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    Default Alpha Flight Movie?!

    Hey, I'm a HUGE alpha flight fan, I added them to my list of Superhero teams that deserve to have a movie of their own, since the more obscure guardians of the galaxy is now a hit-check it out!

    http://universaldork.com/2014/08/02/...wn-movies-too/

    do you guys think it's a possibility?

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    It's possible. As of right now, very unlikely. But possible, sure.
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    Mutants are Fox only. So you couldn't do Alpha Flight unless Fox does it since they have Northstar and Aurora. I think it is a possibility for Northstar or Aurora to appear in an X-Men or Wolverine movie. We also saw the name "Hudson" in the first Wolverine movie (Fox) and names listed of Alpha Flight members and teams in X-Men 2 from 2003 (Fox), that's it for now. Unless something incredible happens.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rplass View Post
    Mutants are Fox only. So you couldn't do Alpha Flight unless Fox does it since they have Northstar and Aurora. I think it is a possibility for Northstar or Aurora to appear in an X-Men or Wolverine movie. We also saw the name "Hudson" in the first Wolverine movie (Fox) and names listed of Alpha Flight members and teams in X-Men 2 from 2003 (Fox), that's it for now. Unless something incredible happens.
    Just never say whether the Aurora and Northstar are mutants, and they could easily get around that.

    I have seen Guardians of the Galaxy (twice now), and seeing how well they detailed Rocket's fur (he looked very life like!) - I could see them successfully pulling off a large CGI of Sasquatch.

    I think Alpha Flight has the diversity to make it into a movie. Sadly, there isn't enough love from Marvel. Guardians, as obscure as they are, hit the ground running when Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning wrote them - and tied it all into the space opera that they overlooked - in the Annihilation Conquest. That put a lot of characters on the map - Guardians included.

    Now Bendis is writing them, and doing horribly at it. Oh well. Nothing great lasts forever.

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    All depends on where the movie rights lie. If they're with Fox, it'll never happen. If AF transcends the X/Wolverine brand for these purposes, anything's possible, especially with the massive success of Guardians of the Galaxy proving that it can pay to take risks on lesser known properties.

    Basically, until the day I am explicitly told otherwise, I'm assuming Marvel's May 2019 release date is for an Alpha Flight film. Ssssshhhh, it's such a wonderful little dream to have.

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    Also, I said it elsewhere but:

    Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
    The problem with an MCU AF would be that they wouldn't be able to have Northstar & Aurora, or at least have them as mutants because Fox own the rights to mutants (Though it will be interesting to see Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch's powerset in Avengers 2), and Mac & heather won't be able to be named Hudson as again, Fox owns those names due to the bastardization in X-Men:Origins - Wolverine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
    The problem with an MCU AF would be that they wouldn't be able to have Northstar & Aurora, or at least have them as mutants because Fox own the rights to mutants (Though it will be interesting to see Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch's powerset in Avengers 2), and Mac & heather won't be able to be named Hudson as again, Fox owns those names due to the bastardization in X-Men:Origins - Wolverine.
    Not necessarily, Quicksilver's inclusion in both films proves that there are grey areas, that just because a character was used in one franchise doesn't mean they (or their name) are automatically off-limits in another. It just depends on if the Hudsons are considered to essentially be Wolverine supporting cast, or if Alpha Flight is its own entity independent of the X-Men books they debuted in. And until explicitly told otherwise, I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE.

    The mutant thing is true, but there are any number of easy excuses they could make for the twins to have powers, I wouldn't really call it a problem.

    Department H exists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that has to be worth something, right?

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    Oh yeah, totally.

    A Puck, Marrina, Shaman, Sasquatch, Snowbird AF would be enough.

    Very mystical and GreatBeasty.

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    I don't think there's a need to mention the term "mutant"...They only have to mention being born with their powers, being "genetically-gifted" or being a "leap in Evolution", etc...

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    I'm curious as to whether there is a hard list of names of Marvel characters that Fox owns the rights to.

    If there were, and if Alpha Flight members were on it, then I'd say, definitely no, only Fox would be allowed to use them.

    Of course, if there were such a list, the chances that it would be so inclusive to have included Alpha Flight characters on it (other than maybe Northstar)? - Slim chance.

    And the fact that Fox used an old couple named Hudson in their films (and we never learned their first names, did we?), that allows a lot of wiggle room, I'd say.

    Still, I'm doubtful that we will ever see a Flight film from Marvel.
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    I like this list. New Warriors AND Alpha Flight. Win/Win.

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    Merged thread with recent Alpha Flight movie thread
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tawmis View Post
    I have seen Guardians of the Galaxy (twice now), and seeing how well they detailed Rocket's fur (he looked very life like!) - I could see them successfully pulling off a large CGI of Sasquatch.
    Me, too! Saw it again last night!
    Still love it.

    Quote Originally Posted by Tawmis View Post
    Guardians, as obscure as they are,
    ... and if they can make those five Guardians work onscreen, what's one more?

    Quote Originally Posted by MistressMerr View Post
    Quicksilver's inclusion in both films proves that there are grey areas...
    The mutant thing is true, but there are any number of easy excuses they could make for the twins to have powers, I wouldn't really call it a problem.
    I'd think the Quicksilver thing would cover the mutant thing.

    Quote Originally Posted by MistressMerr View Post
    Department H exists in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, that has to be worth something, right?
    One can only hope.

    Great list.
    But (minor spoilers)

    the portrayal of the Nova corps in Guardians makes an earthly Nova very unlikely - not impossible, but unlikely.



    I'm also loving the idea of an Alpha Flight movie.

    Quote Originally Posted by Flightpath07 View Post
    And the fact that Fox used an old couple named Hudson in their films (and we never learned their first names, did we?)
    Yes, we did. They were Heather and... Travis.
    Travis? What?

    (Though I still think of them as Jonathan and Martha...)

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