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Disney Acquires Marvel
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney is purchasing Marvel comics for a tidy sum of $4 billion. This will be the second large acquisition in the Iger administration of Disney, the first being the purchase of Pixar for $7 billion … Continue reading
IRON MAN 2 Grabs Mickey Rourke
It seems that Mickey Rourke’s performance in THE WRESTLER has convinced Hollywood to let him back into the fold. Variety reports that Rourke is signed up to play the villian in the upcoming IRON MAN 2. Rourke won the Golden … Continue reading
Marvel Toasts its “Historic” Summer
The Hollywood Reporter says that in a invester’s conference that David Maisel, chairman of Marvel not only patted the company on the back for their “historic” summer studio launch, but voiced his high expectations for Marvel’s future. Maisel said that one … Continue reading
Marvel Reveals Logos for Upcoming Movies
With “Hulk” and “Iron Man” both dominating the box office and both containing references to the Avengers movie it was only a matter of time before we began seeing news about it and the rest of Marvel’s upcoming lineup. Now, … Continue reading
Marvel Heros Land at THQ
Variety is reporting that THQ secured rights to Marvel’s new “Super Hero Squad” animated series for gaming purposes. Though it doesn’t yet have a network home for the series, which will launch in 2009, Marvel is already busy turning “Super … Continue reading
The Marvel Superhero Lineup
Variety is reporting that after the box-office success of Iron Man this past weekend, Marvel has unveiled their lineup of the next superhero movies through 2011. The list includes: a sequel to Iron Man (April 30, 2010) and Thor (June … Continue reading
