ACCBiggz Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Is Marvel. $4 Billion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedew Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 4 Billion? Bloody hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil_Bingo Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 What does this mean exactly? will they still be doing comics, movies, tv shows etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CQI13 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 For that much money, I sure hope so. Guess Universal Studios in Orlando (and I guess CA) will have to get a new theme for the rides (no more Hulk, no more Spider Man, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tha Black Phenom Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 What are they gonna do to my Spider-Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterded Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 What does this mean exactly? will they still be doing comics, movies, tv shows etc. I would guess anything underperforming will either be overhauled or canceled. A few new properties will start and I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few new cartoon series started. Though anything that is a success now I don’t see being all that affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrekkieMonsta Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I'm worried what can happen to some of the comics, and the upcoming movies for that matter, granted nothing may happen, but with Disney being family friendly and all, will they turn some of the more violent characters, Wolverine and Deadpool for example, into something calmer? I hope they just let it be though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imarevenant Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 What are they gonna do to my Spider-Man. Nothing, Disney won't be dumb enough to fuss with the comic line being that Marvel knows what they are doing there. And Sony owns the movie rights to Spider-man, and with Disney buying Marvel I suspect the price of a buy out just went through the roof on Sony's end (Same for Fox with their rights to Fantastic Four, X-Men, and Daredevil). Disney isn't likely to renew these deals when they run out, but, from all reports that day is a long time from now. CHUD has a very good report on the manner, Disney doesn't seem to be looking to re-invent the wheel with Marvel's line, but what they will and can do is give it a lot more exposure. And not many can top Disney at that. As for Universal Studios and it's Island of Adventure, I wouldn't expect that to change fairly soon either, the deal with Marvel was renewed not that long ago and the contract legally will have to be honored. When it runs out though, well who knows what Disney will do. They'd probably take it back, just like they will do one the Sony pictures, Paramount, and Fox movie and distributing deals run out too. The best news, is that Pixar is already talking with Marvel about projects. A Brad Bird directed, Pixar version of Dr. Strange would kick so much ass. Captain Marvel, Runaways, Squadron Supreme. My head is spinning thinking about what Pixar could do with these properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 Disney has adult companies under their banner and they don't mess with them. And I don't see them messing with Marvel at all either. That's just a lot of fear from fans that is without any warrant at all. Disney acquired Marvel to bring in the male audience they were losing a bit. Not to mention this opens up more possibilities for their future projects (Pixar, sequels, new superhero movies, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterded Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Disney has adult companies under their banner and they don't mess with them. And I don't see them messing with Marvel at all either. That's just a lot of fear from fans that is without any warrant at all. Disney acquired Marvel to bring in the male audience they were losing a bit. Not to mention this opens up more possibilities for their future projects (Pixar, sequels, new superhero movies, etc.) Yeah, Miramax Films is Disney and I wouldn't call a lot of their movies family friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imarevenant Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Disney has adult companies under their banner and they don't mess with them. And I don't see them messing with Marvel at all either. That's just a lot of fear from fans that is without any warrant at all. Disney acquired Marvel to bring in the male audience they were losing a bit. Not to mention this opens up more possibilities for their future projects (Pixar, sequels, new superhero movies, etc.) Yeah, Miramax Films is Disney and I wouldn't call a lot of their movies family friendly. My only worry is that Disney might pull a Warner Brothers on Marvel and put them into a similar situation DC is in. As it stands WB only allows so many DC movies to be produced a year. I hope Marvel is allowed the freedom they have now to make the movies they want in the time frames they want. Last I read they wanted to push it to at least 1 Marvel movie a quarter. Hopefully that isn't too much for Disney's taste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 They won't because they are Disney... and they'll want as many blockbusters as they can get. Apprently, one of the higher ups (already forgot who) had to tell them to settle down at a big meeting they had as some of the Marvel people and Pixar