http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/marvel-studios-heading-to-walt-disney-company-backyard-the-avengers-thor-captain-america/
After three years that Disney had announced that they were buying Marvel Studios, they are finally moving over to be closer to Disney. Next year, Marvel will be moving from Manhattan Beach to Glendale just to be closer to Disney because "Proximity can only help when it comes to collaboration," which is what a studio insider said about Marvel's move to be closer to the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. Due to more favorable tax incentives, Marvel was shooting sequels out of the state, stopping the need for MBS Media Sound Stages. This was a reason for the move, but not the only reason.
What caught my eye was Disney and Marvel in the same title. I had not known that Disney had owned Marvel. Is a bit shocking to know that I'm barely finding out three years later. I looked into this further, and found that Disney had a problem when it came to attracting a teenage male audience. Now owning Marvel, they don't have that problem anymore.
As a student and a filmmaker, this impacts me because sometimes one has to make sacrifices. I'm sure it might have taken Marvel some time to decide whether or not to sell, but they were going into the hands of a prosperous company, so they knew they wouldn't be making a mistake by selling to Disney. This article also shows me that while you can work from a distance, being closer, allows you to work more efficiently.
This article makes me wonder why it took them three years to decide to move closer to Disney. Did they not want to move, and tried to work from a distance but realized it was easier if they were nearby?
I see the Manhattan Beach Marvel building all the time! It's going to be weird knowing it is moving out to the Valley along with me...weird coincidence! Very interesting article :)
ReplyDeleteI think it's pretty cool that Disney now owns Marvel, I can see that working along well. I also like the fact that their brining Marvel to Glendale, very close to home.
ReplyDeleteIt was a smart move for Disney to buy Marvel because now it has an easier time attracting a teenage audience which is very hard for it to do considering the type of movies Disney releases. This is also exciting news because now the Marvel studio is a lot closer which can only benefit the two companies in the best way.
ReplyDeleteI think the moving idea was great but will it affect the way Marvel movies will be made?
ReplyDeleteWow, I didn't know that Disney owned Marvel either. However, I understand why Disney has trouble attracting the teenage male audience. After all, many of Disney's movies are all targeted towards females. I feel like Marvel would have done well on its own without Disney, but I guess being branded by Disney gave it all the more fame. I just hope that Disney doesn't mess up Marvel.
ReplyDeleteAsdfghjkl. Where have you people been? Disney owning Marvel is old news. Anyways I think it's really cool that the Marvel Studious will be moving closer to Disney & that means closer to us. It seems really interesting. Hopefully that doesn't cause a problem with how the movies will be in the future.
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