By MICHAEL SMITH Movie Critic on Aug 31, 2009, at 1:05 PM Updated on 8/31 at 1:05 PM
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Spider-Man in Mickey Mouse ears? Not likely to happen after Monday morning's announcement that Disney is spending $4 billion to buy out Marvel Comics and its treasure trove of superheroes.
But you don't have to wish upon a star to dream up all of the possible cross-promotion opportunities that will come true.
Marvel has more than 5,000 characters in its arsenal.
A Fantastic Four ride at Disneyland, an Iron Man rollercoaster at Disneyworld. A Hannah Montana episode with a "surprise" guest appearance by Hugh "Wolverine" Jackman. The "X-Men" meet "The Wizards of Waverly Place" in a TV-movie for Disney Channel.
Spider-Man (Sony), Iron Man (Paramount) and X-Men (20th Century Fox) all have movies in the works at various studios, but eventually all roads will likely lead the heroes to the Magic Kingdom.
Disney has got to be Hulking out over the deal. This is familiar and very profitable territory for the Mouse House, which paid $7.4 billion in 2006 for Pixar. That relationship has been, well, super.
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