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Post by Steve Marinucci on Aug 31, 2009 10:04:26 GMT -5
This one has me floored. Wow. www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/31/financial/f061010D47.DTL&type=printableThe Walt Disney Co. said Monday it is buying Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing such characters as Iron Man and Spider-Man into the family of Mickey Mouse and WALL-E.
Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters. Many of them, including the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, were co-created by the comic book legend Stan Lee.
Analyst David Joyce of Miller Tabak & Co. said the acquisition will help Disney appeal to young men who have flocked to theaters to see Marvel's superhero fare in recent years. That contrasts with Disney's recent successes among young women with such fare as "Hannah Montana" and the Jonas Brothers. (more at the link)
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Post by John S. Damm on Aug 31, 2009 11:05:26 GMT -5
LOL, was it Marvel that was going to do the Ringo as a superhero comic or was that Stan Lee on his own?
If ever made into a movie, I thought that Ringo could reunite that crack Broadstreet team! ;D
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Post by mikev on Aug 31, 2009 11:23:42 GMT -5
This one has me floored. Wow. www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/08/31/financial/f061010D47.DTL&type=printableThe Walt Disney Co. said Monday it is buying Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing such characters as Iron Man and Spider-Man into the family of Mickey Mouse and WALL-E.
Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters. Many of them, including the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, were co-created by the comic book legend Stan Lee.
Analyst David Joyce of Miller Tabak & Co. said the acquisition will help Disney appeal to young men who have flocked to theaters to see Marvel's superhero fare in recent years. That contrasts with Disney's recent successes among young women with such fare as "Hannah Montana" and the Jonas Brothers. (more at the link) Wow after all these years, we could now see the epic "Howard the Duck meets Donald Duck". On the other hand, this could put a kabash on the often discussed Superman meets Spiderman movie (Superman is owned by Warner).
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Post by winstonoboogie on Aug 31, 2009 21:02:04 GMT -5
I wonder how this will affect Universal Studios Orlando (with its Marvel-themed "island")? Will they have to move it over to Disney World? Time will tell, I suppose....
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