Disney buys Marvel, (my god.)

[QUOTE="Buck_Hotep"]

I actually think that Disney should check out the titles not included in Marvel-616, Marvel ultimates and such. Marvel bought the rights to all Ultraverse Comics characters and one title I think would translate well into film is Prime.

xaos

Ok, now that you've gone and done it and mentioned Pixar (the whiners and criers prolly will ignore the Pixar angle) I say it's time for them to make their first mature-themed CGI animated film: Marvel Zombies. I can dream but this deal has moved my dream several steps into becoming reality.

If this means Spider-Man is going to show up in the next Kingdom Hearts then I'm all for that.

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My source is Variety (I have a hard copy so search for the online versions yourself, big boys) dated today: September 1, 2009

* Acquisition price: $4 Billion

* Disney gain: the access to Marvel's over 5000 characters to potentially make into movies, TV shows, videogames, internet projects, theme park attractions, toys, etc etc etc

* Marvel gain: marketing and distribution muscle to turn its characters into bigger brands, especially overseas, where it has been focusing its efforts lately

* Disney has been pursuing Marvel for years as it has been identifying properties that target the young male audience.

* Disney is ADAMANT that it DOES NOT plan to "rebrand Marvel as Disney," and Marvel CEO Isaac Perlmutter will continue to oversea the company

* SONY will continue to control Spider-Man through a deal that does not lapse

* Paramount will continue to distribute Marvel's next 5 movies, starting with Iron Man 2 and a third installment

* Fox retains the rights to Daredevil; the Fantastic Four (reboot in the works!) and Silver Surfer, the X-Men and spin offs for as long as they have films based on those characters in ACTIVE production

* Universal Studios Theme Parks will retain rights to rides and characters already in existence in their parks through a pre-existing contract. The big name character up for grabs for Disney is Iron Man.

* Videogame licenses for Marvel games will not expire until 2011 and 2017 with Activision Blizzard, Sega, and THQ holding licenses.

* Marvel CEO Perlmutter is expected to collect $881 M and 21 M shares of Disney stock, worth $587 M through the deal.

oh no. theyll either do somthing awful with it or just make money off of what it already has. think about it this could be a good thing. another channel showing xmen cartoons. as long as they dont create anything themselves it will be fine. (i hope)

Since apparently this information is not worth a new thread... here... let it get lost in the crowd of posts that do not read past the first post.

My source is Variety (I have a hard copy so search for the online versions yourself, big boys) dated today: September 1, 2009

* Acquisition price: $4 Billion

* Disney gain: the access to Marvel's over 5000 characters to potentially make into movies, TV shows, videogames, internet projects, theme park attractions, toys, etc etc etc

* Marvel gain: marketing and distribution muscle to turn its characters into bigger brands, especially overseas, where it has been focusing its efforts lately

* Disney has been pursuing Marvel for years as it has been identifying properties that target the young male audience.

* Disney is ADAMANT that it DOES NOT plan to "rebrand Marvel as Disney," and Marvel CEO Isaac Perlmutter will continue to oversea the company

* SONY will continue to control Spider-Man through a deal that does not lapse

* Paramount will continue to distribute Marvel's next 5 movies, starting with Iron Man 2 and a third installment

* Fox retains the rights to Daredevil; the Fantastic Four (reboot in the works!) and Silver Surfer, the X-Men and spin offs for as long as they have films based on those characters in ACTIVE production

* Universal Studios Theme Parks will retain rights to rides and characters already in existence in their parks through a pre-existing contract. The big name character up for grabs for Disney is Iron Man.

* Videogame licenses for Marvel games will not expire until 2011 and 2017 with Activision Blizzard, Sega, and THQ holding licenses.

* Marvel CEO Perlmutter is expected to collect $881 M and 21 M shares of Disney stock, worth $587 M through the deal.

