Marvel Entertainment bought by The Walt Disney Company

August 31, 2009 @ 7:09 pm

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I woke up this morning to find out that Marvel Entertainment had been bought by The Walt Disney Company for approximately $4 billion. I’ve been reading various news articles about what this could mean for Marvel and Disney and some analysts are saying that Pixar might be interested in making a movie with Marvel characters.

I highly doubt it given Pixar’s original story-telling history, but hey, I guess it could happen.

District 9 Arc Gun sold on eBay

August 20, 2009 @ 4:13 am

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For those of you who have seen the movie District 9, you’ll instantly recognize this Arc Gun shown above which recently sold on eBay for $1445. Obviously, the gun is non-functional (I mean, you’d have to be alien to use it anyway) but it is an official movie prop used on the set of District 9. According to the eBay listing, this is currently the only District 9 movie prop up for auction. I hope it doesn’t stay that way though. I would love to see more of these props (specifically the guns) go up for bidding.