Monday, August 31, 2009

Holy Freaking Cow

Disney buys Marvel.

Rob

8 comments:

P-Cat said...

Probably just for the movie rights. I cant see Wolverine and Spider-Man meeting up with Tinkerbell and Thumper.

Damn, Disney characters sound more and more like porn names as I grow up.

Rob S. said...

That's the main thing, I think.. movies and merch. I wouldn't expect to see many crossovers for a while... though I expect someone is already hard at work on a Spider-Man roller coaster.

And the second thing reminds me of that "My Little Pony or Porn Star?" quiz from a few years ago...

bastard central said...

it's kind of disappointing for some of marvels more interesting titles. we'll never see a film like punisher war zone again. upside is, DC/vertigo will look like cutting edge champs when they fianlly figure out how to make a frnachise out of transmetropolitan or planetary

Rob S. said...

Could be -- though I didn't see PWZ, so I can't really comment on its contents. But I wonder if we're so used to enormous companies by this point that the content of an adults-oriented title (like a MAX book) from a subsidiary won't reflect poorly on the Disney brand, as it might have in years past.

And yeah, I'd love to see DC start making Transmet movies... or a HBO TV show.

Speaking of which, I heard something about Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Mist) being attached to a treatment of The Walking Dead as a TV show. I'm keeping my fingers crossed... though I'm glad it'll be TV instead of a movie, which would miss the point of the series.

bastard central said...

so long as they NEVER get anyone remotely affiliated with true blood writing the script for either show, i'm in for either show.

Rob S. said...

Haven't seen True Blood, but can't say it's high on my list.

Actually, I just learned another tidbit (which was probably out there the whole time): Darabont is working on The Walking Dead for AMC, not HBO or Showtime as I suspected. What a fun crossover with Mad Men and Breaking Bad that would be!

bastard central said...

oh my GOD. that is almost as good as FX channel doing POWERS. you did know thta yes?

Rob S. said...

I did.. looking forward to it!