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https://variety.com/2019/film/featu...ain-1203300260/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Thanos Iger snapped away Fox's planned films.
They are banking on West Side Story though.
Also, Jojo Rabbit looks like it could be a make or break for Searchlight.
EDIT: Oh this link is from the New Mutants thread, lock this thread then.
https://variety.com/2019/film/featu...ain-1203300260/amp/?__twitter_impression=true
Twentieth Century Fox received its first-quarter grades from the Walt Disney Co. last week, and in a public rebuke, the studio's new corporate parent made it plain that it viewed the first few months as an ominous sign of trouble ahead.
In a sharp reprimand that left staffers at Fox reeling and worried about their already fragile job security, Disney chief executive Bob Iger declared on the company's Aug. 6 quarterly earnings call that "the Fox studio performance … was well below where it had been and well below where we hoped it would be when we made the acquisition." Iger's tone was measured, but his message was clear: Shape up.
"I've never seen a public hanging like that," remarks one prominent Hollywood producer.
Disney is optimistic that handing Fox superhero properties such as "Fantastic Four" and "X-Men" to Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige will improve the quality of these movies, but bumps must be smoothed over in that transition. The studio is unimpressed with "New Mutants," an "X-Men" spinoff with a haunted-house vibe, and believes it has limited box office potential.
The studio is also grappling with how to fit the very R-rated Deadpool into its PG-13-rated Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The goal is to find a way for the character to move seamlessly between "Avengers" spinoffs and bloody, profane stand-alone adventures.
Thanos Iger snapped away Fox's planned films.
Gone are original films such as a slate of titles from British animator Locksmith. The company's completed movie "Ron's Gone Wrong," about a fleet of robots designed to be every child's best friend, will be released by Disney in November 2020 — but three slated projects, including a film about misbehaving fairies (pitched as naughty Tinkerbells) have been given back to their creators. A live-action version of the female-centered comic "Lumberjanes," from animator Noelle Stevenson, has also been canceled. TV kingpin Greg Berlanti will no longer direct the Jackie Kennedy drama "The Editor," but is still attached to produce it along with the movie musical "Be More Chill."
They are banking on West Side Story though.
Also, Jojo Rabbit looks like it could be a make or break for Searchlight.
The only bright spot for the film operation would seem to be Fox Searchlight, the long-operating darling of the indie film world, which will test Disney's patience with the wacky Hitler drama "Jojo Rabbit," from "Thor: Ragnarok" director Taika Waititi, this fall. The movie is expected to be a major awards contender.
The scathing takedown of Nazism may, however, prove a little too edgy for Disney brass accustomed to producing movies suitable for parents and kids. Searchlight has started to screen the film for its new parent company. Halfway through one recent viewing one executive grew audibly uncomfortable, worrying aloud that the material would alienate Disney fans. His unease may have been over the film's cutting-edge satire, but it was also an expression of the culture clash taking place as the two studios embark on their new union.
EDIT: Oh this link is from the New Mutants thread, lock this thread then.