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‘Iron Man 3′ Gala Is First Of Its Kind In Beijing: Photos

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Sunday April 7, 2013 @ 8:28am PDTTags: Iron Man 3, Marvel Entertainment, Robert Downey Jr.

A red carpet gala was held for Iron Man 3 this weekend in Beijing’s Taimiao Temple in the Forbidden City. Robert Downey Jr. attended the event in what was the first time a Hollywood film has ever been celebrated inside the imperial temple – it was also the first time a westerner has had their birthday feted inside Beijing’s ancestral hall (Downey turned 48 last week). DMG Entertainment, Marvel‘s local partner on the film, hosted the evening to kick off April as “Iron Man Month.” There is no local release date for the film yet which I understand is still being worked out with the Chinese authorities. The hope, however, is to set a release timed closely to the U.S. rollout on May 3. Below are two exclusive photos from Saturday’s event which was also attended by Iron Man 3 co-star Wang Xueqi – he’s the one shaking hands with Downey in the second pic.

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Marvel Announces Online Video Push, New Weekly Show: SXSW

By JEN YAMATO | Sunday March 10, 2013 @ 1:28pm PDTTags: Marvel Entertainment, Marvel's Earth's Mightiest Show, SXSW

Today at SXSW, Marvel Entertainment announced a wave of digital initiatives built around the comics-based empire. New original video content will tie Marvel’s film, animation, comics, and web interests together with … Read More »

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Does ‘The Avengers’ Illustrate How Marvel Will Make A Fortune For Disney?

By DAVID LIEBERMAN, Executive Editor | Tuesday May 29, 2012 @ 10:47am PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Disney, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel's The Avengers

This is becoming an interesting debate, which PDL Capital President Lawrence Meyers takes on this morning in a vigorously argued blog post responding to Bernstein Research analyst Todd Juenger’s controversial report last week on the subject. Juenger said that the huge success of The Avengers – which has generated $1.3B in ticket sales at worldwide box offices this month — merely makes Disney’s 2009 agreement to pay $4.2B for Marvel “a good deal,” not a self-evidently great one. That’s ”the silliest statement I’ve heard in years,” Meyers says. The value of Disney CEO Bob Iger’s decision “was self-evident the day the deal got made.” Juenger misses the point, Meyers says, by focusing on the probable returns from Marvel-related movies. The operation will “generate tens of billions for Disney over decades” as it comes up with new characters, and storylines to pair them. “Movies will be the flagship product, but there will be television shows (primarily animated), direct to video, and at some point in the future, they’ll just reboot each of the characters and start all over again,” Meyers says. “This literally will go on for decades. And audiences will keep paying.” Read More »

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Marvel Sued For Fraud Over ‘Iron Man’ Merchandise Deal

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday May 3, 2012 @ 8:27pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Disney, Iron Man 2, Marvel Entertainment

One day before The Avengers opens big in North America, Marvel has been hit with a merchandise lawsuit. The lawsuit is over the “Iron Man’s Lair Play Box” – or rather, the lack of it. Box-A-Mania are … Read More »

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Marvel Studio’s Tim Connors Defects To Legendary As COO; Marvel’s Rob Steffens & David Galluzi Take On More Responsibility

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday February 9, 2012 @ 4:16pm PSTTags: Legendary Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios

I hear Marvel is fine with this move to Legendary Entertainment. Tim Connors has been there from the beginning but “it was time for him to move on,” an insider tells me. I’ve just learned exclusively that taking his place at Marvel Studios will be David Galluzzi whow as recently promoted to chief counsel and now will be assuming Connors’ business affairs role, too. And the remainder of Connors’ duties will be assumed by Rob Steffens who is EVP Of Operations And Planning for Marvel Entertainment and is General Manager of Operations And Finance for Marvel Studios. This move bolsters Steffens’ role at Disney where I hear he’s well-liked and being groomed for bigger things. None of this is in the Legendary press release below:

Burbank, CA, February 9, 2012 – Legendary Entertainment has appointed Tim Connors to the role of Chief Operating Officer for the company, it was announced today by Legendary’s Chairman and CEO, Thomas Tull. Connors, who arrives at Legendary from Marvel, will report to Tull and manage day-to-day operations for the company including business affairs working closely with President and Chief Creative Officer, Jon Jashni.

