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So What’s Next?

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Sergio Lugo II   |   Comments

With the Disney/Marvel buyout announced today, what’s in store for your favorite Marvel properties?  Well, according to Disney, nothing initially.  They have announced that for the time being the licensing agreements that are in place will stay until contractual agreements are met and/or the relationship(s) come(s) to a natural end, but moving Marvel development in house at Disney is a possibility in the future.

The Captain suffers a defeat against his biggest villian yet...capitalism.

The Captain suffers a defeat against his biggest villain yet...capitalism.

Marvel movie properties like Spider-man, X-Men, Iron Man, Incredible Hulk , and Fantastic Four have proven to be very lucrative for Marvel as have Video Game licenses to Activision (Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Spider-man), Sega (Iron Man), and Capcom (Marvel Vs. Capcom).  Once these movie and video game deals are over where do these go?

I can't wait until Winnie the Pooh has his own Zombies line of plush toys.
I can’t wait until Winnie the Pooh has his own Zombies line of plush toys.

Can we expect Marvel Vs Disney, or Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 developed by the team behind the Hannah Montana games?  Maybe Zach Efron will play Captain America, or will we finally see a Donald Duck/Punisher Crossover. Are they going to move all of the Marvel based cartoons to the Disney Channel and have them air after The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.

Coming soon to the Disney Channel the The Jonas Bros and Miley Cyrus as the Fantastic Four.
Coming soon to the Disney Channel the The Jonas Bros and Miley Cyrus as the Fantastic Four.

I don’t see Disney changing the way Marvel publishes its comics, since Marvel is pretty much the expert in that area, but the other media outlets that have been so good to fans in the past decade are where the risk stands.

  • Todd Peak

    I just can’t help but feel that my childhood memories will be raped by this buyout. But hey, maybe we will see Square Enix put Marvel U in a Kingdom Hearts game…

  • http://www.wudanbal.com Clarence Brown

    I’m pretty sure once the in place deals are over, Disney will let Marvel continue at the track they are on. Nothing would be worse than to see kiddy (less violent) versions of the movies, which have been great for the most part, of this decade. That being said, maybe Disney could give marvel a boost on the television production side of things. It would be nice to see a highly produced live-action marvel tv show. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

  • http://karybrown.com Kary Brown

    Meh, what are you guys so worried about?

    Sure disney is a kiddy company, but they also own Miramax (Kill Bill, etc). They know how to seperate their properties. This can only be a good thing for Marvel to have that money machine behind them in the future. This is good news.

  • http://karybrown.com Kary Brown

    To further elaborate on why you shouldn’t be worried about Disney “kiddifying” marvel, Here is a list of films disney released (through the miramax susidiary):

    To see the full list visit List of films released by Miramax Films

    The Pope Must Die (1991) (co-production with FilmFour and Palace Pictures)
    Enchanted April (1992)
    Sarafina (1992) (co-production with Hollywood Pictures)
    Reservoir Dogs (1992) (co-production with LIVE Entertainment)
    The Piano (1993)
    Clerks. (1994)
    Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
    The Crow (with Dimension Films) (1994)
    Through the Olive Trees (1994)
    Pulp Fiction (1994)
    Fresa y Chocolate (1995)
    Priest (1995)
    Trainspotting (1996)
    The English Patient (1996)
    Chasing Amy (1997)
    Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown (1997)
    Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
    The Big One (1998)
    Playing by Heart (1998)
    Shakespeare in Love (with Universal Studios) (1998)
    Dogma (1999)
    She’s All That (1999)
    Holy Smoke! (1999)
    My Life So Far (1999)
    The Talented Mr. Ripley (with Paramount Pictures) (1999)
    All the Pretty Horses (with Columbia Pictures) (2000)
    Bounce (2000)
    Bridget Jones’s Diary (with Universal Studios, StudioCanal and Working Title Films) (2000)
    Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
    Amélie (2001)
    The Others (2001)
    Kate & Leopold (2001)
    40 Days and 40 Nights (with Universal Studios, StudioCanal and Working Title Films) (2002)
    Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
    Frida (2002)
    Gangs of New York (2002)
    The Hours (with Paramount Pictures) (2002)
    Chicago (2002)
    Cold Mountain (2003)
    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (with 20th Century Fox and Universal Studios) (2003)
    Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)
    The Aviator (co-production with Warner Bros.) (2004)
    Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004)
    Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (with Universal Studios, Studio Canal and Working Title Films) (2004)
    Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
    Ella Enchanted (2004)
    Infernal Affairs (2004)
    Hero (2004)
    Finding Neverland (2004)
    Shall We Dance? (2004)
    Cinderella Man (with Universal Pictures) (2005)
    Kinky Boots (2005)
    The Brothers Grimm (2005)
    Clerks 2 (2006)
    Scary Movie 4 (with Dimension Films) (2006)
    The Queen (co-production with Pathé and Granada Productions) (2006)
    Gone Baby Gone (co-production with The Ladd Company) (2007)
    No Country for Old Men (with Paramount Vantage) (2007)
    There Will Be Blood (with Paramount Vantage) (2007)
    Blindness (2008)
    Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) (co-production with Summit Entertainment, Ingenious Film Partners and Film4)
    The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
    Doubt (2008)
    Adventureland (2009)
    Cheri (2009)

    Surprised? heh

  • earl4321

    I guess you are forgetting the fact that Disney KILLED my favorite cartoon growning up “Doug”. The disney version was horrible. I’ll never forgive them for that.

  • http://karybrown.com Kary Brown

    Did they buy the rights to marvel properties? No, they bought the whole company, so the doug argument doesn’t really hold up. Well, maybe if they fire all the marvel staff (which they haven’t done). And doug was a kids show to begin with…

  • http://myspace.com/liugeaux Sergio Lugo II