Amph At The Movies (film discussion thread)

Trying to stay hopeful for him but my that doesn't sound good at all.

 

Sounds like he might already be brain-dead.

 

The whole Schnepp thing has depressed me all week. Hoping for some kind of good news.




Comcast has ended it’s bid for the entertainment parts of Fox. Will focus on Sky it seems.


Disney Alien Princesses are a go

Edit: all I’ve got to say is “Holy ****” to the content that will be on Disney’s streaming service.

 

First Man and Suspiria are looking to premier at Venice.

 

just imagine if you will, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Bobs Burgers, The Orville, Futurama, and Movies like The Alien Franchise, Predator, Planet Of The Apes, The Entire OT Star Wars, The X Men, Deadpool, The Fantastic Four, If I was Iger I would be on the phone with Hugh Jackman the minute this deal is consummated!

 

It's the movie division, not the TV part that would be going to Disney. The TV shows will stay with the Murdoch family.

 

From everything I have read Its all of 20th Century Fox except Fox News,
Hence why Matt Groaning commissioned this after it was announced,

see the Matt Groening watermark? This Is an Official Groening piece and on Twitter I believe Bob Iger liked it!

this Groening signed picture was posted on the Fox Simpsons twitter page...

I know this is an old article but not much has changed in the deal, I believe they are also getting Fox Sports ONE and there affiliates including The Yankees Yes Network National Geographic and I believe The Big Ten Network,
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/business/media/disney-fox-espn-tv.html
now if anything was taken off it might be the sports networks but I believe they are still included.

If Articles about this aren't bringing up the TV end of It then that's bad journalism on the writers part. Get your story right if your going to write about it.

 

From reading the latest Deadline article dated today, it seems like FOX broadcasting Network and FOX News are being left alone from the Disney deal (which I already figured with UFC going to ESPN and WWE Smackdown going to FOX Network next year).

 

then why would Groening commission this picture and Watermark it?

It was on Fox's Twitter page.

I am going to post the important part of the article you posted,

"I hear 21st Century Fox president Peter Rice is being eyed to lead the TV content business of the combined company. Despite Rice’s extensive experience both in TV and film, I hear he is expected to stay in television where he currently serves as CEO of Fox Networks Group. Such a prominent position would put Rice in the conversation for a potential successor to Iger.

Also rumored to move to Disney in major TV roles after the transaction are Fox TV Group chairman Dana Walden as well as FX Networks CEO John Landgraf whose division is part of the assets that are being acquired. While speculation about Rice and Landgraf joining Disney has been pretty consistent over the past six months, for Walden, there also has been a scenario floated about her possibly joining Hulu, which would be majority owned by Disney after the Fox acquisition, with Comcast holding a minority stake. In her current role at Fox, Walden is a Hulu board member."
They are saying that there will be different TV divisions bought and run by Disney just look at this part,

"Also rumored to move to Disney in major TV roles after the transaction are Fox TV Group chairman
Dana Walden
as well as FX Networks CEO John Landgraf whose division is part of the assets that are being acquired." ​

To me this is saying the TV division is being bought by Disney and will be run by Peter Rice Dana Walden and FX Networks CEO John Landgraf Disney Is keeping them on the TV Department and FX and FXX..

this is also saying HULU Is getting bought by Disney!

 

Basically what I got from what was in the deadline article Disney Is getting The Fox Network TV shows, FX Network, FXX Network and Hulu or most of Hulu. and 20th Century Fox Movies!

 

I thought it was basically everything but Fox News and Fox Sports.

 

It Is Disney Is getting 20th Century Fox movies and the TV Shows on The Fox Network so shows like The Simpsons, Bobs Burgers, The Family Guy, The Orville, and Futurama, Movies will include Deadpool The X Men The Fantastic Four The Alien And Predator franchise Planet Of The Apes and the OT Star Wars all three movies! Disney Is also getting FX Network FXX Network and most of Hulu!

Oh and Disney would also be acquiring on the TV end King Of The Hill and there are Major rumors Fox and Mike Judge want to bring back King Of The Hill the thinking in these tough political times in this country we could use political satire like that they are even thinking about doing a King Of The Hill Theatrical movie if the come back on TV goes well. I am a huge King Of the Hill fan I would love to see the show come back and movies may be!

 

Disney also gets all of the non-news and sports cable networks, apparently. Which to me says: they don't want to bother with news, they don't want to make the already shaky-seeming ESPN look redundant, and they don't want to deal with FCC regulation and deregulation cycles vis a vis broadcast competition rules (which does make a certain amount of sense if the real goal is the streaming architecture and catalog, as has been the long-running theory). Interestingly Murdoch is saying he still wants Sky even though Disney just bought a 39% stake in Sky by way of this acquisition, so that should be a dumb fight.

 

You think Fox News is antithetical to Disney? Really? I like what Disney puts out but honestly their interests are in no way unaligned. They just don't want to deal with calls of monopoly.

 

That and if Disney is being really forward thinking they don’t bother getting in the cable news game because that market has a pretty serious time limit at this point. Might as well save a few billion.

 

Keeping FOX News would be toxic to any company that owned it other than Murdoc's.

 

I think this is why I heard that Fox( the tv broadcast part (?)) was going more sports centric and one reason they wanted WWE on the channel.

 

But Disney Is getting the Fox Broadcasting Network as was stated in the Deadline article and the Groening watermarked picture. Disney will own most of the Fox Shows think The Simpsons Bobs Burgers The Family Guy The Orville and even Futurama I thought most on here already reiterated what I had said? there also getting the FX and FXX Network and Hulu! I mean Its still going to be called 20th Century Fox and The Fox Network and The FX Network and The FXX Network they will still be called the same thing they will just be Divisions In the Disney Corporation of companies and someone different will run each division again if you carefully read the Deadline article it explains it all Deadline even tells you who will run each division for Disney.

 

sorry for the double post but my edit window expired,

Even If This deal Is largely for Streaming Disney will still own all the Fox TV and Movies to do with what they want and It will make Disney a hell of a lot more money then they currently have. I think It Is way more then just a Streaming deal. Imagine If you will the next Simpsons Movie will be a Disney Movie!

The Bobs Burger Movie that Is coming out I believe In 2020 will be A Disney movie If A Family Guy Movie ever happens it will be a Disney movie need I say more here. Also Rides In there Parks there are legal hurdles with a Simpsons Ride at Disney because of the Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios Theme park but I am sure they could easily work something out. Also on the movie side imagine A Planet Of The Apes ride at Disney! Also Imagine Cast Members as Disney Calls them of Homer Simpson and his Family or Bob Linda and the kids walking around the park or Peter Griffin and his Family walking around the Park! This Is way bigger then just a streaming deal! ​

 

Has Disney bought this place yet ?