Captain America: Winter Soldier

[Ayen]

Why would they acquire the rights for something that isn't possible to make? If they have them then clearly they intend to do something with them.

[Skyblade]

(SPOILER)The Hydra/SHIELD connection was one thing I didn't see coming but afterwards it made sense and was actually pretty topical for today's world.

(SPOILER)All of which was intentional. The writers even admitted the plot was influenced by things like NSA data mining and the government "kill list".

[Shaibana]

[Ayen]

That is too cute.

[Mercen-X]

Why would they acquire the rights for something that isn't possible to make? If they have them then clearly they intend to do something with them.

Studios have long held the rights to a slew of potential stories they never did a damned thing with. They only want to make sure that nobody else beats them to it. They're regular schlong-suckers that way.

[The Man]

To be fair, Marvel owns the rights to a lot of these characters simply by virtue of having created them. So there's that.

[Ayen]

To be fair, Marvel the rights to owns a lot of these characters simply by virtue of having created them. So there's that.

Oh yeah. DERP!

[Skyblade]

The hell there are Namor and Man-Thing rights? I have a feeling those won't ever get a movie especially man-thing. Didn't know there were rights to Power Pack I'd love to see a movie with them too, but that also looks unlikely.

Power Pack would, unfortunately, require having 4 reliable child actors, which is no easy task. Especially Katie, as she's at the age where it can be really difficult to find a kid who can act.

Which sucks, because without Power Pack, we lose out on the Snarks, who are still probably my favorite villainous empire in comic books.

[Mercen-X]

Of course, each of those kids can be cast a few years older without really effecting disbelief. First of all, I've never seen a comic anywhere that casts its characters as a specific age. The Power Pack is "young", Daredevil is "middle-aged", the Runaways are "teenaged" (which is at least more specific that the former two). Then there is the fact that many people are typically cast as characters who are 5-10 years older or younger than they really are.

[Depression Moon]

The thing is though that studios would want them to play the role for proabably two more movies and aging on children is more apparent than an adult.

[Mercen-X]

They shouldn't waste any time then. The thing about a string of movies is that the story is meant to pick up where it left off, not right back where it began. Disbelief would shatter instantly if the characters didn't age at all (unless the characters were the Ageless). The movieverse is not the comicsverse.

[Skyblade]

Of course, each of those kids can be cast a few years older without really effecting disbelief. First of all, I've never seen a comic anywhere that casts its characters as a specific age. The Power Pack is "young", Daredevil is "middle-aged", the Runaways are "teenaged" (which is at least more specific that the former two). Then there is the fact that many people are typically cast as characters who are 5-10 years older or younger than they really are.

Actually, the Power Pack were given specific ages, and did age throughout the progression of the comics (though that is a rarity in comics). Katie started at Age 5, Jack was 7, Julie was 10, and Alex was 12. Also, their childhood years were overall better than their teen years. Part of the point of the stories was also that they were a group of children, and it was handled a lot better than most child stories were, especially in comics.