"The way these agreements are written up, Disney can be more generous if they want. It is written right there that they can change the terms to make it better."
There's no legal obligation to make additional payments for adaptations, with companies such as Marvel viewing these payments as thank-you gifts — and
a way to avoid the bad publicity of warring with a creator. "It's 'shut-up' money," as one Marvel creator who receives such payments, but also declined to share details of compensation, likes to call it. .."
