Reports: Disney in talks to acquire a chunk of Fox Entertainment

[hedrap]

It's a horrible deal and going to cost thousands of jobs by the end. All because Murdoch's sons are inept and need to be protected.

[MRP]

I keep wondering when they will hit the point where the US government screams monopoly and breaks up the house of mouse

According to Variety, there have already been calls for hearings by the Senate Judiciary Antitrust committee on the merger and it is expected to take 12-18 months of regulatory hearing and red tape before the deal is approved and finalized at the Fed level.

http://variety.com/2017/politics/new...ar-1202642693/

So I wouldn't expect any content to be greenlit before that final approval is made, so we won't be seeing anything come of this for up to two years now.

-M

[Bruce Banner]

Of course there are reports out there now (reported on by the Nerdist) that Marvel won't get the FF rights back because Fox only owned distribution rights, not the IP rights, which are held by a German production company...

Well, if that's true then it seriously just rained on my parade.

[The Bat]

This article says differently:

http://www.superherohype.com/news/409373-breaking-disney-buys-20th-century-fox-and-20th-century-fox-television

"The agreement also provides Disney with the opportunity to reunite the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Deadpool with the Marvel family under one roof and create richer, more complex worlds of inter-related characters and stories that audiences have shown they love."

[hedrap]

If the govt actually gets involved, it's going to be over distribution and production which is where thousands of jobs are at stake. But either way, the ip and library are gone to Disney. In fact, if things got real ugly and Disney was cracked into pieces, Marvel would spin off and have all its rights returned.

[jwyblejr]

How much of Hulu does Fox have? That might be how Disney gets their streaming service. It's all set up and ready for them to go.

[thunderbolt]

^^^ Disney now has 60 percent of Hulu. They already had 30 percent thru ABC. Comcast has 30 and Time Warner has 10. If Disney plans to pull all of its product to its own streaming service, Hulu won't have much left content wise.

[Nostalgiabuff]

doesn't look like this deal will see the release of the unaltered Star Wars Trilogy though. it is apparently Lucas's wishes that they not be released and Kathy Kennedy is adhering to it

[emeraldknight47]

doesn't look like this deal will see the release of the unaltered Star Wars Trilogy though. it is apparently Lucas's wishes that they not be released and Kathy Kennedy is adhering to it

One has to wonder WHY Lucas is so eager to DENY SW fans the one thing they truly want...

[Nostalgiabuff]

One has to wonder WHY Lucas is so eager to DENY SW fans the one thing they truly want...

because apparently, in his mind, the definitive version is what was released on Bluray in 2011 and he does not want the older versions out there. although didn't they release DVD versions a while back that had both the original and special editions and came with the comic book of the movie too?

[PNGwynne]

One has to wonder WHY Lucas is so eager to DENY SW fans the one thing they truly want...

I've wondered this myself. It's a rare case indeed when art is improved by revision.

[The Bat]

although didn't they release DVD versions a while back that had both the original and special editions

Yes they did and I own them.