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WandaVision on Disney by Marvel is Here

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Last Friday WandaVision aired on the streaming Disney channel. I was amazed at how much they were able to mimic the early T.V. shows like “I Love Lucy”, the “Dick Van Dyke Show” and “Bewitched” with Elizbeth Montgomery. Two episodes are all that was released and they raise more questions than answers about where the story is going. Spoilers Ahead: Wanda has conjured a world where Vision is very much alive and her husband in a suburban neighborhood of the early sixties. Crazy things happen and everyone acts like it…

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The Time Variance Authority and Loki TV

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The Time Variance Authority (or TVA) claims responsibility for monitoring the multiverse and can prune timelines if they’re deemed too dangerous to exist. Like Time Cops they also take action to prevent other beings from altering the past or future. The Time Variance Authority is an infinitely vast bureaucracy that governs a significant number of realities in the ever-growing multiverse. They first appeared in Thor vol. 1 #372 (October 1986). Created by Walt Simonson and Sal Buscema. The organization was first seen allowing Justice Peace, a lawman from the future,…

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Disney+ After One Year

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Our Friends at JustWatch Streaming Guide have put together a graphic comparing all streaming services since Disney Plus made its debut in November of 2019. With the pandemic and the increase in entertainment watching at home, all streaming services seemed to have benefited with the exception of Hulu and Apple TV. Hulu dropped 3 % points and Apple TV has stayed the same over the last 12 months. Disney+ and HBO Max (Debut May 2020) have the biggest increase showing the biggest jump. While JustWatch Streaming Guide is just one…

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Marvel 616 Debuts On Disney Plus

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Media News: Marvel’s 616 explores Marvel’s rich legacy of pioneering characters, creators, and storytelling to reflect the world outside your window. Each documentary, helmed by a unique filmmaker, showcases the intersections of storytelling, pop culture, and fandom within the Marvel Universe. Episodes in this anthology series will cover topics including Marvel’s world-spanning artists, the trailblazing women of Marvel Comics, discovering the “forgotten” characters of Marvel, and much more. In April Marvel’s 616 Media News was: MARVEL’S 616 explores the commonalities between the stories, characters, and creators of the rich Marvel…

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Disney Says Disney Plus Has Over 10 Million Sign-Ups

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Disney announced that Disney Plus had signed up over 10 million users, making the claim one day after launching early on Nov. 12. 10 million-plus number for Disney Plus is ahead of Wall Street’s expectations, the service carries a seven-day free trial — and a certain portion of those who have signed up won’t convert to paying subscribers of the $6.99-per-month streaming package. Another thing to note is that Disney didn’t attract all of the Disney Plus users on Day One: It was offering preorders for several weeks and began…

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James Gunn Re-Hired At Disney

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Writer/director James Gunn has tweeted out a statement following news that Walt Disney Studios and Marvel Studios have agreed to re-hire him following his July 2018 dismissal over offensive Twitter statements he had made years ago. “I am tremendously grateful to every person out there who has supported me over the past few months. I am always learning and will continue to work at being the best human being I can be,” Gunn tweeted. “I deeply appreciate Disney’s decision and I am excited to continue making films that investigate the…

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Disney’s Aladdin Teaser Trailer

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In Theaters May 24th, 2019: “Aladdin” is the exciting tale of the charming street rat Aladdin, the courageous and self-determined Princess Jasmine and the Genie who may be the key to their future. Directed by Guy Ritchie, who brings his singular flair for fast-paced, visceral action to the fictitious port city of Agrabah, the film is written by John August and Ritchie based on Disney’s “Aladdin.” “Aladdin” stars Will Smith as the larger-than-life Genie; Mena Massoud as the charming scoundrel Aladdin; Naomi Scott as Jasmine, the beautiful, self-determined princess; Marwan…

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Disney CEO Talks Marvel Studios’ Kevin Feige Taking Over the X-Men

