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“Now, I’m no Disney fan, nor am I a huge Marvel fan, but this news is sure to shock many.”
Marvel, the people that brought you Iron Man, Spider-Man, Transformers etc.., have created some of the most popular characters to date. Their ever popular characters started off as comic book characters, but most have been given the cinema treatment, all of which have become great hits. 
Disney, they too have created some famous figures, but it’s safe to say that Disney have always aimed for the younger audience, with such creations as Mickey Mouse, High School Musical (which is one of the films aimed more towards teenagers).
Today Disney have announced that they are “acquiring” Marvel Entertainment Inc.
“The Walt Disney Co. says it is acquiring Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in cash and stock, bringing characters like Iron Man and Spider-Man into the Disney family.
Under the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of 5,000 Marvel characters.
Disney said Monday that Marvel shareholders will receive $30 per share in cash plus 0.745 Disney shares for every Marvel share they own.
It said the boards of Disney and Marvel have both approved the transaction, but it requires an antitrust review and the approval of Marvel shareholders.”
So, let’s forget about how Disney will will most probably make Spider-Man and Mickey Mouse sidekicks in the next Spider-Man film for a second and let’s focus on how this will effect things game wise. With the upcoming Kingdom Hearts game slowly making its way, characters such as Spider-Man and Iron Man have been rumoured to make an appearance on the game. And with over 5,000 re-owned characters, it’s without a doubt that Disney will make Marvel characters and their own join forces sometime, movie and game wise. 
“This transaction combines Marvel’s strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor with Disney’s creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and a business structure that maximizes the value of creative properties across multiple platforms and territories,” said Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company. “Ike Perlmutter and his team have done an impressive job of nurturing these properties and have created significant value. We are pleased to bring this talent and these great assets to Disney.”
Article from Gamersyndrome.com
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Prior to this:
“Jean Grey has died at Magneto’s hand! (again)”
“Yeah right, X-Men come back more often than Jesus.”
Now this:
“Jean Grey has died!”
“Nope, I’m still alive.”
I’m not a big Marvel fan either (I found the comics way too cheesy), but I’ll blow my brains out if Spider-Man shows up in Kingdom Hearts. It should really stay as a FF/Disney crossover than become something like Jump Ultimate Stars.
Prior to this:
“Jean Grey has died at Magneto’s hand! (again)”
“Yeah right, X-Men come back more often than Jesus.”
Now this:
“Jean Grey has died!”
“Nope, I’m still alive.”
I’m not a big Marvel fan either (I found the comics way too cheesy), but I’ll blow my brains out if Spider-Man shows up in Kingdom Hearts. It should really stay as a FF/Disney crossover than become something like Jump Ultimate Stars.
Still a good move though, since I don’t keep up with Disney or Marvel, I didn’t see this coming from any angle.
I’m not too into comic books, but this is disturbing. Disney is a tyrant and destroys everything. If they can’t beat the competition they simply buy em.
I too am not into comic books, at all. But yeah, I had the same reaction as you, Jay Tyler, when I read about it.
Yeah, I like some of the movies and games and my brother reads comics. If you’ve played X-men origins Wolverine, you’d know how insanely brutal and vicious it was, and it’s just hard to imagine anything like that being repeated now that Hannah Montana Disney has it’s grubby paws controlling everything.
“WAITER, Theres a spider in my Kingdom Hearts”.
im on the fence about this one, But I think with the marketing power of Disney it should be pretty decent. Anyhow I think Disney got a great deal on this one. Buzz LightYear Cameos in the new xmen movies? haha…
damn it, i hate disney. All those big creepy eyes and shrill voices give me the creeps. Dont take my Marvel away!
Just because Disney own the rights doesn’t mean that they will make marvel cutesy. I honestly think they will keep both empires seperate for the majority of the time. Put it this way, Disney own Miramax films and look at the films they distibute (alot of Tarantino’s work). Plus, not game related but I’m still curious. What will happen to Universal’s island of adventure seeing as their biggest rival now own the rights to the characters themes of their biggest rides??
Hold on there, I really don’t think that Disney will EVER be able to buy Universal, that’s just something else.
No no Harry, I didn’t mean buy Universal. Universal Studios have marvel themed rides right. So what will happen now that Disney own the rights to those characters? Will they have to change the rides to accommodate for this or will Universal be able to keep them the same seeing as the rides were made years before this Disney owned Marvel?
Not everything by Disney is cute, look at Pirates of the Caribbean, that’s about as cute as an undead pirate who shows his true colors in the moonli- nevermind.
True, I did say that High School Musical was aimed more towards the teenage audience.
I completely forgot about Pirates of the Caribbean.
Pirates is hardly a mature movie…
As long as Disney doesn’t push their creative vision to all the “properties” they now own, I’m okay with the merger. Look at PIXAR. They could have messed up “UP” if Disney had their way but they are still pushing their own vision than Disney’s…