Disney buying Marvel

[Kaiser Zero]

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200908311728DOWJONESDJONLINE000327_FORTUNE5.htm

I can see the cross overs now.... Spider-man vs Genie Jafar!

Thoughs on the subject?

[Ring Slinger]

I'm honestly not sure what to think. Really..I'm not.

[Tama-chan]

Hana Montana will suddenly develop a new mutant skill and become a member of the X-Men.

I wonder how many movie titles, of lesser known heroes, they will drop and in place make more pretty Wolverine movies. (R.I.P. Thor movie)

[Asia Lover]

nooo...I don't want to say but Disney makes the super-heroes more "naive"...luckily Power Rangers RPM are making success

[Tomba]

This is truly truly a sad thing but in other news Matt Moylan made a great joke about it for this week's comic on Lilformers! :D

http://www.lilformers.com/index.php/2009/09/01/lil-formers-161-disneymarvel/

[Lockon Stratos]

oh hell no!! Marvel better not let Disney take over or else it will be like Power Rangers all over again. IT.WILL.SUCK.!! nuff said. Marvel will no longer have the violence or the cool stuff that they have. I could just see it now:

*Wolverine is about to stab Sabretooth in the gut but then he stops. Instead, Wolverine gently pats Sabretooth on the shoulder.*

Wolverine: "Oh no Sabretooth. I was about to gash you with my adamantium claws with blood about to spill out but since little kids are watching, I better just apologize. I shouldn't run with sharp objects poking out of my body. We should just hug and make up! Whaddya say bub?"

Yeah, that's a great idea.

*mumblesstupiddisneyihopelightningstrikesthemdowna ndkillsallofthemmumbles*

Edit:
so did disney buy marvel or is it in the process of being bought?

[Keisuke Nago]

Did you hear?

For the next movie, instead of Hugh Jackman... Wolverine will be played by either Zac Efron or the Eldest Jonas Brother...














I'M KIDDING!...


Or am i?

[pikapix58]

(R.I.P. Thor movie)

Thor's still going to be on. Obviously neither Paramount nor Marvel is going to cancel any sort of deal they've all ready sunk money into.


Edit:
so did disney buy marvel or is it in the process of being bought?

It's in the process of being bought stage at the moment. Unless something's happened in the past 24 hours since this article (http://comics.ign.com/articles/101/1019830p1.html) at IGN was posted, the deal still needs to be approved by Marvel's shareholders, as well as go through antitrust clearance.

Anyway for those of you wondering (who haven't read into this yet), according to the aforementioned IGN article the studios who made movie deals with Marvel prior to the Disney thing will still hold onto the rights to their respective franchises in perpetuity as long as they keep making movies. So Fox will still have X-men, Fantastic 4, Daredevil, Elektra, and Silver Surfer. Sony will still have Spidey, since the fourth movie's in development and is due out in 2011, with plans for 5 and 6. Paramount will still be doing Iron Man 2, Iron Man 3, Thor, Avengers, and Captain America. And Universal will still have the rights to Hulk. Although Universal's current theme park deal with Marvel seems to be up in the air at the moment.

It's looking like Marvel under the mouse's ownership will be in a similar vein to Time-Warner's ownership of DC, with Marvel being more or less independent from Iger and his cronies. It also appears as if Disney XD will be the home to any future Marvel TV projects (like Thor and Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes), so hopefully Sony losing the TV rights to Spidey, and XD airing Spectacular Spider-man anyway, doesn't affect the future of that show (season 3, please?). And it appears as if Wolverine and the X-men and Iron Man: Armored Adventures will still be airing on Nick Toons, with the upcoming The Superhero Squad Show and Black Panther, airing as planned on Cartoon Network and BET, respectively. So beyond that again refer to the IGNarticle I linked, and the related articles for the Movies, TV, Comics, and games sections.

Also is anyone else thinking it might be interesting to see Howard the Duck partnered with Donald in some way?

[Contessa dei Cattanei]

Surprise, surprise...Disney will take over the world by 2050. XD

[Keisuke Nago]

Not if Walmart takes over first >.>

[Umemori Genta]

naw me and aibo would take it over first, right aibo

[LiquidSkin]

-just shakes her head- this marvel already went soft, have you guys see Wolverine and the X-men, it plays on Nick...

[SBaby]

Did you hear?

For the next movie, instead of Hugh Jackman... Wolverine will be played by either Zac Efron or the Eldest Jonas Brother...














I'M KIDDING!...


Or am i?

Either that, or it'll be Johnny Depp. And Orlando Bloom as Cyclops.

[Zerrock Crisis]

Damn you Disney! -shakes fist- I think its mouse hunting season! -gets shot gun-

[MidnightAngel]

I happen to like Wolverine&the Xmen because it's more or less a spin off of Xmen Evolution minus a few characters but at the same time it's not a half bad show but then again Disney taking over Marvel eh.. it worries me is all mean seriously what's next DC? I'll put it this way Walt Disney is more then likely turning over in his grave just thinking what disney has become in the thirty some years.Um yeah..