So Disney is buying most of Fox

famicommander · Dec 14, 2017

The deal is all but done.

Basically, Disney is buying everything Fox owns EXCEPT:
Fox (broadcast TV network)
Fox News Channel
Fox Business Channel
Fox Sports One
Fox Sports Two
Big Ten Network
Fox Deportes
News Corp (all Fox's print media stuff)

And Disney gets everything else. FX, FXX, FXM, Fox's share of Hulu (Disney now has 60% with Comcast and WB owning the rest), National Geographic, all of Fox's international stations, all of Fox's TV and movie studios, and all of their intellectual property including what they still owned of Star Wars, X-Men, Fantastic Four, the Simpsons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Avatar, Modern Family... all of it.

StaticX · Dec 14, 2017

The Simpson's predicted this back in 98. Hope they decide to do more with the Alien franchise and Predator as well.

famicommander · Dec 14, 2017

I'd rather they just give up on the Alien franchise as well as the Predator franchise. Between them, they have three good movies: Alien, Aliens, and Predator. The rest is shit.

StevenK · Dec 14, 2017

Famicommander said:
I'd rather they just give up on the Alien franchise as well as the Predator franchise. Between them, they have three good movies: Alien, Aliens, and Predator. The rest is shit.

Alien 3 and Predators were decent movies. Not brilliant, but certainly not shit.

wyo · Dec 14, 2017

SteveNK said:
Alien 3 and Predators were decent movies. Not brilliant, but certainly not shit.

You have to remember that fami thinks 99% of any given thing is shit.

famicommander · Dec 14, 2017

wyo said:
You have to remember that fami thinks 99% of any given thing is shit.

If stuff weren't so terrible we wouldn't have this problem

StevenK · Dec 14, 2017

wyo said:
You have to remember that fami thinks 99% of any given thing is shit.

We also learned recently that fami doesn't like pretentious people, or those that take themselves too seriously.

Or irony, apparently :keke:

GhostSeed · Dec 14, 2017

If they ever make another Marvel vs Capcom at least it'll have some X-Men in it.

joe8 · Dec 14, 2017

Famicommander said:
The deal is all but done.

Basically, Disney is buying everything Fox owns EXCEPT:
Fox (broadcast TV network)
Fox News Channel
Fox Business Channel
Fox Sports One
Fox Sports Two
Big Ten Network
Fox Deportes
News Corp (all Fox's print media stuff)

And Disney gets everything else. FX, FXX, FXM, Fox's share of Hulu (Disney now has 60% with Comcast and WB owning the rest), National Geographic, all of Fox's international stations, all of Fox's TV and movie studios, and all of their intellectual property including what they still owned of Star Wars, X-Men, Fantastic Four, the Simpsons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Avatar, Modern Family... all of it.

Fox and Disney are both quite conservative organizations, so it makes sense that they would join forces.

Morden · Dec 15, 2017

SteveNK said:
Alien 3 and Predators were decent movies. Not brilliant, but certainly not shit.

I've re-watched Predator 2 recently. That movie is so damn ridiculous. I always loved the fact that it's set 7 years in the future from when it was released. It's one of those visions of the future where things keep going to shit, the crime is rampant, it's getting hotter, and guns are starting to get weird, but still shoot bullets instead of lasers.

Colorado Rockie · Dec 15, 2017

joe8 said:
Fox and Disney are both quite conservative organizations, so it makes sense that they would join forces.

Disney is very liberal though.

k'_127 · Dec 15, 2017

I'm not familiar with what Disney currently owns. What's their stance on R rated movies?

As someone who enjoyed Fox's Marvel movies far more than anything Marvel Studios made (mainly the Xmen prequels, Deadpool and Logan), I hope they continue to operate independently as they are now. At least to certain degree.

GhostSeed said:
If they ever make another Marvel vs Capcom at least it'll have some X-Men in it.

Rumor already mentioned MvC:I to have XMen as future DLC, along with a graphical overhaul for the game (same rumor source was almost on point regarding SF5 season 3 / AE content).

joe8 · Dec 15, 2017

Colorado Rockie said:
Disney is very liberal though.

I don't know what you mean- Disney has always made family-friendly movies. They usually don't have controversial or edgy content in their movies. They're never made an R-rated film.

FAT$TACKS · Dec 15, 2017

joe8 said:
I don't know what you mean- Disney has always made family-friendly movies. They usually don't have controversial or edgy content in their movies. They're never made an R-rated film.

Touchtone Pictures was Disney. They kind of kept that fact under the table, but that was the channel they used to release more adult oriented movies. They had a few R rated hits. It was totally Disney though just with a different name slapped on it.

Heinz · Dec 15, 2017

Eventually there will only be one media corporation who owns everything.

100proof · Dec 15, 2017

GhostSeed said:
If they ever make another Marvel vs Capcom at least it'll have some X-Men in it.

Fox's deal was only for the movie/TV rights. MvCI could've had X-men in it. It just doesn't... either because of Capcom's stupidity or (more likely) Marvel dictating to them that it couldn't.

100proof · Dec 15, 2017

Disney now owns so many weird things. Supposedly this will give them something like 40% of the movie and television distribution market.

This country's well past due for some trustbusting.

Wachenroder · Dec 15, 2017

100proof said:
Fox's deal was only for the movie/TV rights. MvCI could've had X-men in it. It just doesn't... either because of Capcom's stupidity or (more likely) Marvel dictating to them that it couldn't.

Thats exacty what happened. Marvel has been trying to dial back X-Men and FF4 licensing and even comics for a few years now.

There was no way they were gonna let Capcom promote Fox properties during that time. Sucks the game didnt get re negotiated before it came out the way it did.

Kid Panda · Dec 15, 2017

Alien and Predator plushies now available at the Disney Store!!!!

joe8 · Dec 15, 2017

FAT$TACKS said:
Touchtone Pictures was Disney. They kind of kept that fact under the table, but that was the channel they used to release more adult oriented movies. They had a few R rated hits. It was totally Disney though just with a different name slapped on it.

That's exactly my point, any movie that actually had the Disney logo on it, was family-friendly, and wasn't R-rated.
Probably some of the Fox film series, like Alien, Predator, etc. won't actually have the Disney logo on the movie poster.

Wachenroder · Dec 15, 2017

Wait a minute! Does that mean Disney also finally has complete distribution rights on A New Hope along with the rest of Fox shared films?

I remember Fox owned the rights forever or something like that. Damn Disney just got full control over quite a few of their properties.

famicommander · Dec 15, 2017

Wachenroder said:
Wait a minute! Does that mean Disney also finally has complete distribution rights on A New Hope along with the rest of Fox shared films?

I remember Fox owned the rights forever or something like that. Damn Disney just got full control over quite a few of their properties.

Yes. They now have full control over Star Wars and Marvel rights.

oliverclaude · Dec 16, 2017

Robert Iger's call-up for his presidential candidacy.

Lets Gekiga In · Dec 16, 2017

Kid Panda said:
Alien and Predator plushies now available at the Disney Store!!!!

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