crew were going crazy with ideas and he had to remind them the deal isn't finalised yet so they should slow down. Edit: Here it is. Another person asked about possible cross pollination between Marvel and Pixar: "We actually have had some conversations internally, and [Pixar's] John Lasseter met with some of the key Marvel creative executives fairly recently and the group got very excited pretty fast," Iger said. "We had to say, 'slow down guys, we haven't done this deal yet.'" Still, Iger said, "you can put a lot of creative, enthusiastic people in a room that can appreciate the value of great characters and interesting worlds, a lot can happen... sparks can fly, is the expression that comes to mind." Disney's President and CEO, Bob Iger Iger then answered another question, saying that company execs "see no reason to move [Marvel Studios] from Manhattan Beach." In addition, he said that it was not Disney's goal to take away from the Marvel brand: "It's not to make 'Marvel/Disney,' it's in fact the opposite -- it's to put a brighter spotlight on Marvel as a brand." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crownsy Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I'm worried what can happen to some of the comics, and the upcoming movies for that matter, granted nothing may happen, but with Disney being family friendly and all, will they turn some of the more violent characters, Wolverine and Deadpool for example, into something calmer? I hope they just let it be though. I wouldn't worry about it, ABC still puts out a ton of adult programming in prime time, ala desprate cougers. mirimax and touchstone still put out rated R content (Kill bill anyone?) As for universals rides, they released a statement saying as part of the agreement with marvel to licenses those rides and characters they have lifetime rights to those specific products at their physical locations, so it won't be affected. This is just a good move by Disney to tie up the profits from marvels ultra successful movies and open up the ability to do cartoons with Disney studios (love to see pixar get ahold of a marvel team, mabey a new, actual good new mutants cartoon/movie?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACCBiggz Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 My personal hope is that Kevin Smith writes and directs a superhero movie. He's a huge comic fan and has written stuff in the past, and he has a great relationship with the other brands of Disney --- I'm sure his name may get tossed around in the future to pen a script or something of that nature. Just my own little thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imarevenant Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 This is just a good move by Disney to tie up the profits from marvels ultra successful movies and open up the ability to do cartoons with Disney studios (love to see pixar get ahold of a marvel team, mabey a new, actual good new mutants cartoon/movie?) Think it's also a good move for Disney in that they might now be able to get a bigger audience among boys. They've sewn up the market with their princess lines but despite pushing Pirates they still haven't gotten to the other half with nearly the same success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alden Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 My personal hope is that Kevin Smith writes and directs a superhero movie. He's a huge comic fan and has written stuff in the past, and he has a great relationship with the other brands of Disney --- I'm sure his name may get tossed around in the future to pen a script or something of that nature. Just my own little thought. wasn't kevin smith going to do superman returns? From what i heard he was all about that movie.....but the people did not get his "geek vision" of the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randomfreeze Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 This shouldn't have much impact at all on what we see coming out of Marvel, it's just disturbing how many companies can get bought out by Disney, News Corp, Viacom, Time Warner, and Sony. But it is a business world. I don't think Disney is going to be radically changing anything or giving us superhero movies with Goofy and Pluto, I read that Disney initally didn't have any intention of knocking any of the movies Marvel has upcoming off the pre-production line. So if that's true, it's going to be just like Miramax. Miramax, another one of Disney's movie companies, released the Kill Bill movies, There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old Men, and lots of other movies that you wouldn't consider to be Disney friendly. They don't want to change the brand, they just want to make money off of it. First thing that came to my mind was this might be the kick in the butt needed to knock out an Incredibles sequel, which I would love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remianen Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 All I can say is, man I love the color o' money. See, this is what you get when you invest at an early age (and what I tell all the kids I mentor. Prepare for your future....BEFORE you can see it). I bought 4,400 shares of Marvel during their IPO (in '91. I was 18 years old and a month from Navy boot camp). I sat on it. My uncle (a 20+ year stock broker) told me to dump it when it hit 30 after the Toy Biz deal. I refused. I paid about $17.65 per share back then. I dumped it at $48. I mean sure, it's no Google ($98 -> $600ish) but it's sure gonna screw up my tax return (capital gains