Disney to buy Marvel

[Retlaw]

Not sure if this belongs here or in the Marvel news threads.

CNN article (http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/31/news/companies/disney_marvel/index.htm?postversion=2009083110)

Who knows -- the way Disney likes to market everything, maybe there may be a chance for Marvel scape expansions? (probably not :( )

[Jexik]

So, how long until PocahontaScape: The Battle for all the Colors of the Wind?

(This is assuming that people at Disney decide to pick up marvel heroscape... and then sell more properties to Hasbrizards).

[rednax]

Hmmm. Interesting.

I know that they showed some Marvel shows on Toon Disney (now Disney XD :roll:) like Spiderman and maybe a few others, so Disney must have had some partial link to Marvel before.

So if Disney buys Marvel... :ponder:

[clancampbell]

:wtf:

Feels like really strange bedfellows.

I think Disney, I think Mickey Mouse, and Snow White, and other kiddie crap.
I think Marvel, I think Spider-man and the X-Men kicking @$$ and taking names.

-and no, I don't think this will lead to more Marvelscape.......

......allthough it could lead to Mickeyscape. :runaway:

[Ryougabot]

Spiderman 4 will be a straight to DVD release with the same quality as the Tinkerbell movies. http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-06-21.

There may be more expansions for Marvelscape, but they will only be available at the Disney Store and be $25 dollars for one hero and one villain.

[Ted_Danson]

Hasbro owns the toy distribution rights, which they aquired from Toy Biz, which, I believe is still owned by Marvel.

Movie rights are owned by Fox, Sony, Marvel Productions.....

This is for the comic book rights, and maybe cartoon rights.

[ellak96]

What The Heck

[Retlaw]

:wtf:

Feels like really strange bedfellows.

I think Disney, I think Mickey Mouse, and Snow White, and other kiddie crap.
I think Marvel, I think Spider-man and the X-Men kicking @$$ and taking names.

-and no, I don't think this will lead to more Marvelscape.......

......allthough it could lead to Mickeyscape. :runaway:

Don't forget Disney did this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/21/Gargoyles01Cvr.jpg

and this:

http://www.kanpekisetto.com/tienda/images/XSS900542.JPG

and this:
http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/6/6f/Chernabog.jpg

and this:
http://www.theonering.net/torwp/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/maleficent4.jpg

so, not everything Disney is "Mickey Mouse"

[clancampbell]

Wow, I didn't know Gargoyles was Disney.

Didn't they also do Kingdom Hearts??

[Sweetcurse]

http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/31/news/companies/disney_marvel/index.htm

I wonder if this will lead to more Itsy Bitsy Spiderman toys.

[Cavalier]

While yours is in the better location, Disney to buy Marvel (http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?t=26813)

[Balantai]

At the very least, it should make for some interesting rides at Disneyland/world.

[Grishnakh]

No! I don't want Marvel characters in my MickeyScape! Wait, that's somehow not right......

[Agent Minivann]

I have a hard time seeing this as a good thing, but I will keep my fingers crossed that Marvel Wave 1 is more likely now.

[elvinleader]

Thats Stupid

[legoboy]

MickeyScape doesn't sound like much fun, but the Who Framed Roger Rabbit expansion would be a good one. I'm really looking forward to Jessica Rabbit and her "I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way" special power.

['Scaper94]

I've seen Sleeping Beauty numerous times (yes, I'm a guy, but I think it is OK to watch from time to time), and that purple dragon-witch thing says "hell" while in dragon form. I was actually suprised to hear that, being it is a childrens' movie.:shock:

[WinterIsComing]

Does this mean we will see a Donald Duck figure?

Seriously, I wonder how this will affect Marvel Heroscape.

[Jexik]

Well, they both design cartoons designed for 9 year olds.

[Ryougabot]

I've seen Sleeping Beauty numerous times (yes, I'm a guy, but I think it is OK to watch from time to time), and that purple dragon-witch thing says "hell" while in dragon form. I was actually suprised to hear that, being it is a childrens' movie.:shock:

I guess the writers during Sleeping Beauty's time did not think the children were as fragile back then as the writers do now.

[ewabbie]

I guess the writers during Sleeping Beauty's time did not think the children were as fragile back then as the writers do now.

