They won't. I imagine any part of the deal would mean the FOX broadcast network would no longer exist as FOX (which will still exists for News and Sports) wouldn't want it to. That said, even if it did still exist, no way the Trump-led government blocks it. Fox News is his favorite thing and they -want- this to happen.
They may keep it but make it PG-13. If I were a Disney Exec, I would be thinking, "it would have made much more if it could be released and marketed in China, where we have 2 Disneylands." MCU movies usually have their 2nd best box office showing in China.
Personally, from that point of view I really think government should step in. I know Marvel fans don't want to here it, but Disney is starting to look like a corporation from Dredd.
If where going by that metric than Deadpool would be fine considering it did nearly 800 million.
The current running shows on FOX would probably end up on ABC or Disneyflix -- or cancelled. The back catalog would certainly be on Disneyflix (and would be a boon for boosting that service). Stuff like The Simpsons and Family Guy are definitely valuable.
ABC has a lot of programs in that channel, they cannot cram everything. I guess they can create a new channel...
The FCC document says they can't be owned by the same owner either.
Yes, I am. See my quotation of the actual rules:
No one knows. It's kind of unprecedented. I mean UPN did merge with WB network around a decade ago, but that situation was a bit different.
I thought he was asking about buying the company sorry
There isn't a way to edit out the content that is not available in China. The China Logan cut out scenes of gore and needed to cut out 10% of the scenes. They even cut out scenes showing horses getting hurt. I don't know what you're left with if you cut out dirty jokes, sex scenes, and gore in Deadpool.
I'd imagine that shows like Bob's Burgers are successful enough for Disney to leave them alone.
The question asked was about the situation of a Disney buying the Fox network. The answers in this conversation thread are about FCC rules prohibiting that.
Nah, this is all meaningless. Contracts always favor the studio/network. Plenty of actors get let out of their contracts. To stick with Marvel, think about how they just abruptly stopped with The Amazing Spider-Man series despite Andrew Garfield's contract "not being finished".
But at the same time, the people at Fox still need to secure their jobs after the buy-out (if it happens), right?
I imagine it will work like every other company that is sold or shuttered. Execs will gets a nice cushy payout. Some people will find new jobs in the new organizations. People lower on the food chain will get fucked and have to use their contacts to find work elsewhere.
All reporting on this has indicated that Newscorp will continue "Fox News" and "Fox Sports". Disney/another potential buyer would not be able to use the "Fox" name.
They won't, Disney doesn't want the Fox channel or Fox news and certainly won't be taking on the entirety of 20th Century Fox's film production(and thus market share).
You are ignoring the growth of the Chinese box office (this year so far China is $7.5 billion, up from $6.6 billion last year and compared to $8.8 billion this year in the US), the fact that the 25% share is up for negotiation this year (the 25% deal is part of a WTO settlement, the US could try to fully litigate for the Chinese distribution market to be fully opened at the WTO, but it is more likely there will be some further concessions from China), and the fact that Disney has put 2 Disneylands in China due to their recognition of the importance of the market.
They were off and on for a while, but were supposedly off at the time the story broke.
Poeple also thought Disney would throw out the prequels. Didn't happen. Remained canon and gets referenced in the tv shows, comics, and books constantly.
Zero chance they wont relaunch the entire X-Men line for introducing it into the MCU.
Pretty much... This doesn't mean everything just gets folded into Disney with Disney labels of "restrictions", if anything they'd just use Touchstone (if not 21 Century Fox if they can) as the distributor of more adult stuff just as they have for over 30 years.
