BIG PARAMOUNT-MARVEL DEAL: Paramount To Distribute Next 5 Marvel Films

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 BIG PARAMOUNT-MARVEL DEAL: Paramount To Distribute Next 5 Marvel Films
EXCLUSIVE: I know that Paramount was thrilled with picking up those fat distribution fees during the enormous success of Iron Man this past summer. Now it's got a lock on Marvel Studios' coming product which should prove successful at the box office if the publicly traded indie doesn't screw it ... [link]

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Newsbites: The comics and cartoons edition!
Published 10/2/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Peter T Chattaway) at FilmChat
... and current comics writer J. Michael Straczynski says Branagh would be "perfect" for the film, given the "classical bent" of the character. -- Variety, MTV Splash Page 6. Paramount and Marvel Comics had so much fun with Iron Man, they have agreed to distribute five more films together: Thor, The First Avenger: Captain America, The Avengers and two Iron Man sequels. -- Variety, Nikki Finke, MTV Splash Page 7. Will Iron Man's daddy be part ...

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