Disney’s Bob Iger talks about the Marvel Deal

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As we mentioned earlier today, Disney’s D23 Expo is currently blowing up in Anaheim CA. Walt Disney Company President and CEO Bob Iger took the opportunity to address the recent acquistion of Marvel Entertainment. Like he has been saying from the start, Marvel will continue to operate as it currently has been.

“We’re not planning on any ‘Disneyfication’ of Marvel …Our intention is to keep Marvel as an entity.”

Iger went on to explain that he has met with a great many Marvel talents and that, like the acquisition of Pixar, Disney’s primary goal is to stay on the sidelines and let the artists do what they do best.

He did admit that he was excited about the chance for some cross-pollination in the future, though nothing is planned as of yet.

Iger reiterated that part of what is so intriguing about Marvel is that the deal is designed to play out in the long run, having characters that “transcend gender and age.” In the short term, Disney just has to wait until some of the Marvel deals already in place with other studios and theme parks “work their course” and, until then, “there isn’t much planning to be done.”

So there you have it again. Disney is going to let Marvel Entertainment do what they have set out to do. Now that you have had a little over a week to let this whole Disney Marvel deal sink in, what do you think? Do you still think Disney is going to ruin Marvel and it’s future films?

Source: Comingsoon

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3 Rant-Backs so far

  1. JimboD on September 10th, 09

    I never thought that. I think we are gonna see the same or higher level from Marvel from here on out.

  2. Ken on September 10th, 09

    I'm more worried that Marvel will "Marvelize" Disney. Ever sinse losing the rights to Lord of the Rings, they have been obsessed with gaining a hip franchise. Marvel (hopefully) will satisfy them now. Never mind the fact that these comic books completely detract from the "nice" image of Disney. But we all knew this was coming, right after Disney released their violent, blow-em-up PG-13 "PIrates" movies, which they laughed off as being: "OK. It's based on a Disneyland ride, afterall!"

  3. johnny on September 11th, 09

    Hell yeah!