arad, who represents Marvel Comics, and Robert Eiger, who represents Relativity Entertainment, officially signed a contract.

Although many people don’t understand why the fast-growing Relativity Entertainment signed a company like Marvel Comics that is obviously dragging down, but under the guidance of the on-site staff, Avi Arad and Robert Eiger shook hands, they politely gave applause.

Subsequently, Avi Arad officially announced that Marvel and Relativity Entertainment will work together to reorganize Marvel Comics into a Marvel Entertainment Company with a wider business scope.

"Relativity Entertainment and Marvel jointly established Marvel Entertainment Company with only one purpose."

Standing on the rostrum of the press conference, Avi Arad looked at the hundreds of reporters invited by Relativity Entertainment. How long has Marvel Comics not received such attention? It is almost impossible to remember it far away. He calmed down and said loudly: "Marvel Entertainment will produce Marvel's superhero movies. Our initial plan is to launch the first superhero movie within 3 to 4 years."

Now that the news is breaking out, the news is quite unexpected.

Marvel actually wants to make superhero movies independently? But looking at Robert Egg, who has always been a supporting role next to Avi Arad, these reporters think they should not be surprised or surprised.

Relativity Entertainment's strong production and distribution capabilities have long been tested by the market in the past. Relativity Entertainment acquired Marvel and jointly restructured Marvel and turned it into Marvel Entertainment. The goal is probably to enter the film industry.

After all, both X-Men and Spider-Man have created huge profits for their companies.

The question is, do Marvel still have valuable superhero characters? Relativity Entertainment has bought some from Marvel, but they are all second- and third-tier characters.

The failure of "Darkward" proves that it is not easy to succeed in adapting a superhero with a low reputation into a movie.

At the beginning of the questioning session, the reporters' questions were hitting Avi Arad like shells.

"Can you ask about Marvel's specific plans?" a reporter immediately asked, "What is the first superhero movie?"

"Of course there is a plan." Avi Arad replied confidently.

Compared to his slightly decadent and haggard appearance some time ago, with the entertainment of the theory of relativity, Avi Arad felt confident enough. His hair had lost less recently and his hairline seemed to no longer retreat...

Another reporter asked first, "The film industry is not the comics industry. Is it too risky to enter the film industry?"

"We certainly know the risks and have developed a complete plan for this."

Speaking of this, Avi Arad brought the topic to Relativity Entertainment in a timely manner: "The entire plan comes from the precise planning of Mr. Ronan Anderson and Relativity Entertainment, who is the initiator and producer of the entire film plan. With Mr. Ronan Anderson at that time, Marvel is full of confidence in Marvel superhero movies."

A reporter from Entertainment Weekly asked loudly: "Can you reveal what Marvel Entertainment's first superhero movie was?"

For Marvel Entertainment, who is completely novice, the success or failure of the first superhero movie is extremely important. Avi Arad said only one answer: "Tony Stark, Iron Man!"

"When will this movie be released as soon as possible?"

“We need three to four years to prepare!”

"You just said that Marvel has a series of plans. What is it?"

“You saw it when Iron Man is released…”

"Who is Marvel Entertainment going to invite to direct this film and who will star in Iron Man?"

"After we finalize the candidate, we will announce it to the public as soon as possible."

Listening to Avi Arad answering questions one by one, Robert Iger just smiled slightly, and Marvel finally belonged to Relativity Entertainment.
Chapter completed!