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Marvel would eventually license their properties to other studios, which was distributed such as [[New Line Cinema]] (for ''Blade''), [[Universal Studios]] (for ''Hulk''), [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] (for ''X-Men, Daredevil, Elektra,'' and ''Fantastic Four''), [[Paramount Pictures]] (for ''Iron Man'' and ''The Avengers''), [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] (for Spider-Man and Ghost Rider), and the mini-major studio [[Lionsgate Films]] (while Sony Pictures Entertainment also distributed outside of U.S. for ''The Punisher'') for films and television. | Marvel would eventually license their properties to other studios, which was distributed such as [[New Line Cinema]] (for ''Blade''), [[Universal Studios]] (for ''Hulk''), [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] (for ''X-Men, Daredevil, Elektra,'' and ''Fantastic Four''), [[Paramount Pictures]] (for ''Iron Man'' and ''The Avengers''), [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] (for Spider-Man and Ghost Rider), and the mini-major studio [[Lionsgate Films]] (while Sony Pictures Entertainment also distributed outside of U.S. for ''The Punisher'') for films and television. | ||
On August 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company announced to acquire Marvel Entertainment; the transaction was finalized on December 31. However, due to grandfathered contracts, Fox retained the film rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises until 2019, when the rights went back to Marvel due to | On August 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company announced to acquire Marvel Entertainment; the transaction was finalized on December 31. However, due to grandfathered contracts, Fox retained the film rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises until 2019, when the rights went back to Marvel due to Fox’s purchase of Disney. | ||
Marvel/Disney made a deal with Sony to share control of ''Spider-Man'' in 2015 while the rest of the characters' licenses lapsed and reverted back to Disney. Coincidentally, Disney already had the rights to the Marvel Productions library due to their acquisition of Fox Family Worldwide eight years before the purchase. | Marvel/Disney made a deal with Sony to share control of ''Spider-Man'' in 2015 while the rest of the characters' licenses lapsed and reverted back to Disney. Coincidentally, Disney already had the rights to the Marvel Productions library due to their acquisition of Fox Family Worldwide eight years before the purchase. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Common. It's seen on all Marvel-based movies, TV shows, and video games from 2002 onward, beginning with ''Spider-Man''. | '''Availability:''' Common. It's seen on all Marvel-based movies, TV shows, and video games from 2002 onward, beginning with ''Spider-Man''. | ||
*It was also used as a de-facto home entertainment logo on the DVD/Blu-Ray releases of ''The Avengers'' and ''Iron Man 3'' (along with the Paramount Home Media Distribution logo). | *It was also used as a de-facto home entertainment logo on the DVD/Blu-Ray releases of ''The Avengers'' and ''Iron Man 3'' (along with the Paramount Home Media Distribution logo). | ||
*After ''Thor: The Dark World'' and ''Doctor Strange'' introduced new Marvel Studios logos described below and Marvel Studios regained control of Spider-Man in 2015 and the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool characters in 2019 (as a result of | *After ''Thor: The Dark World'' and ''Doctor Strange'' introduced new Marvel Studios logos described below and Marvel Studios regained control of Spider-Man in 2015 and the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool characters in 2019 (as a result of Fox’s purchase of Disney), the only Marvel films still using this logo are those released by Sony, like ''Venom'' and ''Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse''. | ||
*The last MCU film to use this logo is ''Iron Man 3'', and the final ''X-Men'' film to use this logo is ''The New Mutants'' (also the only Marvel film to use the new 20th Century Studios logo). | *The last MCU film to use this logo is ''Iron Man 3'', and the final ''X-Men'' film to use this logo is ''The New Mutants'' (also the only Marvel film to use the new 20th Century Studios logo). | ||
*It was also spotted in ''The Avengers'' table of Zen Studios' ''Marvel Pinball'' series within the ''Pinball FX / Zen Pinball'' series. | *It was also spotted in ''The Avengers'' table of Zen Studios' ''Marvel Pinball'' series within the ''Pinball FX / Zen Pinball'' series. | ||