Marvel Studios and WGA Sign Interim Agreement!

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Marvel Studios and WGA Sign Interim Agreement!

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January 24, 2008

Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc., and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) announced today that they have reached an interim comprehensive agreement that will put writers immediately back to work on the Marvel Studios development slate. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

"We're very excited about our summer releases, 'Iron Man' and 'The Incredible Hulk,' and look forward to resuming work with writers on our future projects including 'Captain America,' 'Thor,' 'Ant-Man,' and 'The Avengers,'" said Marvel Studios Chairman David Maisel.

"Marvel Studios' signing of an interim agreement with the Writers Guild is more good news for our membership," said WGAE President Michael Winship and WGAW President Patric M. Verrone. "Marvel is committed to fairly compensating their writers and now they can move forward with their planned production schedule."

Marvel Studios recently launched its independent live-action film studio to develop, produce, and fully finance Marvel movies, which will include two of this summer's most anticipated releases - Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk. Directed by Jon Favreau, Iron Man will be released by Paramount Pictures on May 2, 2008, and stars Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges and Gwyneth Paltrow. The Incredible Hulk, which will be released by Universal Pictures on June 13, 2008, is directed by Louis Leterrier and stars Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, and William Hurt.

In cooperation with other studios, Marvel previously produced a long succession of hits, including the "Spider-Man," "X-Men," and "Fantastic Four" franchises, Ghost Rider, and Daredevil.

The WGA recently entered into interim agreements with The Weinstein Company, United Artists, Lionsgate, Worldwide Pants, Spyglass Entertainment, MRC, Jackson Bites, Mandate Films, and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.

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Posted by: lionel gilmore on February 23, 2008 at 18:56:53

let's hope for a daredevil 2 with without ben afflck or jennifer garner as daredevil and elektra how about bring in new actors for the role.my pick for daredevil/matt murdock are matthew davis,iam somerhalder,jared padalecki,james van per beek or barry watson for the role.candice michelle,zooey deschanel,shannon elizabeth or kristin bell for elektra natchios.tyler labine for froggy nelson. joe pantoliano coming back as ben urich and terence stamp as stick.
kingpin,bullseye,kirigi and typhoid mary back as the villians with the hand returing.the owl,mister fear,bushwacker, gladiator,jester or purplr man as the minor or supporting villians.stick's team the chaste will be seen again as well

Posted by: Angie G on April 1, 2008 at 03:18:54

Sounds like the air has been cleared and the problem is solved. Can't wait for the "Avengers" film in 2009! Though I still got "Iron Man" and the "Incredible Hulk" to look foward to as well. :)

Posted by: Thomas on August 18, 2008 at 19:22:19

How about bringing Superboy to the Cinema use to watch that my self when I was a teenager in the United Kingdom?
I've written a Screenplay for that type of Superhero. You can check it out at InkTip.

Posted by: Anakin on August 18, 2008 at 22:47:21

Back then, when studios were pissing they're pants trying to figure out how to deal with the writer's strike. Marvel was one of the few smart studios to bypass the producer's guild and go directly to negociate and cut a deal with the writers. Marvel was always a smart studio.

WB, for DC, never did this because they never cared for writers. They would prefer to send theyre own producers to deal with the situation. In other words, more "suits" to play the hard negociators.

Posted by: Gunshowshogun on November 4, 2008 at 15:05:04

david fincher should direct it.

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