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Disney buys Fox for $52 Billion
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mickEblu
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Phonetically works better too.
Phroobar
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It's about time they built a Planet of the Apes ride.
Florida's Tower of Terror could be overlayed as Frankenstein's castle in Rocky Horror Picture Show. .....there's a light. Over at the Frankenstein place....There's a light. Burn'n in the fire place.
britain
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More like the Dollar Tree of America.
TROR
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The only guests that would bring in are weird theater kids who already hang out at Disney parks.
TROR
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Most notable Fox properties, to me anyways, from 1935 to 1950 are Miracle on 34th Street, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959). Cleopatra (1963) and The Sound of Music (1965) are also two classics that could also be used by Disney.
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britain
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I wonder if they have the right to remake those Rogers & Hammerstein films, or if that would have to be renegotiated with the theatrical production's copyright owners.
Don't get me wrong, I love the original films! I just know that Disney has found a lot of success lately with musicals and remakes.
Phroobar
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They could use Young Frankenstein like they intended to in the first place.
Ismael Flores
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Could it be that those are not owned by Tweentieth century Fox? They could be independently financed and the owners of those parks are just licensing the rights for from Fox.
TP2000
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Glad to see Disney being the one to take over other companies, instead of the other way around. Can you imagine if DIsney hadn't become as big as it has in the last 15 years, and if in an alternate 2017 the sheer panic we'd share over the news Fox or Paramount or General Electric were buying Disney with vague plans for the Parks Division?
That said, not sure there's a lot of immediate theme park plug ins from this news.
The only Fox division that stuck out to me was the National Geographic channel, which could get a NatGeo branded show or exhibit in Animal Kingdom immediately. WIth possibilities for Adventureland longer term.
That said, not sure there's a lot of immediate theme park plug ins from this news.
The only Fox division that stuck out to me was the National Geographic channel, which could get a NatGeo branded show or exhibit in Animal Kingdom immediately. WIth possibilities for Adventureland longer term.
Hatbox Ghostbuster
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“The acquisition of this stellar collection of businesses from 21st Century Fox reflects the increasing consumer demand for a rich diversity of entertainment experiences that are more compelling, accessible and convenient than ever before,” Iger said in a statement Thursday morning.
Who wanted Disney to purchase Fox???
Apparently...we did! And we is smart.
Who wanted Disney to purchase Fox???
Apparently...we did! And we is smart.
This is all about content and the OTT business that Disney is trying to build to compete with Netflix and Amazon. As well as a broad overseas business with Sky. I expect them to make a play for the rest of Hulu in the next couple of years.
Practical Pig
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I want an "All About Eve" dark ride, just so during the loading spiel we get to hear "fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy ride."
mickEblu
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How does this impact Disney’s plans for their own “Netflix.” As @DisneyIrishGuy said, Do they make a play at the rest of Hulu and just use that as their platform?
Rich T
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Yes, this is far better than Fox buying Disney. BUT... Disney is certainly losing its unique identity more quickly than I think anyone expected. It's probably inevitable--It's amazing that the company's kept its creative center as long as it did.
Hey, this is better than an extinct, dismantled Disney. But we're not far from the point where the "Disney" name will have no more emotional resonance with the public than "Comcast" or "Time/Warner."
Currently it has no impact, they are moving forward with ESPN platform in 2018 and a Disney/Fox platform in 2019. I could see them making a play for Hulu in a couple years. But we'll see how that plays out. I think they'll have some package deal where you get either one of the platforms or a combination package of all 3. How they split the content is probably something they are still figuring out. Hulu may become the more original content, while the Disney/Fox platform becomes the studio content.
nevol
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Avatar where tram dropoff-splitsville would have been nice but cheap retail corridors are more the DLR style. I am not concerned about the parks being impacted by this at all, because this is clearly a play to get as much content as possible to put on their own streaming service. I do however worry that it is such a sprawling entertainment empire that it would be hard for anybody to manage. Disney's acquisitions in the past, save for the network tv and espn stuff, all fit the disney brand to an extent. Eisner era acquisitions of this scale that created the disney of today, as successful as it is, have distracted and drawn investments away from Disney's core identity and assets. With so many production, movie, animation studios, will any future executive really care about theme parks?
I don't think disney should intervene in what kind of content fox produces; the strength of the acquisition is in its diversification. And the same goes for P+R; if they are doing well, the should grow organically, though we know how the board has bullied parks into being their promo wing. With a larger company overall and more cash flowing, major investments will only become easier. However, again, more investors to worry about means more conservative spending. Disney almost went bankrupt as a small company building tokyo disneyland and EPCOT. To do that today, they'd have to spend 100 billion dollars, which would never happen.
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Hatbox Ghostbuster
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Am I the only one with a sinking feeling that Iger is nowhere near done acquiring more companies and IP content?
Hell, the man basically just gave himself a 2-year extension! I fear for what all might fall under the "Disney" umbrella by 2020.
Hell, the man basically just gave himself a 2-year extension! I fear for what all might fall under the "Disney" umbrella by 2020.
I don't think Disney will be looking at content acquisitions anytime soon. If anything it will be distribution and streaming services they look at, such as Hulu. Now some may argue that Hulu has become a content provider, but really its still primarily a content streaming service not a provider. So something to bolster its streaming and distribution model will be the only thing Iger or any future CEO will be looking at in the near to long term.