Oh nooo. He does not have a helmet on!

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2005/10/02/3s_bubble_narrowweb__200x335.jpg

[killercactus]

I've seen Sleeping Beauty numerous times (yes, I'm a guy, but I think it is OK to watch from time to time), and that purple dragon-witch thing says "hell" while in dragon form. I was actually suprised to hear that, being it is a childrens' movie.:shock:

Saying "Hell" is quite mild compared to:

1) Aladdin telling Jasmine "Take off your clothes"
2) Spelling out S-E-X with grass and leaves in The Lion King
3) The cover of The Little Mermaid, and the excited priest
4) The nude woman in a painting in the background of The Rescuers
5) Disney's lame attempts at explanations of all of the above.

[Disposable Hero]

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN????!??!!!!!!!!!!! It's like the end of the comic book industry here! With DC on life support, Image killing every universe it has, Dark Horse actually thriving (the upcoming Sin City 2, the sequel/prequel to 300, the possibility of Hellboy 3), and now THIS??????? What will happen? Mass censorship? Marvel rides at Disney World? This at least kills Marvelscape, HeroClix, the Marvel TCG, the possibility of Ultimate Alliance 3, and the quality of all forthcoming Marvel movies.

[IAmBatman]

As far as I know Invincible, The Walking Dead, Batman, and Green Lantern are still making money, so I'm covered. :-)

[Disposable Hero]

As far as I know Invincible, The Walking Dead, Batman, and Green Lantern are still making money, so I'm covered. :-)
Invincible has found his weakness: Robert Kirkman.

I can no longer put up with comic books any more. DC is committing suicide. It's using its life force to kill Batman and resurrect Barry Allen. Marvel has just put itself in a precarious position.

One one hand, this could mean censorship, quality drop, and sucky, PG-rated superhero movies.
On the other hand, if the cartoons are handed over to Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Jerry Bruckheimer directs most of the superhero movies, those are in the vein of Pirates, and Disney doesn't censor the content of the cmics but rather preents Marvel from pulling a DC and killing of majopr characters, then we're set.(PS: Blackest Night does not suck. It's DC's current best title. GO BLACK LANTERNS AND RED LANTERNS!!!!!!!!)

[IAmBatman]

Well if you can't recognize quality, there's no helpin' ya. Kirkman is awesome. :-)

[Minnion]

Hmm... If Square/Enix gets onbord with HS maybe we will be seeing a Kingdomheatscape... (Kingdom heats proves that Micky can Kick @$$ and take names too, Yoda Style.)

Lets see...
Malificant, Can sacrifice her single based form to summon her dragon form...
The skellitons from the Black Cauldren would be pretty sweat...
Kingdom Hearts versions of Donald and Goofy as well(Goofy armed with a sheild and decent defence and donald as a squishy mage)
Kingdom Hearts version of Pete(Large single hex figure with decent damage output)
All of the Gargoals and various enimes. I mean really Gargoyals alone would be a goldmine of worthy scape...
Then you have Buzz Lightyear and Alladin... Plenty of adventure type stuff to draw from there too...
Nightmare before Cristmass, Kim Possible, Resess, Tarzan, Atlantas the lost empire, Lelo and Stitch, Beuty and the Beast, Pirates of the Caribean... Aside from the issues people might take with the cross licensing there are pleanty of chars that can swing a sword or claw the eyes out of something in their cannon.

[Onacara]

You folks do know that Disney is a parent company and they own alot more things that are not directed at little kids right?

Including Miramax which produced "No Country For Old Men", "Doubt" and both "Kill Bill's"

[Sup3rS0n1c]

Well, I'm just hoping this doesn't screw Marvel Superhero Island at Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure.

Here's a link (http://www.universalorlando.com/ioa_map.html) for you non-Floridians.

[Ted_Danson]

For once I have to agree with Onacara. Things like this happen all of the time, there will not be anything "taken away" from the MU based on this.

Life will go on, and nothing will change. Disney might produce more marvel related cartoons, and add some things to their theme parks, but other than that, everything else will stay on the same path it has been on.

DC is owned by WB, and have been for some time, and things are still the same over there.

