Who most likely has the film rights for Alpha Flight?

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I know they aren't entirely comprised of mutants but they share more history with the X-men than the Avengers so would they be under Fox or Marvel Studios?

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@joshmightbe: Most likely Marvel. The terms of the agreement are somewhat nebulous; I believe it give Fox control over movie rights pertaining to characters who "frequently appear" in X-Men comics. Alpha Flight has a history with the X-Men, but I don't think it's so extensive as to make them inseparable or automatically associated with the X-verse. They can stand alone. If worst comes to worst, Marvel could just make a movie without calling the team "Alpha Flight" to avoid legal complications. It's probably what they're going to do in Avengers: Age of Ultron by calling Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch just "Pietro" and "Wanda" instead of their codenames.

Do you think it's possible that they would just use the names "Wiccan" and "Speed" for them, just for the sake of giving them codenames? I don't know how likely it is that the actual Wiccan and Speed would appear in a film, so the names could be useable.

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#5  Edited By RDClip

I guess it probably doesn't matter because no American studio is going to make a movie about a Canadian superhero team. We canucks are not taken exactly seriously by Hollywood.

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@rdclip: Rocket Raccoon is in a movie, can Sasquatch and Vindicator really be that far out of the question?

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#7  Edited By RDClip

@rdclip: Rocket Raccoon is in a movie, can Sasquatch and Vindicator really be that far out of the question?

Like I said, Hollywood doesn't take Canada seriously. I don't think they would invest money in a Canadian superhero team (they even downplayed Wolverine's Canadianess to near non existance) Pretty much the only movies that take Canada seriously are Canadian movies.

And I sure as hell do not want Alpha Flight to be made as an American team.

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#8  Edited By joshmightbe

@rdclip: We should all send a letter to Disney and beg them to do something with Alpha Flight. I'd even be good with an animated series. Everyone needs more Puck in their lives.

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I would think Fox has the rights and they should have do this before X-force it would be like their GOTG.