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...One of the surprising things about Bluey’s success, says Matthew Deaner, chief executive of the Screen Producers Australia trade body, is that countries like the US have embraced a show featuring Australian...
...Matthew Garrahan...
...talent, is set to take a financial hit after the UK’s proposed immigration overhaul, said William Sargent, chief executive of Framestore, a British company that has worked on films including Paddington 2, Thor...
...They all had “franchise” potential and, so far, each release, from Thor to Captain America to this summer’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron has hit the mark....
...The Black Panther and Captain Marvel will become members of the Marvel “universe”, Mr Feige revealed to rapturous applause, joining established characters such as Iron Man, Captain America and Thor on the...
...A snow princess and a Nordic super hero powered Walt Disney’s first-quarter profits as the box office hits Frozenand Thor: The Dark World lifted the media group’s earnings past analyst forecasts....
...The film – together with Thor: The Dark World, from Disney’s Marvel label – helped the company’s studio division to a fourfold jump in operating profit to $475m....
...Disney bought Pixar for $7.4bn in 2006; three years later Marvel’s rich library of comic characters – including Spider-Man, Thor and The Incredible Hulk – was brought into the fold in a $4bn deal And now...
...With new films to come featuring Marvel characters such as Thor and Captain America, Mr Iger said Disney had “never been better positioned for continuous, long-term growth”....
...The Avengers, from Walt Disney’s Marvel unit, stormed the box office, bringing Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk and Thor together in the top grossing release with close to $1.5bn in global ticket sales....
...The company will release several Marvel superhero movies in the next two years, including sequels to Thor and Captain America and the third movie in the Iron Man series....
...Since its 2009 acquisition, Disney has released movies based on Marvel’s vast library of comic book characters including Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America....
...Mr Iger said the division had enjoyed “strong creative success” but the films released during the quarter – Cars 2 and Thor – were unable to scale the heights reached by Toy Story 3 and Iron Man 2 in the...
...The performance of Disney’s movie studio was marred by Mars Needs Moms, although the studio’s third quarter looks more promising after the strong opening weekend performance of Thor, which was produced by...
...However, Paramount will retain worldwide distribution rights to Thor and Captain America, the next two movies being produced by Marvel....
...The company said yesterday it would release Iron Man 2 in 2010, along with a big screen adaptation of Thor....
...of Marvel Studios, said: “We’re very excited about our summer releases, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, and look forward to resuming work with writers on our future projects including Captain America, Thor...
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