Is it time for the rights to Platinum Dunes to revert back to Marvel?

[ToTheNines]

Um, yes there is.

[Etsyturtle2]

[Prowler]

Didn't Marvel try to buy the TMNT property back in the early 90s? I wonder how things would be today if it had turned out that way...

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Didn't Marvel try to buy the TMNT property back in the early 90s? I wonder how things would be today if it had turned out that way...

The franchise would be bottom of the barrel for Marvel.

Spiderman, X-men, the Avengers would all get star support and TMNT would be this third or fourth-tier franchise Marvel owns.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The franchise would be bottom of the barrel for Marvel.

Spiderman, X-men, the Avengers would all get star support and TMNT would be this third or fourth-tier franchise Marvel owns.

Maybe it'd have been better if a company like Dark Horse o Vertigo acquired it?

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

If Zack Synder is to turning TMNT comics into movies what Zack Snyder is to turning Watchmen comics into movies... then I'm all on board for that. Though I don't know that he'd bring enough of an original vision or flavor into the mix, unless he's had some time to develop such. It would definitely pop off the screen, though.

Ironically, given his comments on comic books, a TMNT movie by Synder probably wouldn't be so bad.

Assuming if Batman v. Superman did any better than OotS at box office.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The franchise would be bottom of the barrel for Marvel.

Spiderman, X-men, the Avengers would all get star support and TMNT would be this third or fourth-tier franchise Marvel owns.

In terms of movies Marvel doesn't have the rights to X-Men and depending on who you believe it impacts how Marvel treats the comics which are not one of their top priorities anymore (then again I would say that was true well before the MCU was a thing).

If Marvel did own TMNT I don't think it would struggle in movies or comics.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Galactus

In terms of movies Marvel doesn't have the rights to X-Men and depending on who you believe it impacts how Marvel treats the comics which are not one of their top priorities anymore (then again I would say that was true well before the MCU was a thing).

If Marvel did own TMNT I don't think it would struggle in movies or comics.

Doesn't Marvel cancel comics that sell below 50,000 or so? IDW TMNT only sells on average 16,000-20,000 copies an issue, I don't think TMNT's sales would be much different if Marvel was doing the comic.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Doesn't Marvel cancel comics that sell below 50,000 or so? IDW TMNT only sells on average 16,000-20,000 copies an issue, I don't think TMNT's sales would be much different if Marvel was doing the comic.

A TMNT comic from Marvel would likely sell better than any from IDW just by virtue of the fact of it being published by Marvel.