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Nicklab:
Check out this news:

Disney to Buy 21st Century Fox Assets for $52.4 Billion in Historic Hollywood Merger.

So what does this mean?  Well, 21st Century Fox owns the rights to some significant Marvel properties like the X-Men and that extended universe, as well as the Fantastic Four.  With Disney acquiring 21st Century Fox, they're now positioned to incorporate the X-Men and FF into the Disney/Marvel studios developed Marvel Cinematic Universe.  And I would definitely like to see how Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige will work towards incorporating those characters into the MCU at long last!

BillCable:
I'm guessing this is all why we've heard nothing about Marvel Phase IV.  They knew they were gonna make a move on Fox, and thus couldn't make plans until that deal was final.

I'd expect Doctor Doom to be a recurring enemy, and the FF and X-Men to fill the hole left by the departure of a lot of the Phase I talent.  Hopefully we'll see a proper Galactus. 

They just damn well better integrate Reynolds' Deadpool!  Of course they'd be fools not to, and they're not fools.

Darby:
Great for Marvel.

But Disney also now owns:

The Simpsons

Buffy

Firefly

Alien

Predator

and so many more IPs that potentially could be simply shuttered to prevent any competition in the marketplace with the major $$$ makers in Pixar, Marvel, SW, Disney live action. Also, Disney owns majority stake in Hulu, a potential competitor to their own streaming service. Do they absorb Hulu or scuttle it?

Disney is squeezing theaters by upping their take split on TLJ to 65% - normally 50% - and now they can do it across a whole host of films. it makes harder on theaters, in a time when streaming is already gutting attendance. How long before Disney buys up theater chains that are looking to sell because they're not making money?

I'm excited for Marvel, and the eventual original SW restoration (which already exists - John Knoll and Gareth Edwards have both spoke to it) - but it has as many negative consequences as good.

BillCable:
Buffy, Firefly, Alien and Predator have been dead or nearly-dead franchises for a long time.  The latest Alien was considered pretty awful, and who knows whether the Predator reboot will be any good.

They've been talking about the end of The Simpsons for at least a decade.  I thought I read a year or two back that the talent had signed their final contracts, and planned to wind down.  I don't think the Disney purchase is going to impact the future of The Simpsons in any negative way.  If anything, they'll throw more money at it to preserve the brand.

Theaters make way more money off quality Disney films, where they're selling out screenings and tons of popcorn, than they do mediocre X-Men films that die after two weeks.  I doubt any theater chain is complaining about Star Wars hitting today.  I was looking at the mid-day screenings Friday are nearly entirely sold out at my favorite theater (assigned seats, so you can see exactly how many are open).  And it's sold out completely for many screenings through the weekend.  A bump from Apocalypse box office to Ragnarok box office across the X-Franchise would be a windfall for theaters.

Nicklab:
I don't think The Simpsons are wrapped up in this deal.  And that's because The Simpsons have been a part of the Fox broadcast network since its launch, and the broadcast network would stay with the Murdoch's/News Corp.

The stake in Hulu is interesting, too.  Especially since Bob Iger talked very openly about Disney launching their own streaming service to break into that marketplace.  Would this move scuttle that idea?  Hulu is already an established player in the streaming media market.  But Disney also has a significant presence on Netflix with all of the Defenders associated shows.  Where do they eventually land?

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