Why Isn’t Spidey In Any Of “The Avengers” Movies? An Infographic Of Movie Rights
Ever since Spider-Man came out in 2002, I’ve become a fan of comic book-based films. While not the guru my boyfriend is, I know my way around the Marvel Universe pretty well.
But I always wondered – why isn’t Spidey in any of “The Avengers” movies!? While searching the internet one evening, I came across this handy Venn diagram. Click the image to view the entire Geek Twins article. Go ahead… I’ll wait.
source: The Geek TwinsMy question was answered. The rights to these characters are all over the place. Luckily, most of them were held onto by Marvel Studios. Honestly, though, Sony has produced fabulous films, so I’m not too upset; both Spider-Mans, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, were pretty impressive.
There are many on the long list of heroes and villains, most of which non-comic book junkies probably never heard of. I didn’t realize Lionsgate owned the rights to Man-Thing… nor do I know who that is… but apparently there was a movie released in 2005 on the Sci Fi Channel called Man-Thing. Who knew?
Having recently seen X-Men: Days of Future Past, the smart-ass character Quicksilver played by Evan Peters of American Horror Story fame had me quite amused. Then to hear that Aaron Taylor-Johnson will play Quicksilver in the 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron had me completely confused.Thanks Geek Twins for clearing that up for me!
It’s too bad “The Avengers” and “X-Men” will never cross paths in the Universe… and poor Spider-Man is stuck inside his own comic book world thanks to Sony. I also love that Stan Lee is considered a comic book character himself – whose rights are owned by no one! That makes sense when you think about how many films and TV shows he’s cameo-ed in.
What characters surprised you on the diagram? What else did you find interesting? And have you ever wondered about this, too, or am I alone here?
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