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Of Spiders, Mice, and Chumus

June 7, 2007 |

Ordinarily, a story such as this one which appeared in my Google reader this morning, would not attract much attention. Ok, Disney has acquired rights to Spiderman and some other Stan Lee/Marvel properties. Pretty standard business/entertainment news. Not much to raise an eyebrow, right? Wrong. As I scanned the article, I noticed a name jumped off the page:

“Stan has so many fantastic new ideas for films, and we can’t wait to get started,” said Oren Aviv, president of production at Walt Disney Studios. “Stan Lee is a living legend in the world of pop culture, and his characters and stories have been the inspiration for some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters. We’re very excited to be working with him and his talented team in creating some incredible new motion picture experiences.”

Did you catch it? Look closer:

“Stan has so many fantastic new ideas for films, and we can’t wait to get started,” said Oren Aviv, president of production at Walt Disney Studios.

Now, on the surface, big deal, right? Ok, it is cool that an Israeli is the president of production at Walt Disney Studios. But so what? Until I remembered who was the (former) head of Marvel Studios. Another Israeli businessman named Avi Arad.

Anyone wanna bet that this deal was made over a plate of chumus?

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