21st Century Fox Studio Sold To Disney! Sale Finalized See Post #368 (1 Viewer)

[hanshotfirst1138]

I’d like to imagine that this moves our chances of getting the original trilogy remastered from 0% to 0.001%, but I’m not holding my breath on that any more than I am finally seeing The Abyss or True Lies finally come out.

 

[skylark68]

Horrible deal to a company that for the most part hates its own past live action library.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Disney's acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox's assets set to close a week from tomorrow

 

[PMF]

Disney's acquisition of most of 21st Century Fox's assets set to close a week from tomorrow

I was not aware that they changed their name to 21st Century-Fox.
Hmmm-m-m-m...I wonder.
Could this legally leave a loophole that states that all films falling under the name of 20th Century-Fox remain untouched?
After all, we are talking about two completely different centuries, right?
Quick!! Twilight Time, Criterion, someone;
grab those OCN's, dupes and elements of "Wilson", "Can-Can" and "Star!", before its too late.

 

[Jason_V]

I was not aware that they changed their name to 21st Century-Fox.
Hmmm-m-m-m...I wonder.
Could this technically or legally leave a loophole that states that all films falling under the name of 20th Century-Fox remain untouched?
After all, we are talking about two completely different centuries, right?
Quick!! Twilight Time, Criterion, someone;
grab those OCN's, dupes and elements of "Wilson", "Can-Can" and "Star!", before its too late.

This is very, very old news. Like 2012-ish, IIRC.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Could this technically or legally leave a loophole that states that all films falling under the name of 20th Century-Fox remain untouched?

The 20th Century Fox motion picture studio is (until next week) a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox, which has been basically a holding company for all of the Murdochs' US media assets.

 

[PMF]

This is very, very old news. Like 2012-ish, IIRC.

In truth, the merger concerns me.
Perhaps it was too soon to lampoon this acquisition so near to its actual date.
Nonetheless, my clearer message to Disney is simple;
please do not hide, bury or stash away Fox's immense and historic film library.
Sadly, money will always be the dictate;
but I do hope that Disney will find their way towards keeping our motion picture heritage accessible to the public.

 

[Sean Bryan]

All the financial stuff in done. The official handover is just after midnight tonight.

https://ew.com/movies/2019/03/19/disney-fox-merger-complete/

 

[Robert Crawford]

Goodbye 21st Century Fox! Hopefully, Disney continues to allow movies that are more edgy than Disney's output to be made under that 21st Century Fox label. We can only hope for that now.

By the way, I changed this thread's title to reflect the Fox name change.

 

[Edwin-S]

This was one of the worst possible things to happen in the filmed entertainment industry.

 

[Sam Favate]

While plenty of people are happy today about Disney owning the rights to the Marvel characters and there being no more murky rights issues surrounding A New Hope, I think we should take a minute to mourn one of the truly great movie studios.

(I always preferred the Fox logo before computer graphics allowed the camera to swirl around it. I liked it with just the animated searchlights. This is how I want to remember 20th Century Fox.)

Here's a Variety article from this morning, remembering the old studio by people who worked at and with it.
https://variety.com/2019/film/news/...HPKGDOD6-GdEv2fuV6ZvSQTgENtAKjZnnr7m0IR4_odM0

 

[Robert Crawford]

I'm thinking of the thousands of people that are going to lose their jobs because of this merger.

 

[TJPC]

Disney, or “Engulf and Devour” is really beginning to alarm me. Doesn’t the USA have any monopoly laws anymore?

 

[Jason_V]

This is straight-up capitalism. The successful, or those with the money, will "gobble up" the smaller and weaker. More than a year in the making, a number of countries approving the transaction and a divestiture of some Fox assets.

 

[TravisR]

Doesn’t the USA have any monopoly laws anymore?

Nope. When you've bought enough power, everything can be for sale.

 

[SteveJKo]

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(I always preferred the Fox logo before computer graphics allowed the camera to swirl around it. I liked it with just the animated searchlights. This is how I want to remember 20th Century Fox.)...

Me too Sam! And my personal favorite is the one with the Cinemascope extension.

 

[Malcolm R]

I'm thinking of the thousands of people that are going to lose their jobs because of this merger.

But at least the stockholders are filthy rich. That's the important thing these days.

 

[skylark68]

Disney, or “Engulf and Devour” is really beginning to alarm me. Doesn’t the USA have any monopoly laws anymore?

Guess we'll see what happens with T-Mobile and Sprint. That's the next big one...

 

[skylark68]

Me too Sam! And my personal favorite is the one with the Cinemascope extension.

The Cinemascope extension is really beautiful. It looks great on a big TV.

 

[John*Wells]

https://apple.news/AEuFbyJuUT2WC8N5AqJFw-Q