All this is just to devalue the properties they don't have in order to eventually get them back in the long run. You throw it to the back and devalue down it to the point where it becomes an even bigger risk to invest in which allows you to buy it back cheaper or create some sort of co-deal in the future. Whilst the movies have to always be making bank. Next generation will not have a major cartoon series or other materials of X-MEN or Fantastic Four to grow up on, so the fanbase and value of the properties in turn will not grow outside of the movies and the movies whilst successful and sustainable haven't broken out the way they should have, especially the X-MEN films . The last film(reboot) deviated from what they were originally going to do and relied on nostalgia from fans of the original trilogy. Now they're going to end it in three years and the main actors are moving on.
It's going to be all about The Avengers, Guardians of The Galaxy and Spider-Man for the youngins for the next 10 years and foreseeable future, whilst X-MEN and Fantastic Four will get the treatment The Avengers got back in the 90's.
It's going to be all about The Avengers, Guardians of The Galaxy and Spider-Man for the youngins for the next 10 years and foreseeable future, whilst X-MEN and Fantastic Four will get the treatment The Avengers got back in the 90's.