Disney Buy 20th Century Fox! Was: Marvel announces Phase 3 slate

[Commander Jameson]

 

[Azrael]

If Blade is coming back then get in this guy for the role:

 

[MansizeRooster]

Disney's acquisition of Fox is now a done deal

[Mr. Gerbik]

33 minutes ago, mansizerooster said:

Disney's acquisition of Fox is now a done deal

Dr. Doom is in the room!

[NickC]

Who's ready for an Endgame mid-credits scene?

[Mr. Gerbik]

2 minutes ago, NickC said:

Who's ready for an Endgame mid-credits scene?

Something like this, a metal hand picking up the remains of the gauntlet:

 

 

I would flip out of my flippin' mind!

[Stig]

Do they own distribution rights to the Original Trilogy then?

[Mortis]

I’d assume so - hopefully we get a non special edition release now. 

[Stig]

39 minutes ago, Mortis said:

I’d assume so - hopefully we get a non special edition release now. 

 

We can only hope. Blu Ray and 4K releases without all the shit tinkering.

[JohnC]

 

[monkeydog]

IDGI. Does Fox have a dedicated Deadpool brand team or does Ryan Reynolds just keep a Deadpool suit in the cupboard and has a friend take photos once in a while?

[JohnC]

There’s this thing called Photoshop. 

[monkeydog]

21 minutes ago, JohnC said:

There’s this thing called Photoshop. 

 

I liked my anolog version better. 

 

They still need someone to do the 'shopping!

[whizzo]

15 hours ago, Mortis said:

I’d assume so - hopefully we get a non special edition release now. 

And they can start the correct way too!

[Steven]

Finally, Rian Johnson's Alien.

[JohnC]

They've now gained full operational control of Hulu. They've done a deal with Comcast, who have the remaining 33.3%. Disney get operational control immediately and from January 2024, Comcast can require Disney to buy their share or Disney can require Comcast to sell their share, with a guaranteed minimum valuation.

[drmick]

I wonder what happens to the NBC, CW, and all the non-kid friendly ABC/FOX shows in terms of the UK? Presumably Sky/NOW and Netflix continue to buy them.

[JohnC]

Disney are cancelling a bunch of stuff in development after Fox made a loss. Cameron's Avatar's are safe, as apparently is Apes, though nothing has been announced regarding another movie in that. I guess this is sort of a back door announcement that something is. Fox Searchlight hasn't been touched either. A League of Extraordinary Gentlemen reboot and Killer Klowns sequel are gone, maybe for the best. That Die Hard prequel/sequel thing finally died hard.

 

Maybe the one thing mentioned that I'm disappointed to see go is a Taika Waititi Flash Gordon movie.

[gizmo1990]

Don’t worry, at least Disney are going to give us the Home Alone reboot everyone has been hoping for.

[Stig]

On 06/02/2019 at 19:55, Azrael said:

If Blade is coming back then get in this guy for the role:

 

 

Are you...are you Kevin Fiege?

[Hanzo the Razor]

On 20/03/2019 at 12:41, Steven said:

Finally, Rian Johnson's Alien.

 

Don't even fucking joke.

[neoELITE]

Just having a look through a list of 20th Century Fox films from the 80s/90s.

 

Disney could "Disney" all of these.

 

Cocoon

The Princess Bride

Big

Dr Dolittle

Mrs Doubtfire

 

They've also got Independence Day on the list and a myriad of other action films like Speed and True Lies and Commando and the Jewell In The Nile films and they got some leftfield stuff to possibly reboot/remake including The Omen trilogy. They even released a Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie that I'd never ever heard of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_(film) 

 

Deadpool and the X-Men and the Fantastic Four are obvious for inclusion in the next batch of Marvel films.

[Don Wiskerando]

Bring the current Deadpool into the MCU via some multiverse shenanigans and hey presto, The Princess Bride is now Marvel canon.

[McCoy]

1 hour ago, neoELITE said:

Just having a look through a list of 20th Century Fox films from the 80s/90s.

 

Disney could "Disney" all of these.

 

Cocoon

The Princess Bride

Big

Dr Dolittle

Mrs Doubtfire

 

They've also got Independence Day on the list and a myriad of other action films like Speed and True Lies and Commando and the Jewell In The Nile films and they got some leftfield stuff to possibly reboot/remake including The Omen trilogy. They even released a Buffy The Vampire Slayer movie that I'd never ever heard of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer_(film) 

 

Deadpool and the X-Men and the Fantastic Four are obvious for inclusion in the next batch of Marvel films.

 

Exclusive, Buffy and vampires drafted into Phase 17 of the MCU...

[JohnC]

Vampires are already coming, with Blade. 

[Nick R]

Disney restricting cinemas' ability to show films from the Fox library on the big screen:

 

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2019-08-09/will-disney-let-theaters-screen-old-fox-movies

 

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Fox, and the movies in its storied library of motion pictures, is now part of Walt Disney Co., which has long placed tight restrictions on when and how cinemas can screen its older titles. Disney’s long-standing policy is to not allow first-run theaters or commercial discount cinemas to screen movies from its library, whether it’s an animated classic such as “Lady and the Tramp” or a more adult-oriented film such as “The Sixth Sense.”

 

That policy now will apply to Fox’s vast catalog, according to exhibition sources who were not authorized to comment. The exception, these people said, is “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” a mainstay of midnight audience-participation screenings and Halloween parties. Repertory theaters — those that specialize in screenings of old titles — will still have normal access to Fox movies, sources said.

 

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To be sure, Fox was already somewhat more restrictive than other major studios when it came to licensing its classics, exhibitors said.

 

While some distributors allow theaters to simply pay a licensing fee in order to play a Blu-ray disc, Fox would only allow theatrical screenings using electronic file collections known as digital cinema packages, or DCP. Other major film companies, including Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures, are more liberal with their oldies, cinema owners said.

 

But the Disney policy is nonetheless expected to make things more difficult for independent theaters, and has already caused uncertainty among art houses. Some said that they haven’t been given clear guidance on the rules and are left to make requests on a case-by-case basis. Certain small theater owners, including the nonprofit Roxie Theater in San Francisco’s Mission District, said they’d recently been approved to show Fox titles.

 

 

 

[JohnC]

They've begun the process of removing Fox from the studio titles. Fox Searchlight Pictures is now just Searchlight Pictures and 20th Century Fox is 20th Century Studios. The logo and fanfare remain, just adapted with the changed name.

[Ry]

When are Disney gonna get their priorities right and get The Simpsons back to greatness? 

 

Just pay billions for the old writing team.

 

Please. For the love of God.

 

[GwiDan]

3 hours ago, JohnC said:

They've begun the process of removing Fox from the studio titles. Fox Searchlight Pictures is now just Searchlight Pictures and 20th Century Fox is 20th Century Studios. The logo and fanfare remain, just adapted with the changed name.

Don’t like this. 

[Thor]

1 hour ago, GwiDan said:

Don’t like this. 

Whereas I do. Nowadays Fox is synonymous with "racist yee-haw MAGA-hat-wearing Trump-supporting thick cunts".

 

So long as they keep the visual theme and the musical fanfare, all is good. But the actual use of "Fox" should be locked away in the same cage as the swastika.