[Sherman Davies]

Well, they both design cartoons designed for 9 year olds.

Well, the writing in comics is good enough that you wouldn't see "design" in a sentence twice. ;)

You folks do know that Disney is a parent company and they own alot more things that are not directed at little kids right?

Including Miramax which produced "No Country For Old Men", "Doubt" and both "Kill Bill's"

Exactly. I don't forsee this move changing too much about the comic books themselves. If anything, this will affect the marketing of the Marvel brand more than the content - Marvel merchandise may start becoming available at Disney stores, rides at Disneyland will incorporate the characters (not Disney World though, as Marvel apparently is still honoring its agreement with Universal Studios Theme Park), the Marvel Studios movies will have greater financial backing, etc...

Everyone just needs to chill out.

[Nukatha]

Wait a minute:

At Universal Orlando there's a whole area devoted to Marvel Superheroes...

Does that mean that Disney now owns 10% of its largest tourism opponent in Florida?

[Sherman Davies]

No - as I said in my above post, Marvel is honoring its long-term deal with Universal Studios Islands of Adventure Theme Park. Any Marvel rides for the forseeable future will only be in Disney parks outside of Disney World (ie: Disneyland in California, EuroDisney, etc...)

[Knight of Feylund]

I don't really like disney, but I don't really care if they buy marvel. What would they do with it?

[LoneDragon]

*Insert pro-Gargoyles, anti-Disney rant here*

[RabSheila]

I don't really like disney, but I don't really care if they buy marvel. What would they do with it?

Here's the first thing I found that Disney may do

In their coverage of the Disney/Marvel deal, Entertainment Weekly dropped a cryptic bit of news which, if accurate, could be cause for excitement:
"Pixar is said to already be eyeballing an 'Ant-Man' movie."
As regular readers know, Marvel has been developing 'Ant-Man' for many years and, at one point, it was seen as part of the run-up to the 'Avengers' mega-film. Director Edgar Wright ('Shaun of the Dead') has been developing the feature for Marvel and has written a script. As recently as last July he said he aims to return to work on the screenplay after 'Scott Pilgrim' is done. EW offers no details beyond the above statement, so it's unclear how strong the interest is on Pixar's part, or whether or not Marvel is abandoning Wright's take in order to bounce to project to their new hit-making partners at Disney.

And so it begins. Maybe.

[Harlax]

I don't really like disney, but I don't really care if they buy marvel. What would they do with it?

The teaser for the the NPR news quiz show "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" last week was:

"Now that Disney owns Marvel, The Punisher can terminate the entire cast of Hannah Montana."

;)

[Retlaw]

Some funny takes on this from Worth100 - clicky (http://www.worth1000.com/contest.asp?contest_id=23840&display=photoshop&page=5000#entries)

[RabSheila]

The teaser for the the NPR news quiz show "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" last week was:

"Now that Disney owns Marvel, The Punisher can terminate the entire cast of Hannah Montana."


(Head spinning.) Haven't we talked about this? (Feeling nauseous) Last week? (kind of dizzy)The Punisher wouldn't kill children. Unless they were breaking major laws. (Some sort of time loop) Hannah and the Suite Life boys in a major drug war with each other. Frank shows up. Kills everybody. "Sweet Life my @$$." he mutters as he pops another clip into his .45. (And a phone is going to ring...........Now.)

[IAmBatman]

Bbrrrrrrrrrrriiiiinnngg!!

[Agent Minivann]

The teaser for the the NPR news quiz show "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" last week was:

"Now that Disney owns Marvel, The Punisher can terminate the entire cast of Hannah Montana."


(Head spinning.) Haven't we talked about this? (Feeling nauseous) Last week? (kind of dizzy)The Punisher wouldn't kill children. Unless they were breaking major laws. (Some sort of time loop) Hannah and the Suite Life boys in a major drug war with each other. Frank shows up. Kills everybody. "Sweet Life my @$$." he mutters as he pops another clip into his .45. (And a phone is going to ring...........Now.)
Those shows violate all kinds of laws of good taste. Frank wouldn't blink.

[Harlax]

The teaser for the the NPR news quiz show "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" last week was:

"Now that Disney owns Marvel, The Punisher can terminate the entire cast of Hannah Montana."


