Disney acquires stake in Stan Lee's POW!

Also taking 'enhanced rights' to company's creative side
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On Thursday, Marvel stockholders approved the company's plan to merge Marvel Entertainment with Disney, paving the way for Marvel to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Disney. Marvel estimates the merger'sdisney dvd value at $4.3 billion. (The completed merger is still subject to conditions in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus filed by Disney with theSouth park dvd collection SEC on Dec. 2.)
The Disney-POW! deal was also sealed Thursday.
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Disney acquires stake in Stan Lee's POW!
Also taking 'enhanced rightsthe simpsons dvd box set ' to company's creative side
By Borys Kit
Jan 2, 2010, 01:35 AM ET
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Disney signed a first-look arrangement with POW! in 2007. Although no projects have come to fruition on the feature side, several are in development, including lighthearted mystery tale "Nick Ratchett," action-adventure project "Blaze" and one called "Tigress." POW! is also working family guy dvd box set on several projects for the home entertainment sector.
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The Disney-POW! deal was also sealed Thursday.
Disney may be hoping to tap in to Lee's creative side to create concepts and stories that will work across several platforms, from gaming to the South park dvd collectioncompany's young male-skewing Disney XD channel. It may also hope to tap intothe simpsons dvd his knowledge of the Marvel Universe, though Lee hasn't been involved with family guy dvd box set Marvel's comic books since the early 1990s.