Board Thread:Television/@comment-1713281-20151029033607/@comment-3048593-20171011154546

LoveWaffle wrote: Shabook wrote: Andreas von Strucker was named in X2, rights for the twins have been at Fox from the very beginning. Doctor Strange was named in Spider-Man 2 and I don't think Sony ever had the rights to that. Maybe Easter Eggs are different.

According to this, Columbia (Sony) didn't have the rights to him when they made the 'Spider-Man'-movies (dropped them in 2000). It's always interesting looking back on when rights were just floating around and movies that were planned but never made.

'X2' also made a reference to Franklin Richards, which I guess they could get away with since he's technically a mutant, and not necessarily because of FF-rights at the time (which they acquired distribution rights in 2004).

Though one thing about wonder about the Struckers in 'The Gifted', is do they refer to Andreas von Strucker by name, or is it just implied? If so, I wonder if they will actually call him that, or just Andreas Strucker or something. I've heard some people say that Andy and Lauren are supposed to be loosely based on Fenris.