MGM bidding for USF

[mhead]

Originally posted by BigNorm
Yes Lucas Film owns the movie franchises, I didn't say they didn't, I said they did. What I did say was they were distributed by 20th Century Fox and Paramount respectively meaning those are the companies that put the movies in your local theaters, while Lucas Film is the company which creates the movies.

somewhat correct. Actually Lucasfilms does not own Star Wars exclusively. 20th Century Fox does own part of it - I mean Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope. Lucasfilm owns all the other Star Wars movies. This is why you see Star Wars on TV all the time but never do you see The Empire Strikes Back or Any of the others. This was part of the agreement when Lucas made the movie - so Fox would help finance it. As a result this is the one movie Lucas does not completely own. He owns all the NEW parts in the Special Edition, but because Fox has some ownership in the other portions of the movie they are able to distribute it out to whoever pays to show it.

 

[Hochmania]

Originally posted by WDW1971
The "Tower of Terror" didn't make any reference to The Twilight Zone whatsoever. It just happened to be based on the story behind the ride at the Studios. If you'll check on the items that Disney sells in the shop at the ride, you'll find copyrights for CBS.

Actually the full name of the ride is Twilight Zone - Tower of Terror...just nitpicking :wave:

 

[Dizknee_Phreek]

Originally posted by Hochmania
Actually the full name of the ride is Twilight Zone - Tower of Terror...just nitpicking :wave:

i think WDW1971 was just talking about the movie...which, if i remember correctly, didn't have any reference to the Twilight Zone. but you're right, as all us Disney World fanatics know, the attraction is based on the classic tv series

 

[Dizknee_Phreek]

i'm only dreaming here, but it'd be really cool if Disney and New Line Cinema teamed up...that way the park could have Lord of the Rings based attractions...i'd be in heaven!!!
then again, they'd eventually probably have to add Austin Powers, which would just make me :hurl:

realistically, the best bet is to just call it the Disney Studios and leave it at that while having deals with other companies for rights to their movies. of course, i'll always call it MGM just cuz it's easier.

 

[WDW1971]

Originally posted by Hochmania
Actually the full name of the ride is Twilight Zone - Tower of Terror...just nitpicking :wave:

You'd be right if I had been referring to the ride in that quote. I wasn't...I was referring to the Steve Guttenberg movie.

 

[Hank Scorpio]

realistically, the best bet is to just call it the Disney Studios and leave it at that while having deals with other companies for rights to their movies. of course, i'll always call it MGM just cuz it's easier. [/B]

Yeah, how true - how many of us will still be calling it MGM in 10 years time even though the partnership willl likely be history.

I remember when I first heard it was called Disney-MGM and I thought how stupid, why not just call it Disney Studios and now I am so used to it I guess it will always be MGM.

 

[NakedMickey]

Originally posted by Dizknee_Phreek
i'm only dreaming here, but it'd be really cool if Disney and New Line Cinema teamed up...that way the park could have Lord of the Rings based attractions...i'd be in heaven!!!

Sorry to burst your bubble but although Disney does have some merchandising rights for Lord Of The Rings, Universal owns the theme park rights. So in other words if we wil be seeing a Lord of the Rings attraction it will be at the new Universal park

 

[Hank Scorpio]

new universal park??!?!? :lookaroun

 

[Nineinchnailsmk]

Did Disney have the relationship with MGM during the idea phase of putting the Great Movie Ride in Epcot? I really cant see MGM pulling the GMR. I mean, its promotion for them, unless Disney decides not to promote MGM....

eh, who knows, I guess well find out next year!

:wave:

 

[Nineinchnailsmk]

thread drift...

how much land does Universal own in Florida? It cant be as much as Disney...

 

[Shaman]

Originally posted by Nineinchnailsmk
thread drift...

how much land does Universal own in Florida? It cant be as much as Disney...

I can't recall the numbers but I think there is a huge difference...with Disney having alot more land, alot more land...did I mention alot more land... :sohappy:

So much land...imagine the possibilities...

 

[Mr. Toad]

Originally posted by mhead
somewhat correct. Actually Lucasfilms does not own Star Wars exclusively. 20th Century Fox does own part of it - I mean Star Wars Episode IV : A New Hope. Lucasfilm owns all the other Star Wars movies. This is why you see Star Wars on TV all the time but never do you see The Empire Strikes Back or Any of the others. This was part of the agreement when Lucas made the movie - so Fox would help finance it. As a result this is the one movie Lucas does not completely own. He owns all the NEW parts in the Special Edition, but because Fox has some ownership in the other portions of the movie they are able to distribute it out to whoever pays to show it.

While I know this was true I thought that I had read that part of the agreement Lucas made with 20th Century Fox that gave them the theater distribution rights for Episodes 1-3 gave Lucas complete ownership of the original Star Wars (Episode 4).

 

[Figment1986]

Originally posted by objr
I can't recall the numbers but I think there is a huge difference...with Disney having alot more land, alot more land...did I mention alot more land... :sohappy:

So much land...imagine the possibilities...

The land the parks are on at Uni is the original property, from the original park over to I-4, then they bought the old Lockheed property a few years back, when they are done cleaning it up they will build on it, (Uni blv goes through the new property i belive.)

 

[Nineinchnailsmk]

Yea, I remember on the travel channel they asian guy...high up on the food chain...saying they have tons of land and tons of ideas to fill the land. What I am curious about is how much land is not being used...ie not for hotels, parks, etc...

 

[imagineersrock]

Originally posted by Nineinchnailsmk
Yea, I remember on the travel channel they asian guy...high up on the food chain...saying they have tons of land and tons of ideas to fill the land. What I am curious about is how much land is not being used...ie not for hotels, parks, etc...

are you reffering to the amount of land left for disney or uni?

well if its disney you're talking about; well disney has only built on about 1/4 of its land in orlando i believe it is... the point is, trust me they're is TONS of land left to build on in wdw.

 

[McArcDes]

When I was interning at Imagineering in '98 one of the project managers told me that they had enough land to keep building for the next 25 years. I also know they are still buying land so the size of the property is still getting bigger.

 

[imagineersrock]

Originally posted by McArcDes
When I was interning at Imagineering in '98 one of the project managers told me that they had enough land to keep building for the next 25 years. I also know they are still buying land so the size of the property is still getting bigger.

wow are you serious? i had no idea they were STILL buying land!

thats real interesting... thanks for the info.

 

[Bagheera]

Originally posted by Lee
I have heard that the deal with MGM did not allow for certain types of promotion, such as computer media or home video.
Who knows...

That is, in fact, true, and is the real reason why the MGM name has never been on promotional videos.

Actually, that's not entirely true. I believe that they cannot use it on media going overseas, so they have not used it since they have been sending vacation videos overseas. (Or, at least, that's my understanding.)

 

[Poncho1973]

Originally posted by imagineersrock
wow are you serious? i had no idea they were STILL buying land!

thats real interesting... thanks for the info.

Actually, Disney has SOLD much more Orlando property than it's BOUGHT in the last 15 years.

 

[NakedMickey]

Originally posted by Nineinchnailsmk
thread drift...

how much land does Universal own in Florida? It cant be as much as Disney...

Universal has actually a lot of land that is not "on property" so to speak. There is actually a lot of land that Universal owns that is located behind were the new phase of Orlando Convention Center is being built. There is definitley enough space to build a pretty good size theme park not to mention that they still have some room were they have already built. But I have not doubt that Universal will build their next park on that land that is loacted by the convention center.