Disney confirms 'Big Hero 6' feature
Published Jul 2 2012, 10:09 BST | By Hugh Armitage
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The film will become the first animated Marvel Comics feature from the studio since it acquired the publisher.
Disney reps confirmed the rumours of the adaptation of the Japanese superteam comic to Entertainment Weekly.
The team launched in 1998 with the line-up of Sunfire, Silver Samurai, GoGo Tomago, Honey Lemon, Hiro Takachiho and Baymax. It was most recently seen in Dan Slott's Amazing Spider-Man storyline 'Ends of the Earth'.
The Big Hero 6 adaptation may not feature the original line-up, as 20th Century Fox control the film rights to Sunfire and Silver Samurai as part of the X-Men franchise.
Marvel Studios is expected to announce a Guardians of the Galaxy movie in the coming weeks, with a release date already rumoured for May 16, 2014.
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This is really bizarre! I <3 Disney, I <3 Marvel and I <3 Japan but the mixture seems really strange, Silver Samurai doesn't seem like the type that would run around a meadow singing to animals! Northstar maybe!
July 4th 2012 at 8:39pm
Big Hero 6 I did not see coming.
I was hedging my bets on Power Pack
July 2nd 2012 at 3:03pm