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In the fourth quarter, Marvel, creator of Spider-Man, X-Men and other characters, repurchased 6.9 million of its shares, and it has bought back another 5.1 million shares so far during the first quarter, Crockett said. Since launching its buyback program in July 2004, Marvel has purchased 25.5 million shares, or 26 percent of its float.
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"Given its unique mix of motorcycle combat, supernatural themes and popular Marvel characters, Ghost Rider is the perfect property to translate into a video game," said Jesse Sutton, president of Majesco. "The simultaneous release of our game and the feature film event will ensure that Ghost Rider is next summer's biggest Super Hero."
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Variety reports that Dimension Films will produce a feature film based on the Marvel Comics characters Cloak and Dagger. The characters have had their own short-lived series, and they currently appear in "Marvel Knights." David Tischman, who has previously written the "Mutant X" comic books, will write the film's script.
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MFORMA is Marvel Entertainment’s exclusive wireless licensee and will be publishing a steady stream of Marvel-based content for Marvel Mobile for mobile users worldwide. Already several Marvel Super Heroes including Spider-Man, X-Men, Elektra, Blade, and The Fantastic Four have been brought to mobile by MFORMA in the form of mobile games and personalisation content, and more Super Heroes, such as The Incredible Hulk and Ghost Rider will be coming soon. These iconic characters represent some of the best loved characters in the world and they have a huge worldwide following, spanning all ages and all territories. All Marvel Mobile content published by MFORMA will eventually appear on the Marvel Mobile portal, which will constantly be refreshed and updated as new products are developed and new Super Heroes go mobile.
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Artisan Entertainment is pushing ahead with a film adaptation of "The Punisher," based on the Marvel Comics character, according to Variety. Jonathan Hensleigh will direct the film, which will ignore the previous "Punisher" film starring Dolph Lundgren.
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Since then there have been some ups and downs for the comic book industry but at the moment it seems to be the Marvel Age of movies. In the last few years Marvel has several of their characters turned into major motion pictures that have brought in millions of dollars, including Blade, Punisher, Spiderman, the Hulk, and Daredevil.
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