The Disney owns Fox thread

[psylockolussus]

Well I will always be a physical copy kinda guy/collector. So I don't like the idea of everything going digital at all. Plus it's not like Disney don't have lots of money. With Tron 3 coming out a 4K version of Legacy would make sense. Same when the new Pirates movie comes out, next Die Hard, etc.

Well the article pointed out the older Pixar, Animated Disney classics,Marvel and Star Wars movies are excluded from this lack of a physical copy. I'm also sure there are people out there that would buy a 20 to 30 year old film in every new physical format. But if the Public demand isn't there, then there's really no point in releasing every movie in their catalogue in 4k blu ray.

However, I'm sure there would be other older movies (aside from Marvel, Star Wars, Disney animated movies) that would get this 4k blu ray treatment. Could be Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men to name a few.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Well the article pointed out the older Pixar, Animated Disney classics,Marvel and Star Wars movies are excluded from this lack of a physical copy. I'm also sure there are people out there that would buy a 20 to 30 year old film in every new physical format. But if the Public demand isn't there, then there's really no point in releasing every movie in their catalogue in 4k blu ray.

However, I'm sure there would be other older movies (aside from Marvel, Star Wars, Disney animated movies) that would get this 4k blu ray treatment. Could be Avatar, Pirates of the Caribbean, X-Men to name a few.

The article seemed to suggest otherwise and that is what I am complaining about.

 

[psylockolussus]

The article seemed to suggest otherwise and that is what I am complaining about.

Thats probably for the obscure movies, or inactive franchises.

I can't see Disney not releasing Avatar on 4k Bluray when the new movie is about to happen.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Thats probably for the obscure movies, or inactive franchises.

I can't see Disney not releasing Avatar on 4k Bluray when the new movie is about to happen.

Yeah that’s what I was saying when for when Tron 3 and the next Pirates movie come soon out also. If they do I will have no complaints.

 

[psylockolussus]

The sales are probably not that good for Disney to release 4k blurays of their older movies and I can't blame them for that. A lot of their older movies (Disney movies), have already been released in Vhs, Dvd, Blu-ray and some like their animated movies have received so many editions over the last two decades. Another repackage imo seems overkill. With streaming taking over, its impossible for them to release every movie in 4k disc.

But at least, new movies might still come out in physical 4k disc.

The new mutants is coming out neXt month in physical 4k Ultra Hd so thats one.

 

[Web-Head]

Disney Closing Blue Sky Studios, Fox’s Once-Dominant Animation House Behind ‘Ice Age’ Franchise

 

[terry78]

I knew something was gonna give with them. Sad because they really do have potential.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Not a surprise.

Or taking what they want only...

A series based on Blue Sky’s Ice Age characters is already in the works for Disney+. Through five movies, the Ice Age series grossed $3.2 billion at the global box office.

I do feel for these people...

Production on the Patrick Osborne-directed Nimona, which is dated for January 14, 2022, is being stopped and the film will no longer be released, Deadline has learned. Nimona, which had 10 months of production still left to complete, followed a young shape-shifter who teams with a mad scientist named Lord Ballister Blackheart to expose the ruler of the kingdom.

 

[JP]

Depressing.

 

[MadVillainy]

Loved the first Ice Age.

And that Peanuts Movie they did years ago

 

[psylockolussus]

Disney Closing Blue Sky Studios, Fox’s Once-Dominant Animation House Behind ‘Ice Age’ Franchise

Wow. Thats a bummer. I've seen every Blue Sky Studios film similar to Pixar and WDAS.

And Nimona being canceled... thats terrible. They could at least have premiered it on D+!

 

[terry78]

I was sure Disney was going to keep on using them for other stuff and maybe just putting it under their label like Pixar. But that's not how the mouse House works.

 

[psylockolussus]

I think they are streamlining things which isn't a bad thing.... however Blue Sky Studios had potential. They could have used them to make short films in D+ if they didn't want to commit to theaterical films. But I guess Disney losing money due to the pandemic is also a big factor.


