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No rights extension for Fox.
So it appears that yesterday's speculation is true that Fox is letting the screen rights to Daredevil revert back to Marvel rather than either hurry a film into production to meet the Oct. 10 deadline or give up any Fantastic Four characters in order to extend that deadline.
Deadline and Variety both report that Fox is going to let the Daredevil rights lapse and just focus on rebooting Fantastic Four (with Chronicle's Josh Trank) and making X-Men/Wolverine movies. Daredevil is the second character to revert back to Marvel since Disney bought the company (Punisher and Blade have already returned to the fold).
Interestingly enough, Variety says Fox still holds the rights to Daredevil's love interest Elektra, who was in the 2003 Daredevil movie and got her own self-titled 2005 solo flick.
No word on whether director Joe Carnahan, who tweeted his pessimism last night about his hopes for rebooting Daredevil as a '70s-style crime thriller, will still get a chance to direct the film once it returns to Marvel after October 10.
Carnahan tweeted today: "Guys. To clarify. DD pitch was tremendous and everyone flipped for it. The clock ticked down at Fox, that's why it went tits up."
So it appears that yesterday's speculation is true that Fox is letting the screen rights to Daredevil revert back to Marvel rather than either hurry a film into production to meet the Oct. 10 deadline or give up any Fantastic Four characters in order to extend that deadline.
Deadline and Variety both report that Fox is going to let the Daredevil rights lapse and just focus on rebooting Fantastic Four (with Chronicle's Josh Trank) and making X-Men/Wolverine movies. Daredevil is the second character to revert back to Marvel since Disney bought the company (Punisher and Blade have already returned to the fold).
Interestingly enough, Variety says Fox still holds the rights to Daredevil's love interest Elektra, who was in the 2003 Daredevil movie and got her own self-titled 2005 solo flick.
No word on whether director Joe Carnahan, who tweeted his pessimism last night about his hopes for rebooting Daredevil as a '70s-style crime thriller, will still get a chance to direct the film once it returns to Marvel after October 10.
Carnahan tweeted today: "Guys. To clarify. DD pitch was tremendous and everyone flipped for it. The clock ticked down at Fox, that's why it went tits up."
