BREAKING: Disney to Acquire Marvel for $4 Billion

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The Walt Disney Company has announced it will acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in a stock and cash transaction worth 4 billion dollars.

Disney will pay Marvel shareholders a $30 per share, plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own, based on the closing price of Disney on August 28, 2009. What makes this deal huge, as far as content goes, is the fact that under the terms of the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of not only Marvel itself, but also over than 5,000 Marvel characters.

Ike Perlmutter, Marvel’s Chief Executive Officer said that “Disney is the perfect home for Marvel’s fantastic library of characters given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing businesses.”

“This transaction combines Marvel’s strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor with Disney’s creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and a business structure that maximizes the value of creative properties across multiple platforms and territories,” said Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company.

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[Master Shake]

Sweet tap dancing Jesus.

 

[Mamba]

Damn..........

Disney is fucking G.

 

[Shapecity]

Nice deal by Disney. Hopefully they don't ruin the Marvel brand by making it too "family friendly."

 

[speeds]

Nice deal by Disney. Hopefully they don't ruin the Marvel brand by making it too "family friendly."

That was my first reaction, but the only series that has any hard edge to it seems to be Blade--which is dead at this point.

 

[Run BJM]

Nice deal by Disney. Hopefully they don't ruin the Marvel brand by making it too "family friendly."

Exactly what I was thinking. Are all the Marvel movies going to be rated G now?

 

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Disney $4 billion takeover of Marvel makes my Spidey sense tingle

 

[Master Shake]

Hey, how much does Stan Lee make?