Eve of the Apocalypse: Twilight

Ford Prefect wrote:Oh my, a crossover game between Disney and Marvel, now that would be... kind of creepy.
You're of the opinion that all Marvel movies are shitty? I don't agree.
As for what Disney will do with Marvel, I imagine they'll retain it as it's own entity; because, seriously, you cannot mix Marvel and Disney.

Ahkmed wrote:What the hell are you guys talking about, Spider Man was horrible.

Doesn't anyone notice how they screwed up our childhood comics/shows. Now they have feelings and cry and wish they didn't had those powers.

Pretty much the only Marvel movies that were close to being good were Iron Man and Blade.

Film
Marvel's current distribution deal with Paramount (Viacom-owned) covers the next five Marvel pictures including Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), Captain America (2011), The Avengers (2012) and Iron Man 3 (2012/2013). Paramount confirmed the films to be produced under their Marvel agreement. These films would all flow thru to Paramount's new pay TV network EPIX, however, all new properties beyond these would likely flow through Disney's output partner (currently Starz).

X-Men property has been licensed to 20th Century Fox (News Corp. owned) while Spider-Man has been licensed to Sony, which seems to have plans for the next three installments.

Theme Parks
It appears that Universal Studios maintains geographical rights to Marvel IP for as long as they have Marvel-related rides/attractions at the park (unclear if this also includes merchandise that exists within its parks today). In other words, Walt Disney World in Orlando is unlikely to see a Spiderman/Hulk themed attraction for the foreseeable future. The following excerpt comes from Universal City Development Partners' (owner of Universal Studios Orlando) 10-K: "We have geographical exclusivity east of the Mississippi River with regard to the specific Marvel characters we utilize. The license for the Marvel properties does not prohibit its assignment and is for the duration of our use of attractions themed around Marvel characters."

Video Games
THQ: Multi-year deal signed in May 2008 for Marvel Super Hero Squad.
Activision: Deal signed Nov 2005 and goes through 2017 for Spider Man and X-Men
Sega: Multi-year deal signed in April 2007 for Captain America, Hulk, Thor and Iron Man

Toys
Hasbro 10K: "Subsequent to December 28, 2008, the Company entered into an agreement with Marvel that resulted in the extension of the current agreement from the end of 2011 through the end of 2017."

Ford Prefect wrote:

Ahkmed wrote:What the hell are you guys talking about, Spider Man was horrible.

Doesn't anyone notice how they screwed up our childhood comics/shows. Now they have feelings and cry and wish they didn't had those powers.

Pretty much the only Marvel movies that were close to being good were Iron Man and Blade.

So, your complaint is not that they are bad movies, but that they changed your heroes.

Holy shit, Disney produced Reservoir Dogs?!

Ford Prefect wrote:I know, right? If you make the hero more interesting, less two-dimensional, give him/her some character; well, that's just wrong. Imagine if you were to acknowledge that stories that work in one medium (comics) didn't work without alteration in another medium (movies). Blasphemy. Obviously, the quality of each and every movie you see is based on how well they copied the exact character from the comics. Thus, any movie lacking a comic book character is automatically complete crap. I see the light now, thank you.