At the Second Annual Hidden Gems Conference held this week at the Waldorf Astoria David Maisel, chairman of Marvel Studios, told the audience that the slumping economy and the credit crunch should have little or no effect on Marvel Studio’s ability to finance its slate of movies.  Maisel said that Marvel Studio’s multi-year financing agreement was solid and “should be fine through 2012.”

 

Marvel Studio’s unique film financing scheme provides access to a $525 million non-recourse revolving credit facility (see “Marvel to Produce Its Own Films”) and protects Marvel from much of the financial risk by using the rights to the character involved in a movie as collateral (see “Marvel Explains Its Sweet Movie Deal”).