If Disney ’s leverage of Marvel sooner this weekhighlights the caller ’s desire to thrive through buyouts rather of new estimate , should we be wondering who could be next on their shopping list ?
One of the first questions that ’s deserving asking is “ Is anyone left ? ” It ’s hard to top the much - posit 5000 + characters turn back in Marvel ’s informatics , and it ’d be a hard argument to suggest that there are any other comic publishers uncommitted who could offer up anything even vaguely similar , especially considering that the larger companies that are n’t DC or Marvel do n’t own the majority of their IP ( Dark Horse , Image , and IDW all preponderantly offer Jehovah owned or licenced cloth ) ; although purchasing one of those publisher may bid exist relationship with Lord , it does n’t necessarily understand into anything that Disney ( or any other company with large pouch ) could immediately take advantage of .
( That say , if I were looking for a publisher strictly for the IP right and was n’t specifically looking for superheroes , I ’d believably see if eitherBoom ! Studiosor Tokyopop were looking to be bribe out ; neither has an IP farm anywhere nigh to the size of Marvel ’s , but both have had some succeeder come up with unexampled serial and concepts that could well be adapted into movie or television – at least , until Tokyopop ’s cutback “ restructuring ” last class , on their side . Or , of course , Rebellion , who own the 2000AD right wing , which could definitely expend some exploiting . )
If IP is really what ’s being looked for , Disney might require to follow Hollywood and go for miniature and secret plan companies;Hasbro has been put itself as more of a intellectual dimension generator than toy company since their deal with Universal Studios last year , after all , and with already successful properties like Transformers and GI Joe , they must be calculate pretty tantalising to any society want to buy an immediate in to live mart right about now . Perhaps not as obvious , but arguably more worthwhile , a videogame newspaper publisher likeElectronic Arts – proprietor of The Sims and Dead Space , amongst others – or Valve may not bring the inst stain knowingness of Hasbro or Marvel , but unlike both , is currently produce new properties as successful as their Greatest Hits , which might be a better investment in the long run .
All of this hypothesis , however , ignore the Bantha in the middle of the way : Lucasfilm .
The privately - have Lucasfilm may not own have as many separate franchise as Marvel , but it has Star Wars and Indiana Jones , and there ’s definitely an contestation to be made that Star Wars alone is worth as much as the integral Marvel Universe ( Containing almost as many characters , and with the ability to spin out as many sub - franchise as it has , after all ) . More to the point , unlike Marvel , Lucasfilm is much more than an IP manufacturing plant ; alongside the movie studio , publishing arm , online division and brio department – all of which a self - respecting spiritualist Jagganath like Disney also has – it includes diligence leaders Skywalker Sound and Industrial Light & Magic , take in them almost unequaled in terms of value add ( Yes , Marvel may be the industry drawing card in risible leger publishing , but how important is that to Disney ’s effect business ? ) .
It ’s super unlikely that Lucas would sell Lucasfilm , specially as he seems to have become concerned in the possibilities boob tube offers to him and the company . But everyone has their price , as the locution goes . The question is just how high Lucas ’ price would be – and whether anyone could afford it .
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