A Venn Diagram of Marvel Character Ownership

It is no secret that Marvel Studios do not have possession of most of their characters. They are divided between Sony, Fox and Universal with Lionsgate are kind of losers in this case. But the Big 3 companies that possess Marvel characters are Marvel Studions, Fox and Sony. Below is the guide to Marvel's characters studio rights, the guide which has circled the internet at least a million times.

As you can see Fox owns pretty much all that is to do with the X-Men  and the Fantastic Four. Which raises a question, who owns She-Hulk? I mean she was a member of the Fantastic Four, so she should be owned by Fox, but she is a Hulk, who is owmed by Marvel Studios. Then the mixture between Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch- the two children of Magneto owned by Fox, have shared rights with Marvel Studios. Which is interesting, since Fox owns the word "mutant", and Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are clearly mutants! Which is where Marvel Studios are smart- if you have seen Captain America: The Winter Soldier mid-credit scene, you will notice Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch being refered no as mutants, but as "miracles"... How awesome is that? Just like many zombie movies, where no one says "zombies"- you get infected, walkers, dead, undead and so on, so why not use "miracles" instead of mutants?

You see Marvel Studios owns the rights to heroes such as Ghost Rider, Daredevil, Elektra, overall characters who have terrible movies historically. Only Blade owned by Marvel Studios is one of the early Marvel Studios successes. So we see how Marvel Studios has changed historically- from pretty bad movies, kicked by Sony and Fox, to now having an amazing Cinematic Universe and great fan satisfaction. Sony is probably the one that always has been on the top with fan happiness, but in my own opinion they are not doing that good with The Amazing Spider-Man. Fox have done some pretty bad choices with X-Men: The Last Stand and with X-Men: Origins. So currently, in the last 5 years Marvel Studios are probably doing the best, while before that Fox and Sony did good with Marvel being a big loser.

Now, Universal Pictures and Lionsgate... They are like the disgrace of the family. Lionsgate with the Man-Thing are definetely hilarious. Lionsgate does some animated movies for Marvel, such as Planet Hulk, which was OK, but live action flick for Marvel are not Lionsgate's thing. And Universal with Namor is not doing so good either, there is at least a Man-Thing movie as I recall, there hasnot been a Namor movie. Probably because Namor is not very famous outside the Marvel comic book fans, but still, if you have possession of a Marvel character you should damn do a Marvel character movie! This is where the money is nowadays, even if the movie is to suck! I do hope Namor gets a movie, he is a badass.