OK, so just a few minutes ago Twitter literally exploded with news of a major financial announcement: according to The Associated Press, The Walt Disney Co. will acquire Marvel Entertainment Inc., for $4 billion in cash and st
For years, on both Game Rant and Screen Rant, we’ve suffered through the awkward video game-film relationship. The sad reality, as we so often repeat, is that movies based on video games and video game movie tie-ins all suck, with the rare exception here and th
A major contributor to this problem in recent years is Marvel and their partnership with Sega to released video games for all of the Marvel Studios films to date. Every single one of them was ugly, dated and downright bad . For fans, the good news is that Sega seems to be out of the mix but we don’t know yet if there will be a full-fledged retail release for The Avenge
In addition to Marvel: Avengers Alliance , Gazillion has the Super Hero Squad game for the toddlers and they have the upcoming Marvel Heroes MMO on the way, but still now word on a potential retail game based on The Avenge
Pro – On the flip side, with Disney having such deep pockets, that means much more available funds to push MORE movies into production. It’s not like Disney is buying Marvel because they were threatened by Marvel’s market share and were trying to buy out the competition. No, Disney bought Marvel to use the property rights, not sit on them. This could mean we start seeing Marvel characters pushed into multiple forms of media. More cartoons, more comics, more live action TV shows and definitely more mov
“We just launched Marvel: Avengers Alliance on Facebook; which is just the tip of the iceberg. This is the first in a much larger effort to support the Avengers franchise across not just one but multiple video game touch points. The Avengers are bigger than just one game, and we’re planning to allow consumers to enjoy The Avengers regardless of their preference in gameplay style or platform. Look for more announcements in the weeks to co
At GDC this week, The Hollywood Reporter chatted with TQ Jefferson, VP Games Production for Marvel, briefly (and safely) touching on the topic of Sega published Marvel games as well as the problem of licensed movie ga
In Spider-Man 2 , Peter Parker visits Aunt May as she packs to move out of her home. The two share a heartfelt conversation about heroes and sacrifice . May tells him , “I believe there’s a hero in all of us. That keeps us honest, gives us strength, makes us noble and finally, allows us to die with pride. Even though sometimes we have to be steady and give up the thing we want the most – even our drea
Under the deal Disney will now control and own 5,000 Marvel characters, including Iron Man and Spider-Man . If Marvel shareholders approve the deal, they will receive $30 per share and will also receive .745 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own. Both the Disney and Marvel board of directors have approved the deal, but it still has to go through an anti-trust review. I don’t see there being any problem with the anti-trust review nor do I see the marvel shareholders turning up their noses to such a fantastic offer. Most likely, later this week, we should see final word on the resolution of this agreem
Spider-Ham was born a spider, and transformed into an anthropomorphic pig-person by the scientist May Porker. He adopted her last name, and found out that he still had his spider powers. So yeah; this one’s a little silly. But he’s a classic and the fans love him!
Is that why this continued for three years, releasing five of these poorly conceived games for every platform? We know Sega’s not working on a game for The Avengers and the one THQ was working on got canned . Is there going to be a full console release or is Marvel (and parent company, Disney) just focusing on social and free-to-play games going forw
Con – With movies like Iron Man 2 , Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 trophies|https://spiderman2mix.com/ 4 , The Incredible Hulk 2 , Thor , The Avengers and Captain America on the horizon, what does this mean for their development? Iron Man 2 is already in full swing so I doubt we see any type of delay with that one, but with no other pre-production or principle photography under way on some other films, could we see some eventual delay
Dent’s smug line reveals his belief that he can bend the world to his will . It’s a belief that shatters after the explosion that scars him. Overshadowed by his famous “You either die a hero…” quote, this moment quietly sets up Dent’s fall from idealist to vengeful arbiter of cha
It’s the perfect introduction to Keaton’s version of the character: quiet, intense, and theatrical. The quote builds the mythos of Gotham’s urban legend in just a few words, blending noir cool with comic-book grandeur. Few openings have ever defined a hero so efficiently with this often overlooked quotat
What do you think of this mega-acquisition of Marvel by Disney ? Does it make you as apprehensive as me for the future or elated that we may have an enormous opportunity to see more comic films in the fut