Disney Now Setting Its Sights On Hasbro?

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Disney and George Lucas shocked the world last week, when they announced that Lucas had sold his LucasFilm studio, which includes the rights to Star Wars and most of its characters, to media giant. News and rumors have been pouring in as to when to expect more Star Wars related material, Disney has possibly turned their attention to buying up another company with more film and toy opportunities, Hasbro. According to MTV, Disney has been in contact with Hasbro about acquiring them. As of right now it is just talk, but the talks are serious enough that an announcement could be made at any day.

A move like this would normally take time, but Disney has been moving fast while trying to get deals done. It reportedly only took them 6 months to hammer out a deal with Lucas for LucasFilm. What also makes this interesting is that Hasbro holds the toy and table top game licenses to already owned Marvel, and newly bought Star Wars.

What that means for movies, is likely to be the same for the way it has worked with Marvel. Really the only active movie franchises that Hasbro has going right now is G.I. Joe and Transformers, both of which are parked at Paramount. MTV's report states that Disney could easily change that.

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JakeLester/news/?a=69682

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they can always make a movie about some hasbro game that has actually nothing to do with the game ;)

I don't think Disney will make Candy Land, sounds like a porn.. .Clue might work though or Risk or the Bop It Movie!! just 120 minutes of Bop it, pull it, smack it, bop it!

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As long they don't touch LEGO or MECANO... that's alright.

I will be ****ed if they take over lego group..... they have been pushing their products into lego lately, they use to go after megablocks, but lego has the disney contract now and that has been kinda scaring me... kinda like how disney kept making starwars micky figures and stuff... almost like a bad omen

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I will be ****ed if they take over lego group..... they have been pushing their products into lego lately, they use to go after megablocks, but lego has the disney contract now and that has been kinda scaring me... kinda like how disney kept making starwars micky figures and stuff... almost like a bad omen

unrelated really a lego movie is coming

http://gizmodo.com/5938720/a-lego-movie-is-happening-movie-stars-sign-up-to-play-lego-people

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