The Marvel Cinematic Universe represented many breakthroughs in terms of commercial success and cultural impact, but it also provided a new dimension to storytelling by adapting the crossover nature of comic books to the big screen and Warner paid attention to it by creating its own version of it through TV, the Arrowverse.
Month: July 2019
A Beginner’s Guide to Halo
When you think of a first-person shooter game, the first ones to pop up in your mind are likely the Halo games. And for a good reason; this series of games has become one of the most popular first-person shooter games, and they have inspired several novels, comic books, and even some animated short films.
The Top 10 Video Game Multimedia Universes
While other forms of media are not strangers to tie-ins and merchandise outside of their primary format, video games have only really embraced this in the past five years or so.
One needs only look at recent video game news headlines to see the trend in full force.
Is Disney a Monopoly?
In November 2017, it was first announced by the news network CNBC that The Walt Disney Company was considering an acquisition of 21st Century Fox. Later that year, a deal was made by the two companies, stating that Fox would sell a portion of it’s assets to the company for $52.4 billion. A bidding war soon ensued with entertainment rival Comcast, but Disney followed through on it’s acquisition quest, officially buying 21st Century Fox on March 20, 2019 for $71.3 billion.
