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Originally Posted by Hugh R
Yes.
And lots of other Marvel super hero films. For what we (Disney) spent to buy Marvel, there will be lots and lots of them. Ant Man is next I believe. Also the next Star Wars. We own Lucas Films as well. We own everything.
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A million and a half, really?
That's what my wife says to me every time we watch a Marvel movie.
Back in the mid 90's the company I worked for was looking to diversify our business and secure a source for IP that we would not have to pay royalties on.
We'd already had some success with licensed Marvel products and decided on buying a comic book company as it met both business needs.
Against our advice the CEO decided to buy Valiant Comics instead of Marvel because Valiant was solvent and Marvel was going chapter 11.
My response to him during that meeting was "are you out of your ****ing mind?", to which he replied, "Valiant is $1.5m cheaper"
Talk about tearing up a winning lottery ticket.
My response to my wife is "we would have screwed it up anyway".