21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell most of the company to Disney
 

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/06/21st...y-sources.html

21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell most of the company to Walt Disney Co., leaving behind a media company tightly focused on news and sports, according to people familiar with the situation.

The talks have taken place over the last few weeks and there is no certainty they will lead to a deal. The two sides are not currently talking at this very moment, but given the on again, off again nature of the talks, they could be revisited.

For Fox, the willingness to engage in sale talks with Disney stems from a growing belief among its senior management that scale in media is of immediate importance and that there is not a path to gain that scale in entertainment through acquisition. The company is said to believe that a more tightly focused group of properties around news and sports could compete more effectively in the current marketplace.

The media landscape has changed considerably in recent years with giants such as Facebook, Google (Alphabet), Amazon and Netflix changing the way people consume media and dominating the digital distribution of digital video content. Being able to compete in that changing landscape, many people believe, requires scale that a Disney has, but 21st Century Fox does not.

For Disney, the opportunity to take control of another movie studio and significant TV production assets as it readies a direct-to-consumer entertainment streaming offering is attractive as is Fox's significant exposure to international markets, such as the U.K., Germany and Italy — both through its networks and 39 percent ownership of Sky. Disney recently announced it will pull all of its movies from the Netflix platform and will establish two direct-to-consumer offerings: one for sports and one including its key franchises such as "Star Wars" and Marvel.

Disney would not purchase all of Fox, according to people with knowledge of the talks.
Bob Iger (L), CEO of Walt Disney Co. and Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp.
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The company could not own two broadcast networks and would therefore not buy the Fox broadcast network. It would not buy Fox's sports programming assets in the belief that combining them with ESPN could be seen as anti-competitive from an antitrust standpoint and it would not buy the Fox News or Business channel. Disney would also not purchase Fox's local broadcasting affiliates, according to people familiar with the negotiations.

In addition to the movie studio, TV production and international assets such as Star and Sky, Disney would also add entertainment networks such as FX and National Geographic.

The contemplated structure of the deal or the price that has been discussed could not be learned. Given it would involve the sale of many, but not all of Fox's properties, it's unclear how Fox would mitigate potential tax consequences of a deal.

Officials at Disney and Fox declined to comment.

Well that's a nice way to get the X-men back in-house again.

X-men Fantastic Four Galactius Silver Surfer Deadpool etc

Quite a shocker!

I don't think Disney should do it. It would basically just duplicate their existing assets and potentially bloat the company's movie studio.

But maybe they can at least bring back the iconic 20th Century Fox logo before the Star Wars movies!

I can hear Marvel geeks rejoicing that don't know the market implications this will cause, not to mention less content all around. Horrible and it seems to be like it may happen.

That was the first thing to pop into my mind.

Not-so-quietly end the Singer-verse and freeze all plans for X-Force and the like. Make Deadpool 3 with him suddenly in the real MCU and treat it like it's no big deal. Introduce and integrate the X-Men into everything.

That would be wild.

All shall love the Mouse, and despair.

this is a good thing for the X-men movie

i'm not so sure it'd be all that good for Deadpool though.

kiss your R-rating goodbye.

I just want a good Fantastic Four Movie is that so much to ask. Please Disney/Marvel your my only hope

This.

Deadpool ain't getting rolled up into the MCU. Wolverine, Cyclops, Rogue, Xavier, Magneto, Polaris... sure. The Merc with an R-Rated Mouth? Please.

Looks like our Disney overlords are growing even more powerful.

But hey, this could be good if they reacquire the X-Men and FF movie rights.

So is this just a movie deal or is it TV shows too, because if it's TV shows as well does that mean The Simpsons are going to Disney. :lol:

This is a very different type of acquisition than what Disney has done in the past. Looks like this article was circulated to get talks between the two parties back on track. I wonder which side slipped the details to the press.

Simpsons will probably end at Season 30....hopefully anyway. :lol:

Disney's Brand Spanking New Simpsons

Looks like the deal has stalled ?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...dead-cnbc-says

CNBC indicated the negotiations were on/off. This doesn't solidify anything.

This news was put out there to get talks going again or to get other potential buyers involved.

maybe this will give Fox enough time to squeeze out Deadpool 3.

that's the only property in all of this i really care about.

Guess getting a MARVEL's Fantastic Four will only be a dream right now

"Not out of the question."

http://collider.com/r-rated-marvel-m...enom-mcu/#sony

Curious how much closer this move would bring Disney towards monopoly status.

I'm open to this I guess

It could provide the perfect opportunity for the Fantastic Four and X-men to enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which may be set to experience a "reboot" of sorts after Avengers 3/4 if Thanos or somebody resets reality with the Infinity Gauntlet

R-Rated Marvel Movies Not Out of the Question
 

i'll believe it when i see it.

and by see it i mean, sit through the movie (if it happens) and judge if it's actually good.

Dangerously close. But not at, like, the same level as if there was rumblings about Disney buying WB.

If Disney do buy Fox then it's another prediction by the Simpsons they got right.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DN-Ft7rV4AAh_9B.jpg

What if they can make Deadpool movies on Netflix? it can still keep the R rating.

Fox stock prices soaring with news of these sale talks:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/06/medi...ort/index.html

Possible.

But even with their Netflix offerings, Marvel has been keeping things "clean." No nudity, no f-bombs... Deadpool is still just too much for them.

Well if Disney owns 20th Century Fox, they can still make R rated Deadpool movies, its not like Disney can tell Fox what movies they can and can't make.

Kind of like how Marvel let Disney make its Big Hero 6 animated movie, which doesn't tie into the MCU.

If Disney is serious about buying-out Fox, they could make Deadpool work in the MCU. It would actually be pretty funny if Deadpool still tried to drop f-bombs but they were bleeped :lol: Deadpool can break the 4th wall and crack jokes about it

If this happens, this will be great for Phase 4 of the MCU.

Oh yes. Honestly I wouldn't even really care if they let the X-men exist in their own separate universe, as long as the Fantastic Four and their associated baddies got to be incorporated into the MCU proper.

Dr. Doom would be the perfect villain to move on to after Thanos, showing everyone that you don't have to be a Mad Titan from Space to do awful things, you can just be a crazy dude who's been in a bad accident :lol:

Just look at how crazy this is, if Disney owns 20th Century Fox, they would literally own franchises like Alien, Predator, Planet of the Apes, Kingsman, and many of franchises that they own.

I love Marvel films and I love Fox Marvel films. I'm not sure I want them to come together anymore. I've learned to appreciate the competition, the quantity of films, and the varied tones that comes with having multiple studios owning these characters.

That said, if Marvel announces they are making an X-Men movie, it would probably be my most anticipated film. Like I said, I love what Fox has done with Deadpool and Logan, but the color and vibrancy that Marvel could bring to the X-Men world would drive me wild.

I'm happy with whatever the outcome is.

Dr. Doom for Phase 4... Galactus for Phase 5!

Way too terrifyingly close. I really hope it falls the hell through. I abhor Fox in all of its forms, but Disney's no better and the last thing we need is for them to have even more power.

I'm fine if they take over. Marvel and Star Wars are doing well under them.