Universal has always stated that they have no interest in modifying the contract. Takes two to play and you only have one. Uni is perfectly happy with the way things are. Simpsons is not enough leverage here to give up Marvel. Uni can lose Simpsons (probably will just keep paying as agreed) and still be ahead by keeping Marvel in Orlando.
Disney will hold on to The Simpsons, that's a certainty.
Good use of the money they spent 2 years ago in California building a bigger and better Simpson's land than they have in Orlando.
How long do you two think the contract for use of the IP is???In hindsight that was a really bad idea.
in perpetuity, so years are irrelevant. They keep it until they stop caring to keep it.
Exactly. Think strategically -- a rising tide lifts all boats, and by putting strong Marvel properties at both Universal and Disney, even MORE tourists are drawn to Orlando. Those tourists are likely to spend money in BOTH venues to experience the fullness of the Marvel universe.
Was talking about the H'wood Simpsons contract they were crowing about with glee, not the Marvel deal.
ahh my bad. It would be a shame to lose that area though. It is pretty brilliant
Not bad, certainly a nice bookend for Iger’s legacy of dealmaking, but park rights are worth a lot more than Oswald.
Universal is offering 31 billion for Sky. Disney's 39% of that would be 12.09 billion dollars. Do you really believe anyone is stupid enough to give up that kind of money for just the themepark rights to Namor and Hulk? It doesn't really matter though since Disney is going to wind up owning Sky and Universal can forget about buying it. Neither of them should be allowed to buy either Sky or Fox but Disney only needs to buy just over 18% of the non fox shares while universal needs to buy just under 82% of the shares. Therefore its much Easier for Disney to win.
There is no reason for Disney to pay Universal anything for the rights to Universals Marvel Characters. Disney has enough Marvel Characters they can use in Orlando and have all of the in Europe, Japan (soon) and China along with California. They don't need them in Orlando. In the meantime Universal has to send Disney a check every quarter. Also as Universal grows around the world their tiny rights to Marvel will mean less and less. It is only on themepark boards that any Comcast owner cares one bit about their Marvel attractions. Spiderman may be one of the best rides in the world but it does not matter since it can't be built anywhere else.
Theme park rights is a completely different ball game compared to merchandise or movie rights. Disney (and Comcast for that matter) don't want the Marvel theme park rights as much as many on here think they do. Not saying it's not valuable, but not nearly at the level so many people here think it is.