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Boyfriend Accused Of Insider Trading Ahead of Disney-Marvel Deal

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday August 11, 2011 @ 6:16pm PDTTags: Marvel Entertainment, Securities and Exchange Commission, Walt Disney Co

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a complaint today against a California man who allegedly used confidential information about Disney’s planned acquisition of Marvel Entertainment — obtained from his girfriend, a Disney employee — to buy up Marvel … Read More »

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‘Thor’ Or ‘Fast Five’ #1 In Foreign Markets While Studios Wage Global War Of Words

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Sunday May 1, 2011 @ 2:29pm PDTTags: Australia, Disney, International Box Office, Marvel Entertainment, Paramount, Thor, Universal Pictures

I’ve had a front-row seat on a fascinating drama unfolding behind the international grosses for Universal’s Fast Five and Paramount’s distribution of Marvel /Disney’s Thor over the past 10 days. This weekend they went head to head in more than a dozen countries. The feud started because of Paramount’s decision to move onto Fast Five‘s Easter weekend Down Under. That created ill will, so Universal has been crowing about how much its street racing fivequel has been beating the Norse god pic overseas. Now Thor insiders are nervous that the lopsided victory of Fast Five internationally will hurt the Disney/Marvel’s domestic box office when it opens in the U.S. and Canada this coming Friday. Rarely have I seen studios bicker back and forth about box office as intensely as during this matchup. Especially when Paramount is only distributing Thor for its standard fee from Marvel. But it’s all about market share and just plain pride. Universal has been hit starved in the live action arena for so long that it’s releasing foreign numbers almost hour by hour, to the great consternation of Paramount which is pointing out that sequels always do better overseas. Paramount also is claiming that this may be Universal’s only really big hit of the summer. Strange thing to say, since Paramount is distributing foreign for DreamWorks/Universal’s Cowboys & Aliens. But, hey, all is fair in love and war and grosses, and I’m enjoying the heck out of this box office throwdown.

Universal preened about Fast Five results in Russia (where FF 68% ahead of Thor), Germany (FF 86% ahead of Thor), Spain (FF 30% ahead of Thor), Austria (FF 202% ahead of Thor), Switzerland (German-speaking area), Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, and Korea. But Paramount boasted that Thor recorded the highest opening weekend gross at the international box office this year and had big No. 1 openings this weekend in the UK, Ireland, France, Korea, New Zealand, Mexico, and Italy. Read More »

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‘Thor’ To Be Released In IMAX 3D

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday April 20, 2011 @ 9:30am PDTTags: IMAX, IMAX 3D, Marvel Entertainment, Paramount, Thor

IMAX announced today that it has finalized a deal with Paramount and Marvel Entertainment to release the tentpole Thor in IMAX 3D worldwide day and date May 6. “We’re pleased to expand our relationship with Marvel and Paramount with Thor, which is a great addition to our summer tentpole slate,” … Read More »

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Sony Titles Pic ‘The Amazing Spider-Man,’ Issues First Shot Of Andrew Garfield As Webslinger

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday February 14, 2011 @ 12:10pm PSTTags: Andrew Garfield, Denis Leary, Emma Stone, Kevin Feige, Laura Ziskin, Marc Webb, Martin Sheen, Marvel Entertainment, Matt Tolmach, Rhys Ifans, Sally Field, Sony Pictures, Stan Lee, Steve Kloves, The Amazing Spider-Man
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CULVER CITY, Calif., February 14, 2011 – Columbia Pictures announced today that the title of the next Spider-Man film will be The Amazing Spider-Man.The studio simultaneously released a photo of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man, the first shot of Garfield

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G4 Picks Up 4 New Marvel Anime Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday July 26, 2010 @ 11:40am PDTTags: Anime, G4, Iron Man, Marvel Entertainment, Warren Ellis, X-Men
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Los Angeles, CA, July 26, 2010 – G4 will be the exclusive U.S. television home of four brand-new anime series featuring some of the most successful and iconic brands from the Marvel Universe.  Produced by Madhouse for Marvel Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ), these four original series – “Iron Man,” “X-MEN,” “Wolverine” and “Blade” - will premiere on the network in 2011 and will air as standalone series made up of twelve 30-minute episodes under the guidance of Warren Ellis.

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Marvel Entertainment Launches TV Division

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 28, 2010 @ 8:00am PDTTags: Comic Books, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Television Jeph Loeb
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Marvel_logoMarvel Entertainment is launching a TV division, Marvel Television, and has appointed Heroes and Smallville writer-producer Jeph Loeb to run it. As EVP and head of television, Loeb will work alongside Dan Buckley, publisher & president of the print, animation & … Read More »

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Marvel Stock Rockets As ‘Iron Man’ Soars: Plans Sequel, Unveils 2010-2011 Releases

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday May 5, 2008 @ 12:02pm PDTTags: Box Office, Comic Books, Iron Man, Marvel Entertainment, Marvel Studios, Movies, Scandal, Studios, Summer Movies, Wall Street

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Usually the success or failure of one film doesn’t affect the Big Media parent company of a major movie studio’s value on Wall Street. But Marvel Entertainment is small enough to feel the impact. So today its stock price soared over 9.42% as its Marvel Studios’ … Read More »

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