So that means that they now own the rights for home video distribution of the first versions of the OT Star wars films?
It's official. Disney announce acquisition of Fox(Fox News and Fox Sports are not part of the deal)
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Awesome news. Was hoping Disney would buy FOX News and launch Hannity into the sun but this is pretty good.
I think he means more because Fox News suddenly have billions of dollars in extra capital, and the rumours that Fox may try and tip the network channel in a more current affairs direction.
I mean, they announced Star Wars VII VIII and IX immediately when they acquired lucasfilm.
Secret Wars!! DOOM!! Silver Surfer!! Age of Apocalypse!! Uncanny X-Force!! Illuminati!! My geek brain is in overload now!!
Yeah ESPN already owns 4 national networks(ESPN, 2, U, News) and a pretty much national network (SEC), but getting into RSNs has been a dream of theirs since the 90's.
It couldn't be. FCC prohibits any one company from owning more than one broadcast network.
Not just that, they didn't mind releasing R-rated movies back when they owned Miramax (Quentin Tarantino films released in the 90s) and Dimension Films (horror slasher movies). Really wish people would stop posting nonsense like "hur dur durr Disney thinks R is evil hur dur"
Hope they Dr Doom is more a Loki tier villain than the standard MCU fare.
The major focus will be in Xmen I think. I hope this doesn't compromise the chances of more movies like deadpool and Logan. Imagine deadpool 3 ends up being pg13 lol.
Not really sure how to feel about this. The prospect of xmen in MCU isn't one that excites me to be honest.
The major focus will be in Xmen I think. I hope this doesn't compromise the chances of more movies like deadpool and Logan. Imagine deadpool 3 ends up being pg13 lol.
Not really sure how to feel about this. The prospect of xmen in MCU isn't one that excites me to be honest.
The marvel stuff is all well and good but jesus christ how can one company owning so many properties, channels, studios and services be a good thing.
No it's not. From the PR of the Sony/Marvel deal for Spider-Man
I think so. It seems like FS1 and FS2 didn't move to Disney though.
I believe that given the current political and social climate, along with X-Men's own history, that they will be pushed pretty hard. One could argue that X-Men were just as popular, if not more popular, than Spider-Man in the 90s.
I wonder if merchandise and whatnot will start being released right away.
I saw it mentioned by analysts and some media people this would make stuff like Gotham, Lucifer and Lethal Weapon near guaranteed renewals thankfully.
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Holy shit it'd be such a great way to bring the 4 back into things.
From the press release:
Notice that Fantastic Four is listed conspicuously there. Looks like Constantin won't be a problem.
You are again talking about the movie license and I'm talking about the IP.
Well, that's obvious. It's a studio that only makes Star Wars. I think it was stating the obvious if you buy license for SW you are making SW movies.
Maybe an odd question but do we think Disney will keep the Fox name to release R-Rated movies? Because, the last I checked, Disney will not release an R-rated movie under the Disney name.
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