"Artisan Entertainment and Marvel Enterprises, Inc., announced today the formation of a joint venture that will bring to life several of Marvel's world renowned superheroes and villains via original productions created for distribution through feature films, television, home video and the Internet. The agreement marks the most far-reaching deal Marvel has entered into to date with any of the Hollywood studios. Through the venture, Artisan and Marvel will develop, produce and distribute programming on a worldwide basis based on fifteen mutually agreed upon Marvel properties, including the ever-popular Captain America and Thor as well as such edgy characters as Morbius, Deadpool, Black Panther, Iron Fist and Ant Man."
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