Disney just bought 21st Century Fox

stickyfiddle

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire-twenty-first-century-fox-inc-spinoff-certain-businesses-52-4-billion-stock-2/

We might finally get a Fantastic Four movie that isn't shite. And we *might* get X-Men in the Marvel movies. 

All I ask is one scene between RDJ and Hugh Jackman's Logan...

FarleyUK

stickyfiddle said:

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire-twenty-first-century-fox-inc-spinoff-certain-businesses-52-4-billion-stock-2/

We might finally get a Fantastic Four movie that isn't shite. And we *might* get X-Men in the Marvel movies. 

All I ask is one scene between RDJ and Hugh Jackman's Logan...

Wolverine & Deadpool.....!

stickyfiddle

FarleyUK said:

stickyfiddle said:

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire-twenty-first-century-fox-inc-spinoff-certain-businesses-52-4-billion-stock-2/

We might finally get a Fantastic Four movie that isn't shite. And we *might* get X-Men in the Marvel movies. 

All I ask is one scene between RDJ and Hugh Jackman's Logan...

Wolverine & Deadpool.....!

Well they're both Fox properties, so that wasn't out of the question before. But I'll be Disney will be even more confident to put other characters into Deadpool movies than Fox

Hootsmon

FarleyUK said:

stickyfiddle said:

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire-twenty-first-century-fox-inc-spinoff-certain-businesses-52-4-billion-stock-2/

We might finally get a Fantastic Four movie that isn't shite. And we *might* get X-Men in the Marvel movies. 

All I ask is one scene between RDJ and Hugh Jackman's Logan...

Wolverine & Deadpool.....!

Wolverine and Bambi, together they cleaned up the city and at night shared a hotel room

NickBotfield

The best thing about this is that Dana Scully is now technically a Disney princess.

LesbianWithAGun

tampaxboo

disney lobbyists... eat shite.

"While Congress may not be able to make copyright perpetual, it could make the terms so long that copyright might as well last forever. If this is allowed to happen, millions of works that should be freely available for use by current and future generations of scholars, artists, and the just plain intellectually curious will remain hidden in the shadow of copyright – inaccessible and all but invisible."

https://theconversation.com/shouldnt-there-be-a-time-limit-on-mickeys-copyright-53788

https://atp.orangenius.com/how-mickey-mouse-keeps-changing-copyright-law/

scrumhalf

Whatever Murdoch's perceived faults, let's not forget how odious Walt Disney was.

ICBM

scrumhalf said:

Whatever Murdoch's perceived faults, let's not forget how odious Walt Disney was.

At least Walt has the redeeming feature of being dead .

ThePrettyDamned

FarleyUK said:

stickyfiddle said:

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire-twenty-first-century-fox-inc-spinoff-certain-businesses-52-4-billion-stock-2/

We might finally get a Fantastic Four movie that isn't shite. And we *might* get X-Men in the Marvel movies. 

All I ask is one scene between RDJ and Hugh Jackman's Logan...

Wolverine & Deadpool.....!

Didn't that already happen? 

english_bob

ThePrettyDamned said:

FarleyUK said:

stickyfiddle said:

https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/walt-disney-company-acquire-twenty-first-century-fox-inc-spinoff-certain-businesses-52-4-billion-stock-2/

We might finally get a Fantastic Four movie that isn't shite. And we *might* get X-Men in the Marvel movies. 

All I ask is one scene between RDJ and Hugh Jackman's Logan...

Wolverine & Deadpool.....!

Didn't that already happen? 

Technically, sort of kind of yes. X-Men Origins: Wolverine had a character in it called Wade Wilson who was a mercenary with a smart mouth and a sword, played by Ryan Reynolds. At the end of the film, he's turned in to a super-mutant thing with powers taken from other characters called Deadpool, but that character is so far removed from the comic book character, or the most recent film representation that there are reports that comic book fanboys actually died of outrage during screenings. The film is shit too.

Kilgore

This move leaves the future of Sky News in doubt. Murdoch has previously threatened to close it down in his attempt to buy the rest of Sky.

Whether Disney is prepared to keep funding a loss making news provider is questionable. It would be a shame if the BBC was left as the only UK 24/7 news provider.

In some respects it's surprising that Disney didn't insist on Fox News as part of the deal. Some of Murdoch's best fantasy/fiction writers and comic book characters are based there.