Disney Purchasing Marvel for $4 Billion

[JMcEntegart]

Walt Disney has said it will acquire Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in cash and stocks.

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[mindless728]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo, don't let disney ruin the marvel characters

 

[taiso]

disney's 'creative' skills....you mean the creators of hannah montana and high school musical? there goes any hopes for iron man 2 being any good if disney gets involved in the 'creative' process being the new owners of the name and image....

 

[mavroxur]

Wolverine meets The Little Mermaid

 

[ZEPd3Z]

Damn You MickeeeeeeeeeY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[uronacid]

God help us....

The next Disney movie:
Spider Man and The Incredibles

 

[megabuster]

Marvel has just been downgraded from R/PG-13 to PG

 

[Guest]

R.I.P. Marvel

 

[hellwig]

"This transaction combines Marvel's strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters ... with Disney's creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties..."

In other words, expect "X-Men Babies", "Mickey, Donald, Goofey, and Wolverine take on the playground bullies", etc... etc... I always liked Marvel for the edginess of its lineup, Disney is the exact opposite of edgey.

I wonder what this will do to the Marvel-themed rides at Universal Studios theme parks.

 

[Guest]

I wanna see Mickey 'mingle' with the Green Goblin

 

[ZEPd3Z]

Great,somehow they'll find a way to put the Jonas brothers in A Marvel Movie, or worse... Star in one!

 

[superblahman123]

This will prove interesting, also keeping in mind that Disney is the mind behind movies like Pirates of the Caribbean

 

[griffed88]

I hate Disney and everything they do. I love Marvel and most things they do. This Disney/Marvel monstrosity is going to be a lose/lose situation for anyone old enough to realize that High School Musical and the Jonas Bros. are shit.

 

[Guest]

As if there weren't enough movie remakes of Marvel classics... Not that Disney does very many originals anyways, it's always remakes of ancient fairy-tale type stories. Film-School ruined Hollywood, rich-kids go to Film-School to learn how to make cookie-cutter movies, everything that comes out is either a remake, or sucks, or both....

 

[dman3k]

So I guess no nudity in Marvel/Epic comics...

 

[NuclearShadow]

Just when I was going to start reading comics again after years of not touching them (with the exception the The Walking Dead) I can now say its not going to happen at least with Marvel Comics. This will undoubtedly effect the comics because Disney wouldn't want to be tied to heavy violence and controversial story lines. Everything is going to be dumbed down.

 

[domenic]

This should be as illegal as Google taking over Yahoo.

 

[captaincharisma]

i smell a new Disney cartoon starring "the thing" and goofy

 

[chuckdalton]

Will we see mickey mouse in tights? (shudder)

 

[pwndcake]

Things I think we can expect:

Dazzler staring Hannah Montana

The New Mutants will finally get a movie

Wolverine will become even more watered down/taller/less grumpy. Possibly even shaving off the sideburns. Also, no cigars

The upside is the possibility of Pixar being allowed to do something with a Marvel property, and the chance to wait in line for X-Men: The Ride.