Yeah, but if Disney ended up with some properties as part of the trade agreement that don't necessarily fit with what people think of when they think of Disney, they may be able to resell the rights again to get some of the products they want back from some of the other Studios. For example Planet of the Apes, Aliens and Predator for a true Spiderman homecoming. Or maybe something like Die Hard for the distribution rights to the Incredible Hulk to return home. I am not saying these specific trades I made up are fair, but the point is if they end up with properties they don't want from fox they may still be able to use it to their advantage.
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I agree. I think either leading a consortium and or getting the (they could also offer to not release any Disney or subsidiaries movies within a week of a reboot for one of those franchises if they release in the summer to sweeten the pot). It is a smart play. For theme park rights though, they would have to give up a little more, like not pursuing star/sky and/or trading those at a cheaper price to comcast.
Not much new in this Variety article, but a media specialist at Needham & Co. speculates that Disney will move forward on grabbing additional content and that both FOX and Time Warner are potential targets.
http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/old-media-digital-deals-1202620994/
IMHO it makes sense. They should just focus on acquiring certain properties that fit their ethos. They could also consider acquiring lightstorm for full Avatar ownership, for example.
So, this is another thing to think about. Why, when we got both T:R and BP teasers just before the movie 2 ahead of it, have we still not a peep on the IW teaser? Or, do I actually have to go see the next SW movie, which I gave up on a long time ago, in a galaxy too danged close for comfort?
You'll be able to watch it regardless, without need to go to the theater. However, TLJ looks awesome. I'm very hyped for it, especially after Disney gave the man a brand new trilogy, showing confidence in his final product. It also helps that I just found out he directed the very best episode of Breaking Bad, Ozymandias.
I'm curious as to whether Disney may try to keep the leagues invested in it. It would help with their negotiations for streaming rights to use on the ESPN app, as the leagues would have an invested interest. Though that could also raise conflict of interest accusations. So will be interesting to see how that plays out.
If ESPN+ and Disneyflix take off, they are going to buy it without hesitation.
Disney (and/or Universal) do have other potential targets such as Viacom, which is very vulnerable right now.
The only thing Disney should get out of Viacom are the distribution rights to Indiana Jones 1-4 and future participation on Indy films. This is actually a perfect time to do that and surprised it hasn't happened (or if it has, we haven't heard about it).
I just don't see that ever happening. Not that it wouldn't be cool, but the smaller comics publishers would be insane not to challenge that deal.
I agree that smaller comic publishers would challenge it, but it would be for naught. That wouldn't even be the biggest challenge. The DOJ/SEC wouldn't focus on comic book market share on such a merger. It's the same reason experts believe that the DOJ will look at it but allow it to happen if Mattel and Hasbro do try to merge. Comic
books ultimately are a subset of books, magazines, and other publishing items.
When the music industry started consolidating and we were left with essentially 3 main label companies and 2 publishing companies, the independent scene grew rapidly. I would expect something similar to happen in comic books if this were to happen, especially in this day and age where it's much easier to create and distribute content independently. Also, fun fact speaking of the music industry, it used to be "Big 6" in music labels too. In the late 90s it went from 6 to 5, then in the mid 2000s from 5 to 4, and then in 2012 from 4 to 3. The same could be happening in the movie industry right now.
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