August 31, 200917 yr big news, i'd say. http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/31/news/companies/disney_marvel/index.htm NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Walt Disney Co. announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase comic book and action hero company Marvel Entertainment for about $4 billion. The deal pairs a comic book publisher that just recently began to produce its own movies with one of the largest international media companies in the world. "This is perfect from a strategic perspective," Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger told CNNMoney.com. "This treasure trove of over 5,000 characters offers Disney the ability to do what we do best." universal studios' islands of adventure is f***ed, though.
August 31, 200917 yr big news, i'd say. http://money.cnn.com...arvel/index.htm NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The Walt Disney Co. announced Monday that it has agreed to purchase comic book and action hero company Marvel Entertainment for about $4 billion. The deal pairs a comic book publisher that just recently began to produce its own movies with one of the largest international media companies in the world. "This is perfect from a strategic perspective," Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger told CNNMoney.com. "This treasure trove of over 5,000 characters offers Disney the ability to do what we do best." universal studios' islands of adventure is f***ed, though. Yeh does anyone know what happens with that? I'm sure there must be some terms in the deal that allows them to keep the Marvel zone at IoA. They are the most popular rides there and the likes of the Spiderman experience is what draws in visitors.
August 31, 200917 yr They've probably got a deal in the deal. Universal probably has to dump Marvel within 10 years or so out of it's theme park, I'd imagine. 4 Billion dollars is more than enough to do that lol.
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