The acquisition of Marvel Entertainment by the Walt Disney Co. is, on a surface level, a perfect, if expensive, fit. But it also represents an interesting evolution in the company's direction under CEO Bob Iger.
U.S. stocks were poised to open sharply lower Monday, following another steep decline in global markets, despite some deal activity, including an announcement by Disney to acquire Marvel Entertainment.
The multitalented, multitasking screenwriter behind Clint Eastwood's new film also created the influential sci-fi series Babylon 5 and writes, in his spare time, for Marvel Comics
The Dark Knight and Iron Man are the two biggest movies at the American multiplex so far this year. It's become rote that super-heroes rule the box office, just as the conventional wisdom is that the old print comic book is a dying art form that has found a new lease on life in its onscreen iterations.
The acquisition of Marvel Entertainment by the Walt Disney Co. is, on a surface level, a perfect, if expensive, fit. But it also represents an interesting evolution in the company's direction under CEO Bob Iger.
U.S. stocks were poised to open sharply lower Monday, following another steep decline in global markets, despite some deal activity, including an announcement by Disney to acquire Marvel Entertainment.
The multitalented, multitasking screenwriter behind Clint Eastwood's new film also created the influential sci-fi series Babylon 5 and writes, in his spare time, for Marvel Comics
The Dark Knight and Iron Man are the two biggest movies at the American multiplex so far this year. It's become rote that super-heroes rule the box office, just as the conventional wisdom is that the old print comic book is a dying art form that has found a new lease on life in its onscreen iterations.
If Stan Lee is the father of the modern comic book super-hero, then Avi Arad is the godfather of the modern super-hero movie - at least those that were adapted from Mr. Lee's creations for Marvel Comics.
On Friday, Marvel Entertainment releases "Iron Man," the saga of Tony Stark, a hard-drinking, amoral war-profiteer who redeems himself by donning high-tech armor and trouncing bad guys. Marvel is in the midst of a similar redemption.
U.S. stocks looked set for a third session of gains early Friday as bullish guidance from Microsoft helped allay fears about a weakening U.S. economy that had been hanging over markets.
Meet Mr. and Mrs. Fantastic: Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd wed British actress Alice Evans in Mexico on Friday night, his rep confirms to PEOPLE exclusively.
Film studio Paramount Pictures Monday said it agreed to let Middle East real estate company Ruwaad Holdings build a theme park in the United Arab Emirates using its hit movies such as "Titanic."
"Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer" caught a wave of moviegoers to the No. 1 spot at the weekend North American box office, according to studio estimates as of Sunday morning.
Spider-Man, as any comic book fan knows, isn't the most powerful superhero. He can't push planets around like DC Comics' Superman (owned by Time Warner, parent of Fortune and CNNMoney.com). He's j...
When Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird idly sketched perpendicular reptiles wearing ninja masks and bearing nunchaku in 1984, it was primarily for their own amusement. They gave them a name that was also a logo, and having nothing more profitable to do at the time, they inked out their first comic book, a spoofy homage to Frank Miller and Marvel Comics.
When comic book company Marvel Entertainment reported its second-quarter results Monday, it's safe to say that few cared about how Marvel actually did in the second quarter.
Letters pour in from all over the world - France and Israel and Russia - heartbreaking in their naivete and earnest ambition to make it big in the movie business. Lloyd "Skip" Press answers them al...
Bombs burst. Tongues of flame split the predawn darkness. People in bomber jackets, clutching weapons, lurk in the shadows. Then a barrel-chested man in black edges forward and, in a thick Israeli ...
The much-anticipated X-Men: The Last Stand pulled in a boffo North American box office of $107 million this weekend. You'd think that would be good news for Marvel Entertainment, the creator of the X-Men comic-book series, which has seen films based on its characters gross more than $3.6 billion to date.
When the mighty band who made "X-Men: The Last Stand" strode into Cannes recently to promote the third and avowed final chapter of the Marvel Comics franchise, Hugh Jackman fluttered the hearts of Logan/Wolverine groupies everywhere by mentioning a spin-off for his rebel with adamantium claws.
Shares of Marvel Enterprises sank Wednesday morning after the company reported lower profit for the third quarter and offered a disappointing forecast for 2006.
With its characters serving as the inspiration for a string of successful films like Spider-Man, X-Men, and Blade, Marvel Enterprises (MVL, $22) has become a potent force in Hollywood during the pa...
Marvel Enterprises (MVL) has suffered through enough misfortune over the past decade to make Spider-Man weep. In 1996, it was driven into Chapter 11 by the shenanigans of financier and Revlon chair...
The son of a U.S. Marine colonel, Michael Goldston spent three years of his youth near Cambridge, England. Fond memories of the place and a desire to evoke its Old World cachet led Goldston to chri...
Comic book hero Nick Fury fought Nazis and secret agents with a lit stogie clenched in his teeth, but now -- as the result of a protest by a seven-year- old Houston card collector -- the gruff but ...
It was the Chinese Year of the Rooster, but investors who ignored Chicken Little probably had something to crow about in 1993. Despite a relentless chorus of bearish prognosticators, the feisty Ame...
Small-cap funds are hot. And some experts say that even after two years of strong performance, this rowdy bunch still has room to move up. But with more than 100 funds to choose from, where do you ...
Is this a comic book concept for the Nineties or what? Picture a cigar- chomping financier -- you know, a real socialite, a Bruce Wayne type. But at night this guy sneaks out to swoop down on unsus...
TERRY C. STEWART, 44 ANDREWS GROUP INC. Stewart began eyeing Andrews's Marvel Entertainment Group unit as a youngster, when he started what is now a 5,000-issue comic book collection. ''I've waited...
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