Disney Buys Marvel Entertainment for US$4bn

BenPanced · Aug 31, 2009

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aE7Y3rcPbEaM

Coming soon to Broadway:

Wolverine: The Musical
The Fantastic Four Musical
~~Spider-Man: The Musical~~ Whoops! Already in production!

Jcomp · Aug 31, 2009

The evil empire expands.

I'm really interested in seeing how this could potentially impact the actual comic books as much if not more so than the movies.

maestrowork · Aug 31, 2009

Well, Disney also owns lots of stuff such as Touchstone, Pixar, Miramax... and I don't see a "Doubt" musical soon (although it was a Broadway play).

What it means is they can cross promote more effectively now. And having Disney behind a comic book company may not be entirely a bad thing (although I've heard working for Disney is a pain).

And even before Disney put their hands in the cookie jar... Spider-Man is already a musical. So it doesn't really take Disney to do all that stuff.

scottishpunk · Aug 31, 2009

Weird.

Jcomp · Aug 31, 2009

I don't even know if anyone goes to the Universal Studios theme park anymore, but don't they have extensive Marvel based rides and attractions? I suppose all of that has to be re-branded or otherwise changed?

Folofop · Aug 31, 2009

Jcomp said:
I don't even know if anyone goes to the Universal Studios theme park anymore, but don't they have extensive Marvel based rides and attractions? I suppose all of that has to be re-branded or otherwise changed?

Yeah, they have the Incredible Hulk and a Spiderman one.

They are both ace.

I've been twice. Got family in Florida, dontcha know.

dclary · Aug 31, 2009

I can't wait to ride Mutants of the Caribbean!

DeleyanLee · Aug 31, 2009

BenPanced said:
Coming soon to Broadway:

Wolverine: The Musical

At least they have a Tony-award winning actor as Wolverine who's already a proven song-and-dance man.

Personally, I'm waiting for Xavier's soft-shoe solo.

BenPanced · Aug 31, 2009

Some reason, I have a hard time putting "Wolverine" and "soft-shoe solo" together in the same sentence.

maestrowork · Aug 31, 2009

The Wolverine musical is probably going to be more like Jekyll & Hyde than Mary Poppins.

alleycat · Aug 31, 2009

Well, from an investor's point of view, this isn't so bad. I bought shares in Marvel back about eight years ago for something like $3. So, I'll be getting $30 a share with some stock in Disney; not too bad of an investment.

maestrowork · Aug 31, 2009

alleycat said:
Well, from an investor's point of view, this isn't so bad. I bought shares in Marvel back about eight years ago for something like $3. So, I'll be getting $30 a share with some stock in Disney; not too bad of an investment.

That's 10x ROI in eight years, or 12% a year. Not shabby at all.

alleycat · Aug 31, 2009

maestrowork said:
That's 10x ROI in eight years, or 12% a year. Not shabby at all.

It's actually more than that.

I also had stock in MCI at one time. Well, let's not talk about that.

JoNightshade · Aug 31, 2009

<---Currently thanking heaven it was Marvel and not DC.

DeleyanLee · Aug 31, 2009

/me is waiting to see what happens to the somerandomguy videos on youtube.

"I'm a Marvel."

"No, you're a Disney."

Should be fun for a few, depending on what characters he chooses to do it with.

maestrowork · Aug 31, 2009

alleycat said:
It's actually more than that.

I also had stock in MCI at one time. Well, let's not talk about that.

Yeah, MCI. Got burned there, too.. that and something called eToys. Ouch.

BenPanced · Aug 31, 2009

alleycat said:
Well, from an investor's point of view, this isn't so bad. I bought shares in Marvel back about eight years ago for something like $3. So, I'll be getting $30 a share with some stock in Disney; not too bad of an investment.

maestrowork said:
That's 10x ROI in eight years, or 12% a year. Not shabby at all.

alleycat said:
It's actually more than that.

I also had stock in MCI at one time. Well, let's not talk about that.

And in dog years, it's 275.

Yeah, I have no idea what I'm talking about.

katiemac · Aug 31, 2009

JoNightshade said:
<---Currently thanking heaven it was Marvel and not DC.

I don't think TimeWarner/Warner Bros. will ever let go of DC. You're good there.

Jcomp · Aug 31, 2009

DeleyanLee said:
/me is waiting to see what happens to the somerandomguy videos on youtube.

"I'm a Marvel."

"No, you're a Disney."

Should be fun for a few, depending on what characters he chooses to do it with.

Those are hilarious videos.

dgiharris · Aug 31, 2009

“Spider-Man,” “Iron Man” and “Wolverine” films have pulled in billions of dollars at the box office and offer Disney an opportunity to shore up profits at its four main businesses.

“There is significant opportunity to further mine Marvel’s rich intellectual property portfolio,” Iger, 58, said on a conference call. “This was a company that we admired, that we saw growing right before our eyes, that we were impressed with from a people perspective.”

You know, I think that as far as Movies go, Marvel is getting closed to being mined out.

The time for Disney to have bought Marvel would have been BEFORE all the comic book movies came out.

Is there more water to be squeezed from the rock? Yes, the IMHO, the majority of the water has already been syphoned.

Mel...

BenPanced · Aug 31, 2009

dgiharris said:
You know, I think that as far as Movies go, Marvel is getting closed to being mined out.

The time for Disney to have bought Marvel would have been BEFORE all the comic book movies came out.

Is there more water to be squeezed from the rock? Yes, the IMHO, the majority of the water has already been syphoned.

Mel...

Maybe they can ask George Lucas for advice on what he did after Howard The Duck went D.O.A. opening day.

dgiharris · Aug 31, 2009

Howard the Duck

was

Awesome!!!

Mel...

F.F. · Aug 31, 2009

One thing Disney knows how to do is market and capitalize on sales. I think (hope) they're smart enough to leave Marvel's characters the way they are and not assume restrictive creative control and completely gentrify them for mass consumption. Regardless, I expect a vast increase in the number of branded merchandise for sale in wal-mart. Little Wolverine backpacks with plushy claws sticking out of them...

Silver surfer could make a pretty fantastic movie if done right and not as some cameo'd home-wrecking douche in a terrible Fantastic Four movie...

Marvel still has some juice left to squeeze.

F.F.

childeroland · Aug 31, 2009

Dave Poland thinks Disney might cancel Thor.
EDIT: I don't get that, since Paramount has that film, but whatev.

They have treated Pixar pretty good, though, not that they have much choice.

childeroland · Aug 31, 2009

dgiharris said:
You know, I think that as far as Movies go, Marvel is getting closed to being mined out.

The time for Disney to have bought Marvel would have been BEFORE all the comic book movies came out.

Is there more water to be squeezed from the rock? Yes, the IMHO, the majority of the water has already been syphoned.

Mel...

Disney's not getting their hands on X-Men or Spiderman without paying an arm and a leg (and other assorted body parts).

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