According to Disney, Lieber, brother of the late Marvel creator and publisher Stan Lee, and the heirs of the other artists submitted notices to the company this year of termination of Marvel rights to characters such as Spider-Man, Iron Man and Black Widow.
Dan Petrocelli, a Disney attorney, said the lawsuits were filed “to confirm that the termination notices are invalid and have no legal effect.”
The characters in question have held a prominent place in the Marvel Universe, one of the most successful film franchises of all time with 25 blockbusters released to date.
The last, Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings, the first Marvel movie to star an Asian actor, set an all-time record for a movie that opened over Labor Day weekend in the United States. Marvel characters have also had starring roles in Netflix original series and the service itself. streaming from Disney.