grx1
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Post by grx1 on Aug 31, 2009 17:14:43 GMT -5
marvelousnews.com/index.php?catid=23&itemid=12407Under the deal, which has been approved by the boards of both companies, Disney will acquire ownership of Marvel including its portfolio of over 5,000 Marvel characters. Will this mean anything for the comics, toys, games and movies? Or is it just a money thing? This is interesting: "Spider-Man 4," set for release in 2011, is being made with Sony Corp.'s Columbia Pictures; "Iron Man 2" will be distributed by Viacom Inc.'s Paramount Pictures next year; and the upcoming "X-Men Origins: Magneto" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2," both due in 2011, are to be distributed by News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox. But Disney will get releases such as "Thor" and "The First Avenger: Captain America" in 2011.
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Post by darthtom on Aug 31, 2009 17:25:15 GMT -5
The end times are nigh. We're one Walmart-McDonalds or Oprah-Catholic Church merger away from total Armageddon...
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Post by the7thcynic on Aug 31, 2009 17:39:00 GMT -5
Im not so sure I like this deal.
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Post by smokedporter on Aug 31, 2009 18:58:25 GMT -5
This sucks. The head of Disney is saying they won't be sanitizing Marvel in any way, but I think it's inevitable under them.
Well said Darthom.
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Post by philibu on Aug 31, 2009 19:58:13 GMT -5
This is bad news people.
Disney has a long and healthy relationship with Mattel.
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Post by Grand Slam on Aug 31, 2009 20:00:20 GMT -5
I haven't been able to stomach Marvel comics since the Bill Jemas era. That ended a 15 year Marvel Zombie run for me, so I could care less about the comics (sorry to those that do if they go south). But the possibility of Pixar Marvel movies makes the whole thing a positive for me.
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Post by darthtom on Aug 31, 2009 20:03:07 GMT -5
You know, if it's only been agreed to by both companies' Board of Directors, it still needs stockholder approval. There may be hope, but I doubt it.
And I thought none of this would happen until 2012... Guess the Mayans were a bit off on their prediction.
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Post by Grand Slam on Aug 31, 2009 20:06:16 GMT -5
On the Hasbro/Mattel note (if things do change), how would that work or what would be the possibilities? Could Mattel make "Super Hero Squad", would they have to change the name? One way or another, with Disney owning the characters, we'd get kid-friendly figures in one form or another.
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grx1
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Post by grx1 on Aug 31, 2009 20:16:46 GMT -5
Disney took over Toy Story from Pixar yet Hasbro still make Toy Story heroes. It may yet be OK for us (please be OK, please be OK, please be OK...)
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Post by Grand Slam on Aug 31, 2009 20:17:52 GMT -5
Good to know.
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Post by darthtom on Aug 31, 2009 20:32:33 GMT -5
All licenses carry over though, so no matter what, Hasbro has the right to Marvel toys until 2017. No worries for now at least.
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Post by et2west on Aug 31, 2009 21:21:38 GMT -5
The end times are nigh. We're one Walmart-McDonalds or Oprah-Catholic Church merger away from total Armageddon... Doesn't every Walmart already have a McDonald's? And let's be honest, this is just so Disney World can destroy Universal Studios once and for all. Marvel was keeping their dying theme parks alive. I'm sure Disney just wants to pull the plug and have total dominance over Orlando. |
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Post by jestergoblin on Sept 1, 2009 8:18:40 GMT -5
Few things to make note of...
Last year, Marvel had $676 million in revenue, of that only $367 million was income. $47 million of the income came from comics. That's under 13%.
Last year, Disney had $37.8 BILLION dollars in revenue and made $4.4 billion in income. That means once Marvel is added in to Disney, they'll only make an additional ONE PERCENT. Your comics will be fine, because they don't matter to the bottom line. It's not like Marvel was this tiny publisher, they were the largest publisher of comicbooks.
Yes, Disney is known for making movies for children but they are one of the largest media corporations in the world. They own ABC Network, ESPN, Miramax, Touchstone, Lifetime Network, AE Network, Hyperion Books, even a majority share of Hulu.com. The entire move was done as a way for Disney to get a stronghold in the boys market which they have lacked any original properties for. With girls, they have Disney Princesses, but for boys they had... Cars? Wall-E? It's completely strategic.
For us as toy collectors, it's a good thing. Increased visibility for the Marvel brand? Marvel shows getting on Disney owned networks. Disney's income was a little over $4 billion. Wal-Mart's income for the same time? $13 billion. If Disney says they want things on Wal-Marts shelves, it's getting on the shelves.
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Post by X-Fan on Sept 1, 2009 8:46:20 GMT -5
I like Disney, I like Marvel, this sounds good to me at the moment.
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Post by else3573 on Sept 1, 2009 17:19:56 GMT -5
This is bad news people. Disney has a long and healthy relationship with Mattel. Oh, I don't know about Mattel relationship being a bad thing. Lately, with the new MOTU line, the DC Universe classics, the JLU line, they've been putting out some amazing action figures... |
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