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Disney can afford to buy the Spidey rights alone though, given they are already lacking cash due to the Fox buyout.
Disney can afford to buy the Spidey rights alone though, given they are already lacking cash due to the Fox buyout.
Are the Spider-Man rights transferable? If not, would Marvel get the rights back anyway if Sony sold their movie studio to someone else?
The Fox deal is an all stock transaction.
That's not publically available info, so yeah, that's a pretty big question hovering over everything. Then again, "Sony's getting out of the film business" is just a rumour for now, so we're probably all getting a bit ahead of ourselves.
If Sony sells to someone else doesn't spider man still go back to marvel by default?
That's not publically available info, so yeah, that's a pretty big question hovering over everything. Then again, "Sony's getting out of the film business" is just a rumour for now, so we're probably all getting a bit ahead of ourselves.
Spider man film rights are transferable to the new buyer unless the 2015 amendment specifically changed that section of the contract.
http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=537939&highlight=
Spider man film rights are transferable to the new buyer unless the 2015 amendment specifically changed that section of the contract.
http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=537939&highlight=
Comcast, CNBC's owner, could also consider topping Disney's bid for Fox, according to people familiar with the matter. No decision has been made by Comcast on a topping bid yet, said the people, who asked not to be named because the decision is private. Disney is already preparing itself for a Comcast topping bid and considering responses in case, according to multiple people familiar with Disney's thinking.
An unsolicited offer at a premium to Disney's bid could persuade enough Fox shareholders to vote against Murdoch. His family controls 39 percent of Fox's Class B voting shares but owns only 17 percent of all outstanding shares. Comcast executives suggested to Murdoch last year they would be willing to pay significantly more for Fox's assets than what Disney was offering, said the people. Murdoch still went with the Disney offer, in large part due to regulatory concerns with Comcast.
Fox's international businesses are of particular interest to Comcast, which sees more potential growth outside of the U.S. than it does domestically. Spokeswomen for Comcast and Fox declined to comment.