Walt Disney Company To Acquire Marvel For $4 Billion

Posted by Joel
August 31, 2009

According to the AP, The Walt Disney Company is purchasing Marvel Entertainment Inc. for about $4 billion in cash and stock bringing characters like Spider-Man and 5,000 other characters into the Disney universe. Disney indicated that Marvel shareholders will receive $30 per share plus 0.745 in Disney shares for every Marvel share they have.

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Comment Number:: 1
Written by:: Todd Weber
Posted on:: August 31, 2009 at 9:25 am

Head is exploding…….

I think we now know what the 5th park should be.

Comment Number:: 2
Written by:: Sansaarai
Posted on:: August 31, 2009 at 7:41 pm

There should not be a 5th park. Improve the existing 4.

Comment Number:: 3
Written by:: Artphul
Posted on:: August 31, 2009 at 8:31 pm

DCA becomes Pixar/Marvel Land?

Comment Number:: 4
Written by:: Al
Posted on:: September 1, 2009 at 7:54 am

What will this mean for Universal… Will they have to shut down the rides based off of Marvel characters?

Comment Number:: 5
Written by:: WDWMemLou
Posted on:: September 1, 2009 at 10:06 am

That was the first thought that came to my mind Al. Maybe this means Disney will buy up Universal too. :p

Comment Number:: 6
Written by:: Tommy
Posted on:: September 1, 2009 at 12:44 pm

I think it means WIN for Disney all around but specifically the competitive side of me thinks its a WIN for WDW because now Universal is stuck either paying a competitor royalties/contracts/etc., marketing a competitor’s product, and/or eventually re-themeing one of their most popular lands … WHOOPS.

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Written by:: Marvel-Disney Merger Approved | NETCOT.com
Posted on:: December 31, 2009 at 2:09 pm

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