Disney buying Marvel (1 Viewer)

[mattCR]

On the other hand, the Incredibles could make for a great limited edition or even continuing comic series.

 

[TravisR]

I think it was just a mini-series but Boom Studios put out an Incredibles comic book. I would imagine that as soon Boom's Pixar license expires, Marvel will be putting out many different Pixar comics though.

 

[Charles Knox]

Originally Posted by TerryRL

According to Entertainment Weekly, "Pixar is said to be eyeballing an Ant-Man movie".

Marvel films rights currently locked with other studios...

FOX
-Daredevil (reboot coming)
-Fantastic Four (reboot coming)
-Silver Surfer (spin-off feature coming)
-X-Men (X-Men: First Class is currently being prepped, while several X-Men Origins movies are being planned along with the Wolverine sequel)
(Fox's deals state that all rights revert back to Marvel if films of these characters aren't made within a certain amount of time.)

PARAMOUNT
-Avengers (the deal includes a sequel)
-Captain America (the deal includes a sequel)
-Iron Man (the deal includes two sequels)
-Thor (the deal includes a sequel)
(Overall, the studio has a nine-picture pact with Paramount. When a ninth film is completed, all rights will be controlled by Disney.)

SONY
-Spider-Man
(Spidey is the one property that Disney probably won't be able to get their hands for for quite some time, if ever.)

UNIVERSAL
-Hulk
-Universal also has theme-park rights to several Marvel characters.
(Hulk is expected to appear in the upcoming Avengers feature, but Universal isn't likely to make another sequel.)

Disney will probably wait to make a big screen live-action flick based on a Marvel character, but look for the animation department to focus on the many less popular heroes on Marvel's sizable slate.

Since Antman also doubles as Giantman/Goliath, the character should probably be part of the Paramount Avengers deal.

A Pixar movie I would like to see made, would be an X-men movie focusing on the original five, yellow costumes and the whole 1960's settings, unfortunately the Fox deal will keep this from happening anytime in the near future.

An idea for Disney to captilize on if possible, would be to make a Defenders movie with Dr Strange, Sub-Mariner and the Hulk, since Universal will likely let the rights to make another Hulk sequel expire.

 

[oscar_merkx]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/d23exponews.php?id=58997

Iger stressed the notion that fans can expect Marvel to continue to operate as it has."We're not planning on any 'Disneyfication' of Marvel," said Iger, "...Our intention is to keep Marvel as an entity."Iger went on to explain that he has met with a great many Marvel talents and that, like the acquisition of Pixar, Disney's primary goal is to stay on the sidelines and let the artists do what they do best.

 

[mattCR]

And a wrench hits the wagon..


http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/urgent-intellectual-pit-bull-lawyer-marc-toberoff-goes-after-disneymarvel-deal-on-behalf-of-jack-kirby-estate/

 

[The Obsolete Man]

You know, I don't mind the families of now-dead creators, who did get the shaft when they were alive, getting a nice fat settlement or even a piece of the profits from these characters. That's entirely fair.

However, the rights to the characters were (mostly) fairly sold off as work for hire. The families didn't create anything, except legal bills. They don't deserve the rights to the characters.