You're quite correct that there are various deals in place with
various terms and restrictions. No doubt Disney will be spending
a good deal on lawyers trying to figure out how to unravel some
of the deals.
Besides Variety and the Hollywood Reporter, try Nikki Finke's
Deadline Hollywood Daily website. Nikki's spoken with many
involved parties and has a good deal of detail on the terms of
these deals.
Craig.
At 04:49 AM 9/1/2009, Franc wrote:
I think it's going to depend on how the characters were licensed to
Universal Park and Universal Films. If the characters were exclusively
licensed for a set term to Universal Theme Parks, Disney will have to
wait until the license expires. If the characters were licensed to
Universal Pictures and Universal Pictures has the exclusive right to
license theme park rides based on these characters, Disney is stuck and
will have to buy back those rights. I'm sure this will come out in the
trade stories. FRANC
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Indeed, that's why I'm so interested in the effects of this. Universal
has a theme park called Islands of Adventure and one of the
islands is a Marvel island.
Disney and universal are big competitors, so I wonder what whit happen
next. Is Universal going to change the Marvel island into a different
theme,
that's just what happened when Warner Bros. sold a bunch of their parks,
or
does Disney have a trick up their sleeves.
Disney has tried to take over the Universal parks in the past so who
knows. The best and most creative attraction at Islands of Adventure
(and probably
the whole world in my opinion) is based on Spider-Man. Rumors are
already
spreading that this ride might be replaced with a similar one based on
Transformers.
And how will Disney incorporate the Marvel characters, just an
attraction
here and there or maybe a fifth theme park???
We'll just wait and see.
Ron
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> Aren't the Marvel character already rides at Universal? FRANC
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> I wonder how this will affect the Orlando theme parks if the deal goes
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