Disney buys Marvel for 2.8 billion euros

With this operation, with unpredictable consequences for the film industry, the legendary comic book publisher that created characters such as Spiderman or The X Patrol, passes into the hands of the Mickey Mouse multinational. Disney fell 2.98% on the stock market, to $26.4 per share, while Marvel grew 25.15%, standing at $48.37.

The entertainment industry has experienced a busy day today when the purchase of Marvel by Disney for 4 billion dollars (about 2.8 billion euros) was announced. Although the creative consequences are still difficult to predict, on the stock market, Disney closed the day with a drop of 2.98% (26.4 dollars per share) while Marvel has advanced 25.15% (48.37 Dollars).

One of these consequences could be faster access for Marvel to the big screen… and now, in 3D. The owner of Spiderman or The X-Men had been considering for some time the possibility of producing a new installment of one of her five thousand characters in stereoscopic. An adventure in which Pixar, also integrated into Disney since 2006, would have a lot to say.
Since the Marvel publishing house created Marvel Studios in the 1990s, characters like Spiderman, Iron Man and The X-Men made the leap from paper to the big screen, revitalizing the market with blockbuster titles based on the characters created by Stan Lee, founder of Marvel. .

On the other side of the coin are production companies such as Columbia, 20th Century Fox, Paramount or Warner (whose holding company includes DC, the other major comic book publisher) with which Marvel had partnered in recent years to bring their films to life. mythical characters.

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