Sony buy Bad Wolf

[Starkers]

This is interesting. As a few people have said, they're unlikely to interfere with how Bad Wolf and RTD go about making Who, but I guess they may start pushing for a film again?

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Odd how the article kept mentioning His Dark Materials and other shows but not Doctor Who (even if they're not even in pre-production).

I like to think this won't effect the creative quality of Doctor Who but the pessimist in me thinks otherwise. Sony has a very bad track record creatively and has only barely managed a successful working relationship with Marvel with Spider-Man.

 

[valkyrie013]

Huh.. Soyny hasnt had the best record as of late. Not getting my hopes up now.

 

[StCoop]

The sale was already in the air before the DW deal was announced, so it's not something that's going to have come as a surprise to the BBC. Best case scenario is the show gets a bigger budget out of it.

 

[ATimson]

I like to think this won't effect the creative quality of Doctor Who but the pessimist in me thinks otherwise. Sony has a very bad track record creatively and has only barely managed a successful working relationship with Marvel with Spider-Man.

Sony Pictures Television is a sibling to Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, not a descendant. It's got a pretty decent creative track record, most notably Breaking Bad and The Crown.

 

[The Nth Doctor]

Sony Pictures Television is a sibling to Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, not a descendant. It's got a pretty decent creative track record, most notably Breaking Bad and The Crown.

Ah, good point. Much like with Fox.

Thank you for correcting me on that.