Absorbing the second-highest publisher would violate anti-trust laws, effectively making the entire industry a monopoly. Not wanting a legal mess, Marvel pulled the plug on the DC licensing deal.
And while a DC-Marvel movie crossover is not happening soon, it certainly is on the table, at least according to writer/director/executive James Gunn, who has worked in both camps. The comic books have already seen the characters in dual adventures, dating as far back as the 1970s.
DC Comics and its parent company, DC Entertainment, are wholly owned subsidiaries of WarnerMedia, one of the largest media and entertainment conglomerates in the world.
That Time MARVEL Almost Bought DC Comics... || Comic Misconceptions
Did Disney buy Marvel or DC?
On August 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company announced a deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion, with Marvel shareholders to receive $30 and approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each share of Marvel they own.
Today, the majority of the city is owned by the federal government with foreign governments owning their embassies and consulates. The city does have a local government and a small portion of the city belongs to the city government with private businesses and private residences in the District as well.
But before the plan could really get underway, DC Films' parent company was sold to Discovery, Inc. and the DC production company was reorganized into DC Studios with The Suicide Squad director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran as its co-CEOs.
Superman is a superhero who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, and debuted in the comic book Action Comics #1 (cover-dated June 1938 and published April 18, 1938).
Solo Movies & Crossovers Are Possible For The Guardians Of The Galaxy's MCU Future. While Gunn is done with the MCU for the time being, as he shifts his attention to building the new DC Universe, he set up an exciting new Guardians of the Galaxy team.
For the worldwide box office grosses, Marvel has more spread and higher center than DC. Marvel's center is at 330.58k, while DC's center is at 182.26k. DC's IQR is 307.15k and Marvel's is 513.6k. There are two outliers in DC, and one for Marvel.
In 1984, DC was so behind Marvel sales that Warner Communications contacted them about the possibility of owning DC's characters publishing rights. Marvel already made up 70% of all total sales, buying the 2nd biggest publisher would create a monopoly. Marvel had to say no on the DC licensing deal.
DC was founded in the mid-'30s and Marvel came along in the late '30s. And Marvel was basically a response to Superman. Superman came out in 1938. That changed the game and there were a lot of competitors that came along and Marvel Comics was one of those.
Yes, they do, and they always have been able to. Marvel Comics owns the Captain Marvel trademark, not the name. This simply means that DC can call him Captain Marvel inside the comic per his copyright; what they cannot do is use that term as the title of his comic or otherwise promote Captain Marvel under that term.
In March 2019, Disney officially acquired Fox and gained the film rights to several Marvel Comics characters for Marvel Studios, including Deadpool and the X-Men. The Marvel-based films that Fox had been developing were placed "on hold".
DC Studios co-CEO and writer-director James Gunn has revealed the first image for his upcoming — and newly retitled — DC reboot film Superman releasing in 2025. Gunn released the image on his Instagram.
Summary. Lack of creative consistency hindered the success of the DCEU, with different directors retconning previous films to fit their own vision. The absence of an executive figure to create a cohesive plan for the franchise prevented major crossover events and hindered universe building.
James Wan's “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” is the 15th and final installment of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), and it's safe to say that the franchise has ended in the same way that it started back in 2013: with a whimper.
DC Studios (formerly known as DC Films) is an American film, television, and animation studio that is a division of Warner Bros., which is a subsidiary of Warner Bros.
Why did Marvel sell to Disney? In 2009, The New York Times reported that Marvel had trouble financing some of its major movies and meeting a requirement to raise a third of its budget by selling off overseas distribution rights.
They had the corner on the princess market, but they were looking to acquire these various studios like Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Marvel to make sure that they could appeal to all different kinds of audiences. And though "Iron Man" was a big smash hit, they didn't yet know what something like the Avengers would do.
