Monday, 31 August 2009

Disney to buy Marvel for $4 billion

That's what Variety is reporting. How that will affect Marvel's future plans for properties already set up at rival studios such as Paramount (home of Iron Man 2, Captain America and The Avengers) and Fox (X Men spin offs like Magneto) has, I'm sure, been worked out, although for now Variety isn't saying. Disney will now own Marvel and the rights to its portfolio of in excess of 5000 characters, including Spiderman and the Hulk.

So who's for a Mickey Mouse Vs Wolverine movie? Oh, just me then...

4 comments:

Stram said...

I've just read that on twitter, and I don't really know what to think! Is Marvel going to loose his style/identity? Time will tell I guess...

Mark Salisbury said...

Well, Pixar have been fine thus far. So, fingers crossed...

Gerard said...

I'm just hoping Hulk shows up in TRON Legacy...

Mark Salisbury said...

Now that's an idea I like.

Best headline I've read for this story: "Marvel's now a Mickey Mouse Operation."

Wish I'd thought of that...