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« on: December 14, 2017, 09:40 AM »
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.