Marvel Entertainment Inc., home of famed comic book characters such as Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Incredible Hulk and Fantastic Four, was purchased by Walt Disney Co. today.
The deal did not come cheap – Walt Disney Studios shelled out $4 billion in cash and stock to own the comic book catalogue consisting of more than 5,000 characters, some of which were created by legendary Stan Lee.
“This transaction combines Marvel’s strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters . . . 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 in a press release.
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Superhero blockbuster SPIDER-MAN 3 has been named the most mistake-filled movie of 2007.
Eagle-eyed fans posting on MovieMistakes.com have spied 16 inaccuracies in the third installment of the superhero’s big-screen outing, including continuity issues with Tobey Maguire’s hairstyle, his costume and ever-changing weather conditions.
Jon Sandys, of MovieMistakes.com, says, “I expect every movie to have a few mistakes, as it’s something a lot of film fans enjoy keeping an eye out for, but what’s been spotted so far are far more blatant than I’d think a film of this budget would suffer from.”
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Webbed superhero SPIDER-MAN will appear in at least three more movies, Sony Pictures have confirmed.
The studio’s chief executive Michael Lynton said after the box office success of the latest release Spider-Man 3, there is a huge audience waiting to see the story continue.
Lynton tells BBC News, “Everybody has every intention of making a fourth, a fifth and a sixth and on and on.
“(We’ll make) as many as we can make good stories for.”
Spider-Man 3 entered the record books as the most successful new release ever after taking $148 million in its opening weekend.
Lynton enthuses, “I think it had a lot to do with timing – the fact we were the first out in the summer.
“I think it had to do with the fact that the movie had a universal appeal, it had a broader appeal than the second movie, it attracted a family audience and brought the family audience back.
“There were many factors that contributed to it, and there’s a part that you just put down to ‘I don’t know’.”
Lynton did not confirm whether director Sam Raimi or Tobey Maguire would be coming back for the fourth installment and beyond.
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Rapper SPIDER LOC was forced to dive for safety when gunfire interrupted filming for his new single.
The G-UNIT associate was shooting the music video for the track Blutiful in Compton, California, when 12-rounds shots were fired.
The incident was caught on tape with a behind the scenes camera. No one was
hurt.
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