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With the Disney and 21st Century Fox merger all but done, Disney CEO Bob Iger talked about the direction moving forward, and how it features Kevin Feige in a leadership position. Iger was interviewed by THR on many topics related to Disney, and that includes the plan going forward for the 20th Century Fox Marvel properties. Those properties include X-Men and Fantastic Four, and at one point Iger was asked if Marvel would absorb the X-Men franchise and if Feige would be overseeing it. “I think it only makes sense,”…

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Disney & Fox Shareholders Approve $71.3 Billion Merger

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Shareholders of The Walt Disney Company and 21st Century Fox voted Friday morning to approve the $71.3 billion purchase of Fox’s key assets. The deal is expected to be completed by mid-2019, giving Disney control of Fox’s film and television production studios, and bringing such properties as the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Deadpool into the Marvel Studios fold. The meetings, held separately at the New York Hilton, each lasted less than 15 minutes, ending a saga that officially began in mid-December when Disney finalized its initial $52.4 billion stock offer…

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Disney Raises Bid For Fox Properties

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It was recently announced that Comcast has offered a $65 billion all-cash deal for Fox Studios. And in the spirit of playing hardball Disney is now offering a reported $71.3 billion, which will give Fox shareholders the option to take their payment in the form of cash or stock, up to a 50-50 level. Disney’s previous offer stood at $52.4 billion, and the new offer is even better as Disney plans to take on about $13.8 billion of Fox’s debt, which would bring the total transaction value above $85 billion.…

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‘The Last Jedi’ Director Responds To Remaking The Movie

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Count Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson among the people hoping to see a fan campaign to remake the movie succeed. The director recently responded to a tweet from the Twitter account Remake The Last Jedi and offered a surprising — if not necessarily totally genuine — a show of support. Remake The Last Jedi has been gaining attention through its presence on Twitter and via a website, where it explains that it hopes to “provide Disney an opportunity to course-correct with the Star Wars franchise.” It argues…

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Fox Shareholders Will Decide In July To Sell To Disney Or Comcast

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Media Release: Well, it appears as if we’ll finally get some clarification about whether or not the X-Men and Fantastic Four are heading back to Marvel because a date has been set for a vote which will decide Fox’s fate. It’s been confirmed today that Walt Disney and 21st Century Fox have set a date of July 10th for shareholders to decide whether or not the latter company sells the bulk of its assets to Walt Disney or instead considers a potential offer from Comcast Corp (they recently made their…

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STAN LEE About Disney/Fox Deal

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If you think Stan Lee the creator/co-creator for most of Marvel’s storied and valuable properties would be excited about the movie/TV rights of almost all them being merged with Disney’s pending acquisition of 21st Century Fox … you’d be right. “A truly great piece of news!” Marvel legend Stan Lee briefly told Newsarama Thursday afternoon. “Now characters such as the X-Men and the Fantastic Four can come home to the place where they belong. It’s vitally important to have the Marvel characters under one roof. And now, as great as…

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The Disney – Fox Deal

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The Disney mega-deal for 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets has happened. This includes all the Marvel properties the comic company gave up to Fox to stave off bankruptcy including the Fantastic Four and X-Men characters in the cinematic universe in the 1990s. Disney’s 4 billion dollar deal to buy Marvel in 2009 has paid many dividends by forging the highest-grossing film franchise of all time with over $13 billion. They hope that the Fox deal will have the same effect on their bottom line and make them an even bigger…

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Incredibles 2 Official Teaser Trailer

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Incredibles 2 is a 2018 upcoming American 3D computer-animated superhero film, and is the direct sequel to the 2004 film The Incredibles. It is in production by Pixar Animation Studios, and will be released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is being written and directed by Brad Bird, the writer, and director of the first film, and features Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Sarah Vowell and Samuel L. Jackson all reprising their roles. The film is scheduled to be released on June 15, 2018 and will be given an IMAX release.

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