Amazing, but I respect the heck out of Bird for not wanting to just churn out sequels to make more dough...
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" <hellomahog...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 3, 2009 1:59:13 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Disney to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion Sorry dude... here is an article on it. http://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hilll/archive/2009/06/17/with-toy-story-3-cars-2-and-monsters-inc-2-now-in-the-works-why-no-incredibles-2.aspx On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Keith Johnson < keithbjohn...@comcast.net > wrote: Please tell me that's just a rumour! Surely they wouldn't have put the kibosh on what would have been such a great film! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mr. Worf" < hellomahog...@gmail.com > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 2:26:28 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Disney to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion Wasn't there supposed to be a part 2 of the incredibles but it got shelved? On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 6:54 AM, daikaiju66 < daikaij...@yahoo.com > wrote: *ahem* The Incredibles *ahem* I was thinking more along the lines of a Fantastic Four or Avengers film done by Brad Bird or some of the other Pixar folks who are big comic heads. -- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Bosco Bosco <ironpi...@...> wrote: > > Yes we can have Finding Wolverine, The Punisher, Inc. or A Hulk's Life. > > AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH > > KILL ME NOW > > B > > > --- On Mon, 8/31/09, daikaiju66 <daikaij...@...> wrote: > > From: daikaiju66 <daikaij...@...> > Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Disney to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Date: Monday, August 31, 2009, 11:22 AM > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nope. Fox still owns Toby and the Spider-Man film franchise. > > > > One silver lining: Part of the deal involves possible Marvel-Pixar > collaborations. Yes!!!! > > > > --- In scifino...@yahoogro ups.com , Martin Baxter <truthseeker013@ ...> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Sweet Christmas! This could mean that Tobey Maguire would do a turn as PP > > on "The Suite Life On Deck" as a visiting pyhsics teacher. > > > > > > Excuse me while I go catatonic... > > > > > > "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in > > bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant > > > > > > http://www.youtube . com/watch? v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com > > > From: ravenadal@ . > > > Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:56:47 +0000 > > > Subject: [scifinoir2] Disney to buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is Christmas early for the stock holders at Marvel Entertainment. It > > is the death knell for a lot of great characters. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~(no)rave! > > > > > > > > > > > > August 31, 2009, 9:27 am > > > > > > Disney to Buy Marvel Entertainment for $4 Billion > > > > > > > > > > > > The Walt Disney Company said on Monday that it has agreed to buy Marvel > > Entertainment, bringing together the house of Mickey Mouse with the > > publisher of Spider-Man, for $4 billion in cash and stock. > > > > > > > > > > > > Under the terms of the deal, Disney will pay $30 a share in cash and .745 > > Disney shares for every Marvel share, with no less than 40 percent of the > > deal being made in stock. Disney valued the deal at $50 a share as of the > > companies' share prices on Friday. > > > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > Marvel has had a string of successful movies based on its characters, which > > analysts have praised in part for the company's taking an active role in > > their production. > > > > > > > > > > > > "This transaction combines Marvel's strong global brand and world-renowned > > library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain > > America, Fantastic Four and Thor 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, " Robert A. 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