Just after the fresh news that Marvel Studios might be welcoming home
both Silver Surfer and Galactus, a Fox shaped spanner has been thrown
into the works, hinting at the possibility that instead, the blind
lawyer superhero will be making a Marvel comeback.
If you’ve been waiting, hoping and wishing for Marvel to get their
hands back on the rights of some of the properties they had sold away in
the past, then today is your lucky day. No, they’re not getting back
Spider-Man or the
X-Men, but Daredevil could be in play… Which means the red dude could be making an appearance in The Avengers 2 and
— WOAH!
— even getting his own franchise.
Norrin Radd, aka Silver Surfer, and Galan, aka Galactus were handed
over to Fox a while back. Recently, the word on the grapevine has been
that Fox may be returning these tormented and terrifying super villains
to Marvel. According to Deadline, however, Fox is now more concerned about its Fantastic Four movie than it is about a Daredevil reboot, which means that Marvel may get Daredevil back in the fold.
This turn in events for Marvel could be a blessing in disguise. It’s
not that we’re not excited to see the two villains appear in Josh
Trank’s (Chronicle) take on the
Fantastic Four,
but we’re thinking that Daredevil being handed back to 20th Century Fox
is very big news indeed. As he’s a superhero, rather than super villain,
it would give Marvel much more power to play around with the character
and his future on-screen endeavors.
Fox had been trying to get something started with a
Daredevil reboot for some time now, ever since the god-awful Ben Affleck and Mark Steven Johnson damaged the property with their sub-standard 2003 movie. But it looks like Fox’s focus is now steadily fixed on
The Fantastic Four.
So, could this mean that we also see the Silver Surfer or Galactus
could be popping up again with Stan Lee’s fantastic quartet? What are your thoughts on the character crossovers? Would you rather
see Marvel reclaim the rights to Daredevil? Will Fox do either character
comic book justice? Does it even matter, as long as Ben Affleck never
rears his ugly superhero head again?