BREAKING NEWS! The Walt Disney Company has agreed to purchase Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its portfolio of 5,0000 characters in a stock and cash transaction, the companies announced today.
Full article here.
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08-31-2009, 06:23 AM #1Mild-Mannered Reporter
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CBR: Disney Acquires Marvel Entertainment
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08-31-2009, 06:24 AM #2ThunderWolf!!!
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Wait? What?
Dan DiDio RUINED Transformers Forever
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08-31-2009, 06:27 AM #3Junior Member
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Yeah, just seen it on the BBC! Wow! Kind of makes sense, don't Warner Bros own DC?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8230504.stmLast edited by we3ster; 08-31-2009 at 06:32 AM. Reason: Adding news link
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08-31-2009, 06:27 AM #4ThunderWolf!!!
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And again. Wait? WHAT?
Dan DiDio RUINED Transformers Forever
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Space is disease and danger wrapped in silence and darkness.
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08-31-2009, 06:30 AM #5Doesn't Want To See That!
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Woah!
Umm wow.
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08-31-2009, 06:31 AM #6Poor hacked Diamond Lil.
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This could be really huge for Marvel. Congrats to them.
Read about the greatest series ever, Alpha Flight...from the beginning!
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08-31-2009, 06:31 AM #7Poor hacked Diamond Lil.
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This could be really huge for Marvel. Congrats to them.
Read about the greatest series ever, Alpha Flight...from the beginning!
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08-31-2009, 06:32 AM #8One of the Good Guys
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This is so weird. What are the benefits for Marvel here? I can see Disney's benefits, but what are Marvel's?
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08-31-2009, 06:33 AM #9Doesn't Want To See That!
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As long as there's no interference in creativity or forced studio deals like DC has with WB.
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08-31-2009, 06:34 AM #10werewolf by night
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saw it on aol today when i got on my pc.
i wonder what will happen to the movie side of marvel, will they all be put out by disney now or will disney allow the movies to be put out by other companies and just take a cut.
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08-31-2009, 06:35 AM #11Junior Member
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noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Excuse me for my bad english
, i've self learning it (i'm Italian) 
DC : Batwoman
MARVEL : Captain Marvel , Iron Man , New Avengers , Scarlet spider
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08-31-2009, 06:36 AM #12Poor College Student
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A Silver-Surfer Pixar film?
Originally Posted by maniacmatt
That could be pretty awesome.
Or anything Pixar, because ya know, they rock.
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08-31-2009, 06:36 AM #13BANNED
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A Howard The Duck/Donald Duck crossover? Originally Posted by maniacmatt
"Dr. Doom's Wild Ride"?
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08-31-2009, 06:37 AM #14One of the Good Guys
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That was precisely the first thing I thought of when I read this. It has me a bit worried. Especially on the movies. Originally Posted by coconutphone
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08-31-2009, 06:38 AM #15reMember reMember
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Oh, ****. Oh, **** **** ****.
I've long maintained that part of the reason Marvel continues to be better than DC is because it isn't owned by a giant multi-national corporation like DC is. Partly because of the creative freedom, partly because of karma.
I'm trying not to freak out here but this seems like the worst news in history.
I'm consoling myself that companies controlled by Disney, particularly Pixar, have still put out some pretty amazing movies, like Shrek and the Incredibles.
But they've never put out Grant Morrison's X-Men, or David Tischmann's Cable... those book took risks that I don't know if Disney is willing to take. Let's hope I'm wrong, and they'll have a more or less hands-off approach, because if they DO, well, yes, the amount of money they can pour into projects is impressive.Reading:
Fantastic Four, the Hercules stuff, Incredible Hulks, Invincible Iron Man, Morning Glories, S.H.I.E.L.D., Thor, Thunderbolts, The Unwritten, Uncanny X-Men, Uncanny X-Force, X-Men: Legacy
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