Oh boy.... While Disney was good back in the day, I honestly do not see this working out well, especially after seeing that Wolvverine in anime teaser. I guess Marvel's gonna be going in a different direction now : /Setsa

[QUOTE="Setsa"]Oh boy.... While Disney was good back in the day, I honestly do not see this working out well, especially after seeing that Wolvverine in anime teaser. I guess Marvel's gonna be going in a different direction now : /xaos

[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="Setsa"]Oh boy.... While Disney was good back in the day, I honestly do not see this working out well, especially after seeing that Wolvverine in anime teaser. I guess Marvel's gonna be going in a different direction now : /Setsa

I think people are still looking at Disney through 1960's eyes when they were primarily a family-friendly entertainment company. While they still advertise themselves as a Mickey Mouse-club type corporation to appeal to the family set they've done more to promote mature entertainment in the last 25 years than most other studios.

Also, just to clarify things....Stan Lee hasn't been head of Marvel for decades. His role at Marvel is similar to a figurehead. He has no power over editorial decisions on what titles live or die. He hasn't made those decisions since the early 80's and even then he was mostly relegated to being chief creative director. So, if Stan Lee suddenly passes away tomorrow (hopefully not but he's getting up there in years) it won't affect Marvel in any way other than the company doing something special like Stan Lee Month where all writers and artists will do a commemorative issue to honor the man.

As to the comic book publishing side of the business it's been years since that's been Marvel's bread-and-butter. Marvel's main source of income for the last 6-7 years have been money from the films made from its properties. While it was less in the early going in the last couple years it's been a lot since a larger percentage of profits made from Marvel films were sent their way. Disney will probably look at the comic book side of the business as ancillary to what they actually want and that's the film, tv and multimedia possibilites to come out of those comic books.

If any, people like John Lasseter of Pixar and Steve Jobs of Apple, who have a major influence on how the Disney board decides on things, are huge Marvel fans so they'd probably make sure things remain hands-off when it comes to dealing with the company.

So, while there's some concerns to be had whenever a large merger acquisition such as this occurs. In the end, there's more to like about the deal especially when it comes to the long-term health of Marvel. Now the only way Marvel will die is if Disney dies.

Marvel is the Ned Flanders of comics anyway.

Marvel is the Ned Flanders of comics anyway.

BRi4NB

Huh-what?

Anybody know what's gonna happen to Islands of Adventure down here in Florida!!!????

Anybody know what's gonna happen to Islands of Adventure down here in Florida!!!????

Hellrazor9mm

Nothing will change about it, so far as anyone knows. But Universal has a contingency plan that may change it to Harry Potter instead of Marvel.

[QUOTE="Murj"]

What would cause you to doubt this acquisition? Large_Soda

Spiderman and the Seven Dwarves in 3-D. It's gonna happen.

That sounds a lot better than some things I've been thinking of (Joe Jonas as Captain America).

Marvel is the Ned Flanders of comics anyway.

BRi4NB

[QUOTE="BRi4NB"]

Marvel is the Ned Flanders of comics anyway.

xaos

Which would you rather see turned into a TV series by Disney: Criminal, Alias, or Powers?

All three could be Disney's way to compete with AMC's Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Not to mention the stable of very good mature dramas on FX.

[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="BRi4NB"]

Marvel is the Ned Flanders of comics anyway.

Buck_Hotep

Which would you rather see turned into a TV series by Disney: Criminal, Alias, or Powers?

All three could be Disney's way to compete with AMC's Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Not to mention the stable of very good mature dramas on FX.

[QUOTE="Buck_Hotep"]

[QUOTE="xaos"] Meaningless analogy is meaninglessxaos

Which would you rather see turned into a TV series by Disney: Criminal, Alias, or Powers?

All three could be Disney's way to compete with AMC's Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Not to mention the stable of very good mature dramas on FX.

Well, I rather prefer the MAX line version. :P

I was loling like hell when I first read the title.

[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="Buck_Hotep"]

Which would you rather see turned into a TV series by Disney: Criminal, Alias, or Powers?

All three could be Disney's way to compete with AMC's Mad Men and Breaking Bad. Not to mention the stable of very good mature dramas on FX.

Buck_Hotep

Well, I rather prefer the MAX line version. :P

I didn't think about any movies.

I meant that Marvel Comics are a good match for Disney. They are far more kid friendly than other publishers.

Marvel Zombies was good though. Written by the same guy that does Walking Dead for Image. Guess which is better.