User blog:LoveWaffle/Galactus is Coming

Variety reports that Walt Disney Pictures is seeking to reclaim the rights to Galactus, the Silver Surfer, and possibly a few other Fantastic Four characters from 20th Century Fox in exchange for more time to work on a Daredevil reboot. If this happens, it would be the first time rights to put any of Marvel's characters on the silver screen returned to the parent company since Universal Studios willingly let their license on the Hulk expire so Marvel could reboot it with 2008's The Incredible Hulk.

What's interesting to note is that, while trying to take back the rights to characters that were licensed off for the Fantastic Four films, the Fantastic Four themselves are not on the table. As I see it, they want these characters to tie into the Marvel Cinematic Universe in one of three ways:


 * As part of the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy film.
 * To create a Silver Surfer film as part of a Phase 3.
 * For Galactus and his heralds to be the primary antagonists in a possible Avengers 3.

If you have any ideas about how Marvel plans to tie these characters in with the MCU, or simply want to express a desire for Marvel and Disney to reclaim the rights to any other characters they licensed off, please leave a comment below.

LoveWaffle (talk) 21:17, August 6, 2012 (UTC)