(Head spinning.) Haven't we talked about this? (Feeling nauseous) Last week? (kind of dizzy)The Punisher wouldn't kill children. Unless they were breaking major laws. (Some sort of time loop) Hannah and the Suite Life boys in a major drug war with each other. Frank shows up. Kills everybody. "Sweet Life my @$$." he mutters as he pops another clip into his .45. (And a phone is going to ring...........Now.)

You left out the white slavery ring...

Time warp!

[RabSheila]

Answer the phone and Agent Minivann will say "Those shows violate all kinds of laws of good taste. Frank wouldn't.....(gulp).....blink."

Those shows violate all kinds of laws of good taste. Frank wouldn't blink.

Mother of Pearl! What's going on?! How did I.....where did...who the...?

(Alright, I'll quit. Thanks Bats and AM)

Great memory Harlax.

[Lank281]

Does this mean we will see a Donald Duck figure?

I absolutely loath the idea of Disney characters in 'Scape.
But now that you jogged my memory, I am now actually curious to see a Howard the Duck figure, considering that he is a Marvel character.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/Howard%20the%20Duck%202.jpg

[UnluckyNumber]

Does this mean we will see a Donald Duck figure?

I absolutely loath the idea of Disney characters in 'Scape.
But now that you jogged my memory, I am now actually curious to see a Howard the Duck figure, considering that he is a Marvel character.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/Howard%20the%20Duck%202.jpg

They made one for Heroclix. :D

[Retlaw]

http://i1.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/03/2d/7141_1.JPG

[The Scaped]

I really don't think this will effect Heroscape, except for the fact of no more Marvel Scape. Then, the movies will be the same, as well as the comics. I think they will keep the artists and writers, but just add stuff. Maybe a Mickey Mouse comic.
What I would like to see is some Marvel rides at Disney World.

[Eric_Cartman30]

Gargoyles and Kingdom Hearts were the only cool things Disney did. Other than that it frightens me that they want to buy Marvel.

[IAmBatman]

I really don't see why people think this matters so much. Did ABC or ESPN's content get worse or at all Disneyfied when Disney bought them? If anything, I'd say ABC's programing is the best of any network right now and ESPN has just gotten better with their programming over the years.

[Agent Minivann]

I really don't see why people think this matters so much. Did ABC or ESPN's content get worse or at all Disneyfied when Disney bought them? If anything, I'd say ABC's programing is the best of any network right now and ESPN has just gotten better with their programming over the years.
I think it comes from the movies that are being put out by Disney, and the drivel on Disney Channel. There is a fear that movies and TV shows will have that Disney taint that has been there for some time now.

[IAmBatman]

Considering all the preexisting contracts, though, I don't think Disney can even produce a Marvel movie starring any of their major characters until something like 15 years from now anyway.
And Disney movies and TV shows don't suck because they took good material and ruined it. They suck because the material sucks.

[Sherman Davies]

Disney doesn't need to produce their own Marvel movies. Buying Marvel includes buying Marvel Studios, which will just go on making its own movies in just the way they'd been planning to. I believe Marvel Studio's current slate (Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, The Avengers) will keep them occupied well into 2012.

As far as the movie side of the deal goes, I'm not that worried. Look at what happened to Pixar after Disney bought it - nothing, or at least nothing that the public could notice from the resulting movies. Wall-E and Up were pretty much the same kind of quality, all-ages entertainment that Pixar was known for before Disney bought them. If anything, Pixar has changed Disney more than the other way around, since it was John Lasseter and the others at Pixar that lobbied for the resurrection of Disney's 2D animation department, which is putting out Disney's first 2D cartoon feature (The Princess and The Frog) in years.

[Onacara]

If people only knew who the parent companies were for some product lines they would probably not even think twice about this...

Go look up the company Altria

[hoju511]

If people only knew who the parent companies were for some product lines they would probably not even think twice about this...

Go look up the company Altria



Wine and smokes?

[Agent Minivann]

If people only knew who the parent companies were for some product lines they would probably not even think twice about this...

Go look up the company Altria
Which relates to Disney and Marvel how?

[Onacara]

If people only knew who the parent companies were for some product lines they would probably not even think twice about this...

