Singer-Whedon tussle for Quicksilver

This is gonna be fun. Disputes and altercations are not uncommon in the movie business. But when one springs out in the open, it is gobbled upon eagerly. This dispute surrounds the character from the Marvel comics, Quicksilver. Another one of Stan Lee's creations, Quicksilver is a mutant, a really really fast mutant, all thanks to the superhuman speed he possesses. He goes by the name Pietro, is the son of none other than the powerful Magneto, and twin brother of Wanda aka Scarlet Witch. And, what else? Oh, yeah, he is also part of the Avengers lineup, having been recruited by Tony Stark. 

And this is where the fun begins. Joss Whedon had announced previously his intention to include Quicksilver and his sister in the team for Avengers 2, which is of course a Marvel production. And then comes this tweet from Bryan Singer: "Before he was an Avenger, he was just a REALLY fast kid. Thrilled to say Evan Peters is joining X-Men: Days Of Future Past as Quicksilver.” Woah! Whedon would have been like 'What just happened here!?' 

This is what is going on. Marvel do not hold the movie rights for quite a few of their comic characters, most notably X-Men, which is currently held by Fox Studios. Now Quicksilver falls in the rather weird category of comic characters whose rights are held by two movie studios simultaneously! Marvel Studios owns the parts of the character’s history where he’s part of  Avengers, while Fox owns the parts where he’s a mutant and not included in the Avengers lineup, and neither studio can use or mention aspects of the character owned by the other. So Bryan Singer and Fox are within their rights to bring Quicksilver to the big screen in X-Men: Days of Future Past. What is going to annoy Marvel more is the fact that Singer's movie is slated for a 2014 release, while Whedon's sequel would be releasing only in 2015. So the bragging rights of introducing Quicksilver to the movie audience would be held by Bryan Singer. Hey, he's gone ahead and signed up Evan Peters too, the chap on the right in the shot below which is from Kick-Ass.

So call it what you want. Fox v/s Marvel. X-Men v/s Avengers. Singer v/s Whedon. Quicksilver v/s Quicksilver. It just made things interesting. Whether Singer has introduced this character just to have a bit off fun at Whedon's expense, who knows? Will Avengers 2 hold any continuation of the Quicksilver story that might be introduced in X-Men: Days Of Future Past? Highly unlikely. But would it really bother the movie watchers? Seriously doubt it. This would make up for some cool movie trivia though. In whatever fashion this shapes up, for there are articles that say things are being talked behind doors between the two studios, just make the character enjoyable, one buzzing with youth and energy, as he is in the comics. And that is how everyone will be happy in the end! Or whatever close to happiness we can come to...