Disney to acquire Marvel

hhsrat · Post by **hhsrat** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:21 am

From Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRel ... BW20090831

Building on its strategy of delivering quality branded content to people around
the world, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) has agreed to acquire Marvel
Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:MVL) in a stock and cash transaction, the companies
announced today.

Buggy · Post by **Buggy** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:23 am

Bizarre. I wonder how this will affect Islands of Adventure.

GRUMPY PIRATE · Post by **GRUMPY PIRATE** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:34 am

Hmmm, now WHAT new land will show up at WDW?

JugglingFreak · Post by **JugglingFreak** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:11 pm

Buggy wrote:Bizarre. I wonder how this will affect Islands of Adventure.

Depends on the contract they had to license those characters. It could end up like what they're going through with Speilberg (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business ... 2737.story) it could be a problem for them.

Most likely, they'll just keep paying the licensing fees, which would now be part of Disney..

Just my opinion, I have no insider info or anything..

ectomstr · Post by **ectomstr** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 8:49 pm

From what I've read, Disney'll allow all current licensing contracts to continue but it's when they're up...that's what remains to be seen.

darph nader · Post by **darph nader** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:09 pm

Hey Disney. For 1/1000th,I'll sell you my Marvel comics AND throw in all my DVDs of Marvel movies.

CujoSR · Post by **CujoSR** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:11 pm

What I'm wondering is if they plan to dumb down the movies to make them more family friendly? Or will the films keep the Marvel Studios moniker and allow more adult subject matter?
EX: The sex scene near the begining of Iron Man. Would that exist if Disney were behind the film instead of Marvel?

hobie16 · Post by **hobie16** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 9:46 pm

Could the third park at DLR be all Marvel all the time?

drcorey · Post by **drcorey** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:33 pm

I still think Disney should buy one of the Sailor Moon series.
namely, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. Here is a clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPX211R4 ... re=related
Prince of the Earth and the Princess of the Moon, together forever.
acually this falls more in line with Disneys use of fairy tales and legends for decades.

turkeyham · Post by **turkeyham** » Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:35 pm

I would say Wonder Woman land. Why?

1) Invisable Jet
2) many assesories for kids

But who knows what would fit in.

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