Go look up the company Altria
Which relates to Disney and Marvel how?

Meaning that despite what the parent company is known for it does not affect the product coming out from their other companies....unless they starte secretly puting nicotine into my mac'n'cheese.

[Agent Minivann]

If people only knew who the parent companies were for some product lines they would probably not even think twice about this...

Go look up the company Altria
Which relates to Disney and Marvel how?

Meaning that despite what the parent company is known for it does not affect the product coming out from their other companies....unless they starte secretly puting nicotine into my mac'n'cheese.
Well, it would boost sales.:p

[Onjima]

If people only knew who the parent companies were for some product lines they would probably not even think twice about this...

Go look up the company Altria
Which relates to Disney and Marvel how?

Meaning that despite what the parent company is known for it does not affect the product coming out from their other companies....unless they starte secretly puting nicotine into my mac'n'cheese.


Not to worry.

A little research shows this chain of events::roll:

In 1988, Philip Morris (renamed Altria) purchased Kraft, and in 2000 it integrated the purchase of Nabisco into Kraft. Altria sold a small stake to the public in 2001, but maintained majority control until 2007, when the company was completely spun off as an independent company once again.

So no need to worry about your Mac n Cheese!

[IAmBatman]

*Ahem* Excuse me, it's cheese and macaroni ...

[ProtoFury]

*Ahem* Excuse me, it's cheese and macaroni ...
And apparently nicotine, depending on when you got your box.

[jotun7]

Possibly, not, kinda, uhhh:wtf:.....there probably not gonna care.

[Marvelman]

I don't know what to make of all this yet...

[Ne-gok-sa_incarnate]

:evil::evil::evil::evil:WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHh:evil::evil::evil:

I %$^#ing hate disney it's a load of crap. Now i can expect "sharing and caring" in the next few marvel movies.

I wasn't in to marvel at first until i saw some shows on nicktoons network. Honestly i think nick or at least cartoon network bought it.

An to top it all off my little bro's going be PO'd cuz he wanted a marvel expanion pack in heroscape.

[nicktheant]

:evil::evil::evil::evil:WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHh:evil::evil::evil:

I %$^#ing hate disney it's a load of crap. Now i can expect "sharing and caring" in the next few marvel movies.

I wasn't in to marvel at first until i saw some shows on nicktoons network. Honestly i think nick or at least cartoon network bought it.

An to top it all off my little bro's going be PO'd cuz he wanted a marvel expanion pack in heroscape.

Disney owns a lot of things. Just because they own it, it won't change the products of marvel. The same people making marvel things are still there.

Welcome to the site.:)

[Agent Minivann]

:evil::evil::evil::evil:WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHh:evil::evil::evil:

I %$^#ing hate disney it's a load of crap. Now i can expect "sharing and caring" in the next few marvel movies.

I wasn't in to marvel at first until i saw some shows on nicktoons network. Honestly i think nick or at least cartoon network bought it.

An to top it all off my little bro's going be PO'd cuz he wanted a marvel expanion pack in heroscape.

Disney owns a lot of things. Just because they own it, it won't change the products of marvel. The same people making marvel things are still there.

Welcome to the site.:)
Just to go along with that, Disney owns ESPN. I detest Disney, but I love ESPN. They haven't really put their stink on ESPN.

[IAmBatman]

New entry in newb post of the year category. :-D

[Sherman Davies]

Unfortunately, the year is still young. :)

Welcome, ne-gok-sa_incarnate, and don't worry - we were all 12 years old once...

[Auggest]

Well, well, well.
This is the first time when I hera about that.
Intersting, interesting...
But I don't think something will be changed that much that we'll stop loving it, right? Or I hope so.

Only thing worse than spam........NECRO SPAM!

[jackryan4]

Well, they both design cartoons designed for 9 year olds.

Which are enjoyed by all age groups much like Heroscape, i know im late to this party but it seems that they have done their jobs right by keeping cash flowing to Marvel. Also this Mickeyscape has some potential IMO

[Hive Lord 1233]

This confirms my fears.

DISNEY IS TAKING OVER THE WORLD!!!!!!!! :woot:

[William099]

Well don't you know its a small world after all? :P