tax freakin' SUCKS). Seriously, give kids stock in companies they know/love/follow. It's bound to pay off. What does this mean exactly? will they still be doing comics, movies, tv shows etc. Comics are a dog. They make next to no money (relatively speaking). The money is in the licensed properties (movies, games (especially MMOs, being a growth industry for gaming), merchandising, TV, etc). Disney isn't buying Marvel for its publishing arm. For that much money, I sure hope so. Guess Universal Studios in Orlando (and I guess CA) will have to get a new theme for the rides (no more Hulk, no more Spider Man, etc). Current licensing deals probably won't end for several years. Those things aren't a month to month thing. They're signed like naming rights deals (10+ years). Disney isn't going to cut off anything that's drawing money. They'll just let the deals expire. This isn't a 'make money now' deal. It's great long term for Disney (though not as great as the PIXAR buy) and it comes at a perfect time (when their competitors are all moaning, whining, and gnashing their teeth over the digital revolution). Now when Marvel dips to the 25ish range (within the next two years), I'll buy it back because eventually someone with a freakin' brain will figure out that there are at least 5 characters that aren't in the movie pipeline that would resonate with a largely ignored segment of the action movie audience (women). The characters are She-Hulk, Ms Marvel, pre M-Day Scarlet Witch, Spider Woman/Arachne (Julia Carpenter), and Nova (the Frankie Raye version). All of those women have depth (so drama with the action is possible/likely) and at least for Nova, it could easily be a one-shot tearjerker movie (she dies in the end). Heck, Disney has the people under contract right now to put together a Generation X movie (perhaps even X-Force). What are they gonna do to my Spider-Man. Um, keep churning out movies until Tobey gets too expensive and then replace him with Zac Efron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Casey Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 My personal hope is that Kevin Smith writes and directs a superhero movie. He's a huge comic fan and has written stuff in the past, and he has a great relationship with the other brands of Disney --- I'm sure his name may get tossed around in the future to pen a script or something of that nature. Just my own little thought. Didn't Smith write a Spider-man miniseries at one point? Introducing the new Mysterio, if memory serves... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_w_w Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Now when Marvel dips to the 25ish range (within the next two years), I'll buy it back because eventually someone with a freakin' brain will figure out that there are at least 5 characters that aren't in the movie pipeline that would resonate with a largely ignored segment of the action movie audience (women). The characters are She-Hulk, Ms Marvel, pre M-Day Scarlet Witch, Spider Woman/Arachne (Julia Carpenter), and Nova (the Frankie Raye version). All of those women have depth (so drama with the action is possible/likely) and at least for Nova, it could easily be a one-shot tearjerker movie (she dies in the end). I can see reasonable movie efforts based on the first four. Nova though would require some serious creative license and editing, because the Surfer / Heralds of Galactus arc where Morg kills her was beyond dreadful and frankly, I can't see anyone wanting to watch a faithful movie version of that without some major improvements in the underlying story and serious character development for the antagonist & support characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Orange Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I can see reasonable movie efforts based on the first four. Nova though would require some serious creative license and editing, because the Surfer / Heralds of Galactus arc where Morg kills her was beyond dreadful and frankly, I can't see anyone wanting to watch a faithful movie version of that without some major improvements in the underlying story and serious character development for the antagonist & support characters. Does this give you any new inspiration for your diary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devil_Bingo Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 All i hope is that we get to see TV Series like the 90's X-Men or Wolverine and the X-Men i'll be happy then. Oh and Spiderman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_w_w Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Does this give you any new inspiration for your diary. Yes Now, I just need time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedew Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 All this thread makes me realise is just how much I love Remi's comments on, well, anything. You should start a blog! I'm sure the advertising money would make it worth it for you, or the domain name, or god knows what Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FINisher Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 All this thread makes me realise is just how much I love Remi's comments on, well, anything. You should start a blog! I'm sure the advertising money would make it worth it for you, or the domain name, or god knows what Yeah. Walking encyclopedia or something along the lines.. Sometimes when I read Remi's posts I feel like a total moron afterwards.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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