Lord of the Rings is a hot property. Like Star Wars, Pixar, and Marvel, the IP has business prospects that would be highly profitable in future years, especially given the current and potential licensing agreements. The benefit of Disney ownership means continued development and exploitation of the LOTR universe. This is one of the reasons that George Lucas wanted Disney to buy Lucasfilm; it ensures the property will live on forever. I'm all for this acquisition, much as I was for Planet of the Apes for the same reason.
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Disney negotiating the LOTR rights!
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mysto
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What we need here is someone with cash and no grasp on reality to obtain the rights to LOTR and build a 10 square mile park with 30 rides and a permanent renaissance fair in the center of it for a $5 entry fee and government subsidization. Elon Musk would be perfect.
'The blancmanges are really Australians trying to get the rights of the pelote rules from the Czech publishers!' -- Monty Python, Science Fiction Sketch
'The blancmanges are really Australians trying to get the rights of the pelote rules from the Czech publishers!' -- Monty Python, Science Fiction Sketch
PalisadesPkteer
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I believe it was Universal that got close to getting this franchise. https://www.micechat.com/19049-universal-lord-of-the-rings-universal-park/
PalisadesPkteer
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Would love to ride these. However, I can not go upside down. At Disney Quest once, went on Cyberspace Mt. and the ride operators thought that my programed ride was too tame. They put in a loop without telling me. When I TRIED to get out of ride vehicle I couldn't stand up. They had to drag me out and both had to help me over to a bench. Lost my equilibrium and couldn't stand up for an hour or more.
Club Cooloholic
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It's kinda sad that I read this and think...Uni would do it better(and faster).
Dan Deesnee
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LOTR is a great fit for Disney. They have violence but certainly no more than an average marvel movie. They also have great characters and role models and no bad language.
I imagine animated spinoffs, possibly a reboot of the original trilogy (but they're nearly perfect already in my opinion), merchandise galore. I would expect a new land incorporating elements of Galaxy's Edge. Like something where kids can craft a magic staff or swords similar to the lightsaber experience. Photo opportunities and character meets aplenty. Live shows doing archery or sword play. The ride opportunities are also tremendous. Riding on the backs of Giant Eagles in some flight of passage style attraction, riding in the barrels down the river, and a ride similar to guardians of the Galaxy where it has coaster and animatronic elements.
Seems like a no-brainer for Disney to go after this and two billion is a drop in the bucket for how much they'll make on it. Let's say they release some kind of trilogy, as long as it's decent or better, they'll probably make the 2 billion back right there.
I imagine animated spinoffs, possibly a reboot of the original trilogy (but they're nearly perfect already in my opinion), merchandise galore. I would expect a new land incorporating elements of Galaxy's Edge. Like something where kids can craft a magic staff or swords similar to the lightsaber experience. Photo opportunities and character meets aplenty. Live shows doing archery or sword play. The ride opportunities are also tremendous. Riding on the backs of Giant Eagles in some flight of passage style attraction, riding in the barrels down the river, and a ride similar to guardians of the Galaxy where it has coaster and animatronic elements.
Seems like a no-brainer for Disney to go after this and two billion is a drop in the bucket for how much they'll make on it. Let's say they release some kind of trilogy, as long as it's decent or better, they'll probably make the 2 billion back right there.
Minnesota disney fan
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I was reading an article on a website talking about Saul Zaentz Co., that they were selling the rights of the The Lord of the Rings universe with a price of 2.000 million dollars and many sites were saying that Disney were leading the bid to get the rights of the novel. Also, I read that Disney wants Peter Jackson to be involve in all the series, theme park and movies that Disney wants to release in the future, like Avatar with James Cameron! Anyone knows something about this? and if this is true, what do you think Disney would do about it?
I haven't read all 8 pages, but I would hate for disney to get LOTR. It is a great series, and I wouldn't want disney to ruin future movies like they did with the new SW movies. That would be a disaster, IMO. I'm going by their track record with SW and how they messed up the sequels. Just my opinion - no flaming please
For all of the talk about theme parks, Amazon is most likely going to buy the rights. They have the streaming service that needs content, they have the money, they already bought some of the rights, and apparently Bezos is a big Tolkein fan. It's a recipe for an overbid.
The question then is, will they work with a park for the theme park rights? In that scenario, that fits more into the Universal business model.
The question then is, will they work with a park for the theme park rights? In that scenario, that fits more into the Universal business model.
Disney is already spending more than Netflix on new content for their streamers. Right now there's a new title per week. In the second half of this year, they'll be ramping that up to two titles a week. Disney doesn't need LotR for parks or content. Medieval magic is covered by most of Fantasyland and so many other IP that Disney has access to.
Besides, Disney Live Action studios has been spitting out a lot of duds for a long time now.
Besides, Disney Live Action studios has been spitting out a lot of duds for a long time now.
JoeCamel
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They are mass producing, like restaurants serving outsize portions to justify higher prices (oh wait CFO comment here) more is not better if it is just more garbage.
A quality taste is better than mediocre (or worse) platefuls in every case
UNCgolf
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Generally speaking, yes, but not really for streaming services. They need constant content updates to keep people subscribed; otherwise it's too easy for people to sign up for one month to watch what they want and then cancel for several months until the next thing comes out.
Of course people could do that anyways, and I think a not insignificant part of the current streaming model is just hoping people forget to cancel/don't think about how easy it would be to only subscribe when there's something specific you want to watch -- it's why I won't be surprised if it eventually turns into year long contracts or something similar -- but it's still easier to keep people on the hook (not to mention advertise) if there's constantly something new they can watch.
DisneyNeighbor
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Why spend the money on rights to another franchise when they have so much material to work with? Save the money and spend it on amazing rides with current IP's!
Minnesota disney fan
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Because Chapek said in an interview I watched that he buys up the IP because he can and he will then use it. If he didn't buy it up then others would, in his opinion. I agree he should support what he has but he doesn't think that way apparently.
Heppenheimer
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So, he just wants to make sure nobody else can use it, even if that means he destroys it in the process.
Why does this remind me of someone else who's been in the news a little bit lately?
FutureCEO
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*cough* Stars Wars *cough*. Though out of all the new Disney movies....I liked Rogue One and Solo. The other 3 movies were like a remaking of the first 3.
Goofy Ninja
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Yeah, that would actually make it interesting. We'd get the iconic music and scantily clad ladies.
tcool123
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Honestly I dont think Disney has handled Star Wars the worst. I find Solo one of the most enjoyable Star Wars films, Rogue One is highly beloved and is constantly in the too of many peoples favorite Star Wars films, and the Disney+ series have all been decent to amazing. Arguments can be made about the Sequel series dropping the ball completely, but just like how many felt the prequels underdelivered only timy can tell how the population will truly feel and remember these films.
If given the right person I think LOTR could flourish under Disney however they can’t do what they did with Star Wars. They need communication and an understanding on how each piece of media connects and flows together as that was the biggest flaw in the Star Wars sequel series.
If given the right person I think LOTR could flourish under Disney however they can’t do what they did with Star Wars. They need communication and an understanding on how each piece of media connects and flows together as that was the biggest flaw in the Star Wars sequel series.
mysto
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I have to agree that Disney has handled Star Wars really well in places, especially some you point out Rogue One / Mando etc. My only real issue is the ROTR ride won't stay running.
The issue with LOTR is that it was written in like 1920 or something, and no new stories have been told since then. I'm not sure what it would take to expand that universe and write some spinoff stories. I think Disney or anyone would need that to really take it anywhere.
JoeCamel
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Burn your keyboard