But Universal also has exclusive merchandising rights east of the Mississippi, do they not?
I believe it's only theme park rights.
But Universal also has exclusive merchandising rights east of the Mississippi, do they not?
A Star Wars Weekend type of event would be great. If they put that in place of Star Wars Weekend not so great.
I second that motion. Star Wars weekends is a big hit, and it would much rather them add a whole new weekend-palooza. Disney World has a few events, but not a lot. Wouldn't adding another actually give them more bussiness?
I believe it's only theme park rights.
A new kink has arrived in the Disney / Marvel Comics deal, though Disney say it doesn’t concern them at all right now. It seems the family of comic’s legend Jack Kirby have filed a notice that they will attempt a to regain a portion of control of certain charters he helped create while at Marvel Comics. Copyright law does allow for this kind of hearing to take place 56 years after the first publication, which would bring Fantastic Four up in 2017, Hulk in 2018 and X-Men in 2019.
I just hope we have Star Wars in summer and Marvel in fall.
(12/4/09) Disney and Marvel have confirmed that they will finalize the deal on December 31st with a final vote from the Marvel shareholders.
What has long been expected is now finally official — the pending merger between Marvel Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company is a done deal.
According to an official press release from Marvel Entertainment, a special meeting held this morning between Marvel stockholders resulted in the approval of the deal that was first announced at the end of August.
While the press release notes that the merger's completion "is subject to satisfaction of remaining conditions" of a previously filed statement by Disney, the hard part is certainly over. Barring something unforeseen and catastrophic, Marvel will be owned by Disney as soon as "today after the close of the market."
The earlier announcement that Marvel would be purchased by Disney was easily the biggest comic book news story of the year, if not the entire decade. Just the thought of Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man and more joining the entertainment juggernaut that houses Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and their pals is enough to provoke plenty of positive, negative and mixed reactions alike from the comic book community.
It's still far too early to know exactly how Disney's acquisition of Marvel will effect the comic book publisher and its many properties — even if some minor details are already public — but it's only appropriate that the last day of 2009 brought about the finalization of the biggest comic book news story of the year. Here's hoping that 2010 is similarly epic.
http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/12/3...tockholders-approve-walt-disney-company-deal/
Wonder what effect this is going to have on IOA i think we will be sayin :wave: to Marvel Land soon :'(
If that does happen what would u like to be done to the area ?
(2/4/10) According to this article, Disney could end up facing a few Anti-Trust issues brought about by their purchase of Marvel comics, caused by Marvel’s previous relationship deal with Universal Orlando. It gets complicated, so real on here for the details and what-if’s.
Weren't they paying royalties anyway? Why would that suddenly be an issue other than it's Disney, their biggest competitor being allowed to see the books?
The issue isn't royalties, but the idea of possible violation of Anti-Trust laws. The thought process was if Universal shows Disney their books, and it showcases future plans for Universal in an effort to make profit, Disney could turn around and tell the Parks division "Hey guess what Universal is doing? You guys should do this to combat it".
But they obviously have this confidentiality pact in place to protect against that. I don't know why Universal would cancel it after two year. I guess Disney would possibly want to. I don't know. All I know is that if I were Universal, I'd fight tooth and nail to keep the Marvel franchises. If they ever lose the Spider-Man ride, they should just shut down IOA. That would be such a collossal hit. And I know one of you is gonna try and argue that Transformers or something would bring as many people in, but you're wrong.
Not much they can do at the point. I honestly think the 2 years was put into place so Universal can think of a replacement. I find it very hard to believe that Universal will want Disney thumbing through their books for a long period of time. Plus, by then Potter will have opened and will probably be IoA's "crowned jewel".
So Spiderman is the only reason you enjoy IoA? If Spidey does get replaced, it doesn't mean Transformers is a lock. Michael Bay isn't a fan of the future attractions.