Guest Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/31/news/companies/disney_marvel/?postversion=2009083109 4 Billion Dollars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorbike Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 NOOOOO!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentgods Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 NOOOOO!!!! good fucking bye Marvel MAX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotnerd Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 i don't think you'll really see a big difference in how marvel is run. marvel max will still be around. you'll just see some disney comics carrying the marvel brand, and i'm sure their biggest motivation is being able to brand the marvel movies with the disney logo. movies bring in more money than comics by far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lokithelion Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 fuck. there is no way the mouse isn't going to fuck this up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theambulancereview Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 McBuzzkill!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurrobear Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 fuck. there is no way the mouse isn't going to fuck this up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicker Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 goodbye to any possible r-rated movies. can't wait for the Young X-Men movie where they're all in high school. Zack Effron plays wolverine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 This most likely won't affect the comic books at all. Comic books don't make any money. Disney wants the characters for movies, cartoons, merchandising and theme parks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlovecolouredx Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 it's pretty rad if we will see something like this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 goodbye to any possible r-rated movies.can't wait for the Young X-Men movie where they're all in high school. Zack Effron plays wolverine. First off, the chances of any r-rated Marvel super-hero movies outside of Blade and Punisher were slim to none anyway. Secondly, you must be forgetting that Disney also owns Miramax. The studio that brought us Reservoir Dogs, Trainspotting, The Crow, Clerks, Dogma, Kill Bill, No Country For Old Men, and a list of other great r-rated movies. Disney is not afraid of making money off an r-rated movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicker Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 depends on if they plan on slapping the Disney name on it. if they continue to let them just have the marvel branding, then we wont notice much of a change. we'll still get the miramax type stuff. but if it turns into Disney presents a marvel studios production, then we'll probably see a shift in tone to the movies. they'd never put the Disney name on anything that isnt family friendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 hopefully it doesn't end up like the dc movies under warner. DC can't even get movies made because of all the corporate bs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamitekid Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 also, they already have a ton of contracts with other movie studios which is going to make things complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest duhpunk Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Islands of Adventure is not going to be happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 also, they already have a ton of contracts with other movie studios which is going to make things complicated. I read that Disney is going to honor those contracts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devinr Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I just heard this on NPR and died a little inside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk0nuggets Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Why would Marvel see this as a good thing? Sure, 4 Billion dollars is an unfathomable amount of cash, but no not own the rights to any of your work anymore? Seriously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Garth Ennis is already writing the next Jonas Brothers movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanukichu Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 it's pretty rad if we will see something like this.... YES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxamaphone Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 As long as this doesn't have any effect on Archie or Scott Pilgrim, I don't care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 hopefully it doesn't end up like the dc movies under warner. DC can't even get movies made because of all the corporate bs. I have a distinct feeling Disney bought Marvel with the distinct desire to churn out movies. Why would Marvel see this as a good thing? Sure, 4 Billion dollars is an unfathomable amount of cash, but no not own the rights to any of your work anymore? Seriously? Cause Stan Lee is older and wanted to cash out on an amount of money he had no hope of making elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Why would Marvel see this as a good thing? Sure, 4 Billion dollars is an unfathomable amount of cash, but no not own the rights to any of your work anymore? Seriously? Marvel went bankrupt in the late 90's. They now have the financial backing of Disney so they won't have to worry about that happening again. Disney also has a good track record of being hands off with companies they have bought (Pixar, ESPN, Miramax). Marvel still has the rights to their work, they are just owned by a larger company now instead of being publically traded, the same way Warner Bros owns DC. They will still be reprinting the same stories and you will still see "created by Stan Lee" at the beginning of every movie. I honestly don't see a downside to this from Marvel's perspective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantommaggot Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Islands of Adventure is not going to be happy Yeah, I work there and people have been talking about this possibly happening for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozz Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I wonder what they'll do about the Marvel rides at Island of Adventure. Marvel rides at Disney world would be so awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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