NMA World wonders where the Asian superheroes are, in the wake of the announcement that a new Marvel Spider-Man would be part black and part Latino.
Of course, as the immortal KevJumba points out, Hollywood doesn't even want to have Asians play Asian characters:
Showing posts with label marvel comics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label marvel comics. Show all posts
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Um, Didn't We Just Have a Reboot of the Fantastic Four? And Now ... Again??
From Slice of Sci Fi comes this: The Fantastic Four movie series, which was recently reborn with what I thought were two successful movies in (very) recent years, is going to be "rebooted" with a new production.
Oh, wait, apparently Spiderman will, too.
And this isn't even part of the Disney-Marvel marriage party, which will eventually see the Marvel movies migrate to Disney. It's just Hollywood silliness.
Oh, wait, apparently Spiderman will, too.
And this isn't even part of the Disney-Marvel marriage party, which will eventually see the Marvel movies migrate to Disney. It's just Hollywood silliness.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Why Is Disney Buying Marvel Comics?
Starlog.com has a short note that media giant Disney has purchased Marvel Comics for about $4 billion.
The New York Times reports that "Isaac Perlmutter, Marvel’s chief executive, will continue to oversee his company’s properties, including more than 5,000 characters that also include Iron Man and the X-Men." So who knows what Disney has in store for the creation of new characters or the print side of the Marvel comics universe, but it will certainly put it in a great position to exploit the characters in film and television. In the past decade, there have been numerous wildly successful Marvel movies, including the X-Men and Spiderman series and the first Ironman.
So it'll be great for business. Time will tell if it will be great for readers and other audiences.
UPDATE at 7:15 am: The Wall Street Journal posted the official press release. Read it here. In it, Walt Disney chief Robert Iger says those magic words that make fans' hearts go pitter-patter: "We believe that adding Marvel to Disney's unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for long-term growth and value creation." Which means, they'll get richer. But hey, if it gives a sound financial backing to a major comics publisher, who's really going to complain?
The New York Times reports that "Isaac Perlmutter, Marvel’s chief executive, will continue to oversee his company’s properties, including more than 5,000 characters that also include Iron Man and the X-Men." So who knows what Disney has in store for the creation of new characters or the print side of the Marvel comics universe, but it will certainly put it in a great position to exploit the characters in film and television. In the past decade, there have been numerous wildly successful Marvel movies, including the X-Men and Spiderman series and the first Ironman.
So it'll be great for business. Time will tell if it will be great for readers and other audiences.
UPDATE at 7:15 am: The Wall Street Journal posted the official press release. Read it here. In it, Walt Disney chief Robert Iger says those magic words that make fans' hearts go pitter-patter: "We believe that adding Marvel to Disney's unique portfolio of brands provides significant opportunities for long-term growth and value creation." Which means, they'll get richer. But hey, if it gives a sound financial backing to a major comics publisher, who's really going to complain?
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