On August 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company announced that it would 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 after Disney's purchase of Fox. In 2010, Paramount transferred distribution rights to The Avengers and Iron Man 3 (except in Germany) to The Walt Disney Studios under Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Marvel and 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. In June 2023, Universal sold the rights to The Incredible Hulk back to Disney under Marvel Studios. Ver mais