So big news in the entertainment world yesterday as Disney bought Marvel. Marvel is the company that owns comic book characters like Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America and a host of others that are fairly recognizable to the vast majority of people. To me, the really interesting part about the deal isn't necessarily what happens to the comics. Disney doesn't really "do" comics, so I would imagine they'll mostly leave that aspect of Marvel alone for the time being. What Disney does "do" however is T.V., movies and theme parks. All of these aspects of Marvel are basically licensed out to other publishers. This also includes video games. As these license deals being to expire, it will be interesting to see if Disney brings things like the various Marvel character movies in-house or not. Universal also stands to take a hit at its theme parks as they compete directly with Disney and have a good amount of their parks revolving around Marvel characters. In the short term, I doubt much changes, but you never know. One day there may be a "Marvel Universe" park at Disney World.
Have a good Tuesday.
--Paul
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