r/marvelstudios • u/pje1128 Kilgrave • 2d ago

Article Wilson Fisk/Kingpin Cannot Appear in Movies, Only TV Series, Daredevil’s Vincent D’Onofrio Reveals

https://tvline.com/news/wilson-fisk-kingpin-no-movies-only-tv-vincent-donofrio-1235428964/

I don't think this was public knowledge before, but I suppose it makes sense since Kingpin is as much a Spider-Man villain as he is Daredevil. I assume Sony owns his film rights, but Marvel is still able to use him on TV, so maybe they could get him in a Spider-Man movie at least? D'Onofrio doesn't even seem confident about that though, so who knows.

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u/Owain660 2d ago

Damn you did research

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u/eBICgamer2010 Rocket 2d ago

SCHEDULE 7B FOX KINGPIN CHARACTERS (the 2011 amendment is still available online).pdf)

Hero or Villain

  1. Arranger, The / Oswald P. Silkworth
  2. Brainwasher, The / Wilson Fisk
  3. Flint 4. Kingpin, The / Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. Harold Howard

Supporting Characters

  1. Fisk, Vanessa – Wilson “The Kingpin” Fisk’s wife
  2. Julius – Vanessa Fisk’s servant

Businesses and Other IP

  1. Fisk Towers / owned by Kingpin
  2. Gloom Room A-Go-Go – nightclub
  3. Fisk Enterprises

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u/harbourwall 2d ago

That list of frozen characters in 7A is an interesting read. Mostly silly characters, but didn't Spider-Man appear in What If as a Zombie?

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u/eBICgamer2010 Rocket 2d ago edited 2d ago

Marvel has seemingly granted Sony access to some frozen characters sometimes before the first Spider-Verse film, hence why they lifted restriction on Marvel Zombies and ITSV featured Spider-Ham.

Edit: Well technically Marvel had always had the right to use frozen characters since 2009 in the short form animation space.

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u/harbourwall 2d ago

You can almost see Spider-Verse coming out of writers looking over these lists for ideas. Absolutely fascinating.