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After weeks of teasing the public with reports of false starts and stops, Disney and Fox have settled on a massive $52 billion deal in which all of 21st Century’s film rights are being sold to the House of Mouse.
tanker27 wrote:After weeks of teasing the public with reports of false starts and stops, Disney and Fox have settled on a massive $52 billion deal in which all of 21st Century’s film rights are being sold to the House of Mouse.
Arvald wrote:The real question is whether they would roll Xmen into MCU.
I cannot see them doing it... there are just too many characters.
io9 wrote:Properties like Avatar, The Simpsons, FX Networks and National Geographic will also fold into Disney’s portfolio according to the official release.
superjawes wrote:... television is a better platform for that. (How are those shows going, btw?)
derFunkenstein wrote:Also a majority stake in Hulu. What happens to the Disney-specific streaming stuff they've been talking about? They bought out BAMTech just to do it.
tanker27 wrote:I was actually asking about the X-Men shows. I've seen most of the Marvel stuff (yeah, Iron Fist weighs down everyone else), but aren't Fox running a couple X-Men shows right now? Or is it just Legion?The Netflix shows are swimmingly good. There are some missteps *cough*Iron Fist*cough* but the majority are good. The other offerings are doing well....well....except for the Inhumans crap. I am excited about Cloak and Dagger. The Runaways is fun as hell! MCU's TV/Streaming is by far better than DC's soap opera 5#!7.
Arvald wrote:tanker27 wrote:After weeks of teasing the public with reports of false starts and stops, Disney and Fox have settled on a massive $52 billion deal in which all of 21st Century’s film rights are being sold to the House of Mouse.
The real question is whether they would roll Xmen into MCU.
I cannot see them doing it... there are just too many characters.
tanker27 wrote:Speculation is that that they wouldnt put any money into it moving forward with their own branded service. I am ok with this. I have given HULU way too many tries but It's terrible to me when compared to Netflix. (the commercials are terrible)
Vhalidictes wrote:Wait, what!? The paid version of Hulu has commercials? Is this Cable TV all over again?
ludi wrote:Vhalidictes wrote:Wait, what!? The paid version of Hulu has commercials? Is this Cable TV all over again?
There is only the paid version of Hulu now, and yes, it has commercial breaks. The days gone by when you could watch a handful of recent broadcast shows without a subscription, paid for exclusively by commercials, are long gone.
derFunkenstein wrote:io9 wrote:Properties like Avatar, The Simpsons, FX Networks and National Geographic will also fold into Disney’s portfolio according to the official release.
Does that mean Lisa Simpson is a Disney princess now? Exactly what she wouldn't want.
ludi wrote:Is anyone being engaged by the latest AoS storyline? I'm not. It feels a bit like Jackson's Hobbit -- there's a viable plot, but it's thin, like butter spread over too much bread. Reduce it by 33% and spruce up the action sequences a bit, and it would be more traditional MCU.
the wrote:derFunkenstein wrote:io9 wrote:Properties like Avatar, The Simpsons, FX Networks and National Geographic will also fold into Disney’s portfolio according to the official release.
Does that mean Lisa Simpson is a Disney princess now? Exactly what she wouldn't want.
I don't think the deal covered any broadcast (which controls the Simpsons) or cable station since Disney already owns ABC networks and is a direct competitor. The transaction was carved specifically to keep that piece from going to Disney since it'd never pass by regulators anyway.
However, they did get a different princess added.
derFunkenstein wrote:Just saw Black Panther. I heard reviews of "OMG BEST MCU MOVIE YET" but I wouldn't go that far. Still, pretty good.
derFunkenstein wrote:Just saw Black Panther. I heard reviews of "OMG BEST MCU MOVIE YET" but I wouldn't go that far. Still, pretty good.