Though I still can't belive that they have numerous D+ movies nobody heard of, but they can't make room for an animated movie that only has 10 months left.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Looks like the only thing they wanted from them is Ice Age/Scrat!

 

[MOVIELORD101]

Blue Sky's closure was a mercy killing IMO. Fox chewed them up and spat them back out. Disney was left with a barely functional body begging for death a la the end of Cronenberg's The Fly. Blue Sky wanted to move on from Ice Age but Fox just wouldn't LET THEM because the series was making tons of money in Europe, which judging from all the Alpha and Omega sequels, has crap tase in animation at times.

The question can also asked how good of quality was Nimona before it was scrapped? Historically, Disney only scraps animation projects like that if they aren’t panning out well. And Nimona was in production for TWO YEARS. Do the math.

 

[Zant]

Searchlight is next on the hit list...So Disney spent all that money on pretty much just on Xmen characters, Avatar and The Simpson backlog?...Mr Murdoch is a smart man..

 

[TheVileOne]

I thought Robots was actually an OK, cute film. No one really talks about it anymore, but I thought it was a fun, imaginative little movie.

I give credit to Blue Sky though. They were a studio that was actually doing CG feature animation and doing it fairly successfully for a company that wasn't Pixar or DWA.

Also, the 2015 Peanuts movie was fantastic, and for once, they didn't try to make it look your typical run of the mill CG feature.

They never achieved the social or cultural relevance or Pixar or even some of the early DWA films, but they made some decent films over the years.

Unfortunately, this is one of the usual casualties you see from mergers. After a company like Disney buys Fox, it makes a studio like Blue Sky redundant.

Hopefully, the talented animators, writers and creators at Blue Sky can bounce back and worse elsewhere. I'm sure some could even set up shop and make their own studios.

 

[psylockolussus]

Maybe they could work on Marvel animation.... there hasn't been a Marvel cartoon series that is worth watching imo, they looked so shoddy. I'd watch a 3d Marvel Animated Series.

 

[Zarex]

Searchlight is next on the hit list...So Disney spent all that money on pretty much just on Xmen characters, Avatar and The Simpson backlog?...Mr Murdoch is a smart man..

I doubt Searchlight is on the chopping block. The studio makes low budget, well regarded adult oriented films that fill a niche previously unfulfilled by Walt Disney Studios. And the studio's output will be a good fit with Hulu after the HBO output deal expires in a couple of years. I could see 20th Century (nee FOX) Studios being "Touchstoned", however.

The Blue Sky closing is a shame. I'm wondering why Murdoch's New FOX didn't try to buy it back as the company bought Bento Box a couple of years ago for TV animation. It did seem like a bad fit for the Mouse back when the deal was announced.

Star India, 1/3 of Hulu, FX Networks, National Geographic, FOX Television (whose leadership effectively took over ABC Television Studios), Star Wars rights, Marvel rights, & the 20th Century Fox movie & TV catalogs have all been great fits for Disney, so I wouldn't say the deal was a total dud. But I will agree that Rupert is a smart, though quite evil, man.

 

[Dark Raven]

Mr. Blue Sky please tell us why you have to hide away for so long. Where did we go wrong?

 

[DarkKnight88]

Chris Meledandri Mourns The End Of Blue Sky Studios — Guest Column – Deadline

 

[terry78]

Disney Plus will stream Sony Spider-Man movies in new deal

They're only going to be streaming stuff like hotel Transylvania and Jumanji along with the Spider-Man movies but I'm wondering if that's foreshadowing anything.

 

[TheVileOne]

Disney buys Sony...?

 

[DarkShadow10]

Disney Plus will stream Sony Spider-Man movies in new deal

They're only going to be streaming stuff like hotel Transylvania and Jumanji along with the Spider-Man movies but I'm wondering if that's foreshadowing anything.

US only unfortunately

 

[Kahran Ramsus]

Time to watch Into the Spider-verse again.