News FOX selling out to Disney?
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Disney money is sweet.
Not knowing the details of their deal, it is entirely likely that Fox has some kind of leverage on the rights, otherwise Constantin would have probably already come to Disney to make a deal following the last disaster. Now, if that leverage is maintained under new ownership is in doubt, but even if Fox only has some kind of contract for distribution or the like, Disney could potentially use it to either lock up production or halt distribution of another film long enough for the rights to revert back to them.
At the rate things are going now, Disney will be the exclusive owner of all entertainment properties in the US within 30 years. We will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
Eh, at least it'll all be in the hands of a proven competent studio...
Seriously. Do people not get that this kind of consolidation is really, really bad? A monopoly of almost all blockbuster films is pretty much the antithesis of how the blockbuster movement started in the '70s. It's absolutely terrible. And the Disney machine stifles creativity. This is ... intellectual property accelerationism. James Mangold, for example, has already said he's glad he made Logan when he did, because there's no way Disney would have gone for it.
And yet all people can think about is "CAN WE GET THE OG STAR WARS NOW?" (Kathleen Kennedy already said no) and "OMG NOW THE X-MEN CAN BE IN THE MCU" (barf).
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I saw a headline just now talking about fears that the Disney/Fox buyout could mean fewer Marvel movies being made, presumably since there would no longer be as many studios simultaneously making their own Marvel movies. I've had that thought for a while now -- one reason I liked having the characters split among different studios it that it meant more movies overall.
And it occurs to me that, beyond Marvel, the concern could be applied to movies in general. Fewer separate, competing studios could mean fewer movies being made in the long run. Not to mention a loss of diversity in the types of movies being made.
And it occurs to me that, beyond Marvel, the concern could be applied to movies in general. Fewer separate, competing studios could mean fewer movies being made in the long run. Not to mention a loss of diversity in the types of movies being made.
The idea of being excited about there being less competition in the marketplace is completely foreign to me.
Just to be clear, you're not addressing me here, are you? I agree with you that this is a bad thing. So I find your remark confusing. At whom is it directed?
Society in general.
Fewer movies a year I'm down with, the amount of movies made a year is crazy to begin with! Best case scenario, they no longer just pump out everything if they have to pick and choose and some of the lesser ideas get left behind, or at the very least, are allowed more time to develop properly.
On the downside as you say, it does mean less chance of a diverse playing field when the volume drops.
This is a really bad thing. Competition is healthy.
Fanboy excitement aside, I do agree with the notion that it's probably a bad thing overall for Disney to have such control over so many blockbuster film IPs. It's certainly not a positive trend going forward, with the movie industry already being too reliant on blockbusters as it is. At this rate, eventually those are the only films we're going to see make it to major release.
I always preferred the X-men separate to begin with. The only thing I like about this deal is that the FF might get to be in the MCU, and even then... meh, they're not my favorite characters anyway. Though I'm sure I will enjoy them and I'll definitely enjoy the X-Men in the MCU, as well, but I'm also not thrilled with Disney owning everything under the sun.
This site is saying deal is done and announcement will happen on Thursday.
http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/12/disney-fox-done-deal-formal-announcement-expected-thursday/
http://wdwnt.com/blog/2017/12/disney-fox-done-deal-formal-announcement-expected-thursday/