That's true. George could have sold for twice but he wanted to preserve his legacy. He went with the company that single-handedly changed copyright laws to ensure Mickey Mouse stays a "Disney" brand seemingly forever.
The man that greenlit lines like "I don't like sand" and basically every single Anakin / Padme scene being concerned about his legacy is the ultimate irony.
Well it make sense considering George's longstanding disdain for Star Wars fans. Anything he can do to keep Luke, Vader, Yoda and the rest from lapsing into public domain almost a century after his death, he will do. Imagaine if Star Wars went the way of the Wizard of Oz, where different writers/filmmakers can use those characters and adapt those stories as they saw fit. It'd be awesome. Someone could literally re-write Star Wars from Episode I to Episode VI, cutting out all the crap, streamlining it, etc, and make bank. So of course George sold to Disney wants to preserve copyright into perpetuity.
Was it just the Star Wars film rights that Disney bought or film and merchandise rights? Marvel/Disney already own Spider-Man’s merchandise rights so the money for the dozen Miles Morales t-shirts in my kids closet went right into Disney’s pocket.
A lot of twitter rumors that Spidey is coming home. 7 film deal. 70/30 split. Hardy and venom and other Spidey characters to be rebooted and incorporated into MCU. Streaming rights for all Spidey movies to Disney+.
If there is a big announcement at the D23 tomorrow my tin foil hat is going on and I’m saying all these “deal on/off” rumor leaks was Feige just hyping his announcement.
If that's true then it was Sony who blinked, not Disney. A deal that gives Feige creative control over Venom, and gives Disney a 25% increase in film profits, and secures Spider-Man movies to Disney+. That's a huge deal for Disney; arguably a ton better than just "50% film profits for Spider-Man movies."
From that article: "(it's been reported both Holland and Zendaya unfollowed Sony on Instagram)." I love petty shit like that
And this morning Holland and RDJ posted side by side shots holding up Iron/Spider Man toys with the caption “We did it Mr Stark”
Captain Marvel = Carol Danvers Ms. Marvel = Kamala Khan Carol used to go by the moniker Ms. Marvel but changed to Captain Marvel. Kamala who is Muslim, was inspired by Carol and took up the name Ms. Marvel to honor her.