Today Marvel announced that the last step in making the merger official has been set as December 31st. On that day at 9:00 am EST, Marvel stockholders will meet to vote on the deal which will net them a share of the $4 billion Disney put up for the company in sync with the amount of shares they own in Marvel Entertainment. Should the deal be approved — and most analysts believe that it will — then Marvel will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disney going into 2010.
Since the early news was of an intent to buy only, fans have been waiting to see how the Marvel/Disney deal will affect their favorite hobby if at all.
It is still unknown if Disney will be able to fully utilize some of Marvel’s characters given movie deals currently in place at other studios. Marvel’s characters are also currently tied to Universal Studios’ theme parks, which means it would probably be a long time before we see Spider-Man at Disneyland — or anything as cool as the recently released concept art for a Marvel theme park in Dubai.
To read the full official press release, click HERE