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* ''Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story'' was a [[Dead Baby Comedy|sardonic]] biopic by [[Todd Haynes]] about [[The Carpenters|Karen Carpenter's]] rise and bulimia-related death, with the additional gimmick that the Carpenters were represented by [[Barbie]] dolls. Due to the angry lawsuits from Karen Carpenter's estate and Mattel, the movie will probably never be screened legally again. |
* ''Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story'' was a [[Dead Baby Comedy|sardonic]] biopic by [[Todd Haynes]] about [[The Carpenters|Karen Carpenter's]] rise and bulimia-related death, with the additional gimmick that the Carpenters were represented by [[Barbie]] dolls. Due to the angry lawsuits from Karen Carpenter's estate and Mattel, the movie will probably never be screened legally again. |
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* The [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] is a victim of this, being a [[The Verse|shared universe]] for a handful of cinematic characters adapted from a [[Marvel Universe|shared universe]] for literally ''hundreds'' of comic book characters. [[Thor]], [[Iron Man]], [[The Incredible Hulk]], [[Captain America (comics)]], [[Hawkeye]], [[Black Widow]] and [[Nick Fury]] can freely interact with each other in the movies just like they do in the comics, but the [[X-Men]], and the [[Fantastic Four]] continue to exist in their own stand-alone universes because their movie rights are owned by various competitors of Marvel Studios. As awesome as it would be, it's unlikely that we'll ever see an ''[[The Avengers (film)|Avengers]]''-style crossover featuring the Fantastic Four or the X-Men, even though these are very common in the comics. (Given that we've seen Spider-Man rolled back into the MCU in 2016 with ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'', and Daredevil with his [[Netflix]] series, though, don't count anything out. The common wisdom is that as soon as the remaining Marvel properties licensed to other studios stop making money for those studios, the rights will either revert or get sold back to Marvel, and like Spidey and DD, they'll be added back in.) |
* The [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] is a victim of this, being a [[The Verse|shared universe]] for a handful of cinematic characters adapted from a [[Marvel Universe|shared universe]] for literally ''hundreds'' of comic book characters. [[Thor]], [[Iron Man]], [[The Incredible Hulk]], [[Captain America (comics)]], [[Hawkeye]], [[Black Widow]] and [[Nick Fury]] can freely interact with each other in the movies just like they do in the comics, but the [[X-Men]], and the [[Fantastic Four]] continue to exist in their own stand-alone universes because their movie rights are owned by various competitors of Marvel Studios. As awesome as it would be, it's unlikely that we'll ever see an ''[[The Avengers (film)|Avengers]]''-style crossover featuring the Fantastic Four or the X-Men, even though these are very common in the comics. (Given that we've seen Spider-Man rolled back into the MCU in 2016 with ''[[Captain America: Civil War]]'', and Daredevil with his [[Netflix]] series, though, don't count anything out. The common wisdom is that as soon as the remaining Marvel properties licensed to other studios stop making money for those studios, the rights will either revert or get sold back to Marvel, and like Spidey and DD, they'll be added back in.) |
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** In a very oddball case, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch exist in ''both'' the MCU and in Fox's ''X-Men'' franchise, thanks to some complicated legal wrangling. However, the ''X-Men'' versions can't mention the Avengers, and the MCU versions can't mention mutants. ( |
** In a very oddball case, Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch exist in ''both'' the MCU and in Fox's ''X-Men'' franchise, thanks to some complicated legal wrangling. However, the ''X-Men'' versions can't mention the Avengers, and the MCU versions can't mention mutants. (Marvel is alleged to be engaging in a subtle campaign to pressure Fox to sell the X-Men and Fantastic Four back to them; in the meantime, the MCU is using the Inhumans as a replacement for mutants.) |
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== Live-Action TV == |
== Live-Action TV == |
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