New trailer for Iron Man 2

Iron Man 2 hits theatres on May 7, 2010. For more information (and the trailer in other formats) please check out the film’s official site.

Disney Completes Marvel Acquisition

image by J Chris CampbellAdvancing its strategy of delivering great branded content to people around the world, Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company announced today that Disney has completed its acquisition of renowned character franchise company, Marvel Entertainment Inc.

“We’re thrilled to welcome to the Disney family the talented team at Marvel,” said Iger. “We believe the creative and business potential of this combination is substantial and can help us grow both our top and bottom line, leading to a significant increase in long-term shareholder value.”

Under the terms of the agreement and based on the closing price of Disney on Thursday, December 31, Marvel shareholders will receive a total of $30 a share in cash, plus approximately 0.7452 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own. Marvel’s assets include a library of over 5,000 characters featured in a variety of media over 70 years and businesses, including licensing, movie production and publishing.

First Poster for Iron Man 2

Yahoo Movies has some new pictures from Marvel Films next blockbuster the highly anticipated Iron Man 2 including this first official poster for the film. You can check out more images in slideshow form on their site and look for future updates on the movie’s official website.

 

Kick-Ass Trailer Debuts

Coming to theatres April 16, 2010 is a new take on the comic book movie based on the Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. comic that was a new take on the superhero comic. It tells the story of teenager Dave Lizewski (Aaron Johnson), a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero. With no superpowers, no training and no money to buy either, his life is forever changed as he inspires a subculture of copy cats, is hunted by assorted violent and unpleasant characters, and meets up with an 11-year-old sword-wielding dynamo named Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz) and her father Big Daddy (Nicolas Cage).

For more details and multi-media head over to the film’s official site IAmKick-Ass.com.

Marvel now on Comics by comiXology iPhone app

Marvel Comics are now on the iPhone
Visit comiXology.com to see all the Marvel comics now available.
(Available in the US only.)

Astonishing X-Men

Dream-team creators Joss Whedon (creator of TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and fan-favorite film Serenity) and John Cassaday (Planetary, Captain America) bring you the explosive #1 issue of the all-new flagship X-Men series! As part of X-men: Reload, this issue marks a return to classic greatness and the beginning of a brand-new era for the X-Men.

Captain America

It’s a new beginning as four time Eisner-nominated Best Writer Ed Brubaker makes his Marvel debut, joined by white-hot artist Steve Epting! In just this first issue, the Red Skull lays the groundwork for his most devastating attack ever on Captain America and the land he holds dear…and with the Cosmic Cube in his possession, how can Cap hope to stop him?

Marvel Zombies

Torn from the pages of Ultimate Fantastic Four! On an Earth shockingly similar to the Marvel Universe’s, an alien virus has mutated all of the world’s greatest super heroes into flesh-eating monsters! It took them only hours to destroy life as we know it… but what happens when they run out of humans to eat?!? Follow their search for more food… and witness the arrival of the Silver Surfer!

X-23

Now it can be told. The full story behind the origin of X-23; who she is, where she came from, and the exact nature of her relationship to Wolverine. You think you know, but you have no idea. Pick up the mini-series today!

X-Men: Age of Apocalypse

Apocalypse has been destroyed; the end of the world has been averted. Or has it? Sinister has just unleashed a massive force unseen, unrivaled, and unbeatable. Magneto and the X-Men’s only hope lies in tracking down a retired Weapon X!

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