(too busy trying to claw out own soul with bare hands) "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: ironpi...@yahoo.com Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:08:52 -0700 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Disney to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion Yes we can have Finding Wolverine, The Punisher, Inc. or A Hulk's Life. AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH KILL ME NOW B --- On Mon, 8/31/09, daikaiju66 <daikaij...@yahoo.com> wrote: From: daikaiju66 <daikaij...@yahoo.com> Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Disney to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 11:22 AM Nope. Fox still owns Toby and the Spider-Man film franchise. One silver lining: Part of the deal involves possible Marvel-Pixar collaborations. Yes!!!! --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com, Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ ...> wrote: > > > Sweet Christmas! This could mean that Tobey Maguire would do a turn as PP on > "The Suite Life On Deck" as a visiting pyhsics teacher. > > Excuse me while I go catatonic... > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody > hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > From: ravena...@.. . > Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:56:47 +0000 > Subject: [scifinoir2] Disney to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is Christmas early for the stock holders at Marvel > Entertainment. It is the death knell for a lot of great characters. > > > > ~(no)rave! > > > > August 31, 2009, 9:27 am > > Disney to Buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 Billion > > > > The Walt Disney Company said on Monday that it has agreed to buy Marvel > Entertainment, bringing together the house of Mickey Mouse with the publisher > of Spider-Man, for $4 billion in cash and stock. > > > > Under the terms of the deal, Disney will pay $30 a share in cash and .745 > Disney shares for every Marvel share, with no less than 40 percent of the > deal being made in stock. Disney valued the deal at $50 a share as of the > companies' share prices on Friday. > > > > Isaac Perlmutter, Marvel's chief executive, will continue to oversee his > company's properties, including more than 5,000 characters that also include > Iron Man and the X-Men. > > > > Marvel has had a string of successful movies based on its characters, which > analysts have praised in part for the company's taking an active role in > their production. > > > > "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, " Robert A. Iger, Disney's chief executive, said in a statement. > > > > "Disney is the perfect home for Marvel's fantastic library of characters > given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing > businesses," Mr. Perlmutter said. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _ > Windows Live: Make it easier for your friends to see what you're up to on > Facebook. > http://windowslive. com/Campaign/ SocialNetworking ?ocid=PID23285: > :T:WLMTAGL: ON:WL:en- US:SI_SB_ facebook: 082009 > _________________________________________________________________ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1
