Well, That's One Way for Marvel to Get X-Men Back (Disney Acquisition of Fox)

[BusSport]

Tangentially relevant (it won't affect whether the Disney acquisition of Fox will go through, but it will affect the financials of Comcast, Disney, and Fox, and many other companies involved):

Deadline: "Comcast Triumphs Over Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox In $40B Sky Deal — Updated"

 

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Details on which executives will stay and which will go:

Deadline: "Disney-Fox Film Structure Coming Next: Alan Horn Atop Divisions, Streaming Big Priority"

 

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Reuters: "EU regulators to rule on Disney's $71 billion bid for Fox assets by October 19"

Follow-up on the above: "Disney Offers Concessions to Secure E.U. Approval of Fox Deal" and EU pushed back their ruling from October 19 to November 11 for time to review Disney's new concessions

 

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Deadline: "European Commission Approves Disney’s $71 Billion Acquisition Of Fox, With Conditions"

The Hollywood Reporter: "Disney's Fox Deal Gets European Union Clearance Subject to Divestments"

(namely forcing Disney to divest from several TV channels)

 

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Variety: "Disney Gets Approval from Chinese Regulators for Fox Deal"

 

[calsnowskier]

So Disney will own 2 broadcast networks? “Fox” only kept FNC, correct?

 

[BusSport]

So Disney will own 2 broadcast networks? “Fox” only kept FNC, correct?

Naw, both the Fox broadcast network and Fox News are being spun-off under a new corporation which does not yet have an official name but is currently being referred to as New Fox.

That means Disney will NOT own the Fox broadcast network.

 

[SDGuy73]

Great fucking news! Don't fuck with the most fun comic character in movies.

Disney Will 'Continue' in the Business of R-Rated Deadpool Movies

Echoing statements he made previously about the potential for the Merc with a Mouth at the House of Mouse, Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed that there won’t be any interference by the studio when it comes to the more R rated properties they’re gaining as part of the 20th Century Fox acquisition.


When asked about the nature of the studio releasing these types of movies after the acquisition is complete, Iger specifically called out the success of the Deadpool films and said: “We’re going to continue in that business, and there might be room for more of that.”

What other R rated Marvel movies, if any, Iger is referring to remains to be seen.

Iger noted however that the studio would have to be very careful in their branding of the films, citing a need to make sure that the films are properly marketed as being R rated.

The first Deadpool film was released in February of 2016 and went on to gross over $783 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing X-Men movie at the time, with Deadpool 2 taking that title now with over $785 million in worldwide grosses. The two films have also grossed more than 11 of Marvel Studios’ own releases.

It remains to be seen how Marvel Studios will handle the X-Men and Fantastic Four properties when the Disney/Fox deal finally closes. It is unlikely that the continuity of the X-Men movies will remain intact; however, if there was a character capable of making the leap from one major studio’s franchise and into another’s, it would be the fourth-wall breaking Deadpool, who would likely take shots at the studios as he did in his first film.

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige previously wouldn’t rule out the idea of R-rated movies from Marvel Studios, saying they were “not out of the question, but not something we’re working on right now.” Now that Marvel’s first family and the “children of the atom” have returned to the house of ideas, that possibility could become a reality.

 

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Variety: "Disney Sets March 20 Closing Date for 21st Century Fox Acquisition"

 

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Fox's press release: "The Walt Disney Company's ('Disney') acquisition of 21CF will become effective at 12:02 a.m. Eastern Time tomorrow, March 20, 2019."

 

[BusSport]

It's done!

Hollywood Reporter: "Disney Closes $71.3 Billion Fox Deal"

Variety: "Disney Closes $71 Billion 21st Century Fox Deal"

 

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Deadpool celebrates:

Feels like the first day of 'Pool.

 

[BusSport]

Just imagine the X-Men theme coming back!

 

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Welcome to The Shape of Water, Avatar, The Simpsons, Deadpool, and Atlanta! New background wallpaper on Disney's corporate website TheWaltDisneyCompany.com:

 

[wildturkey]

It's done!

Hollywood Reporter: "Disney Closes $71.3 Billion Fox Deal"

Variety: "Disney Closes $71 Billion 21st Century Fox Deal"

I saw some tweets saying that Deadpool is the only one getting brought over as is. Disney is totally gonna reboot X-Men and the Fantastic Four

 

[SDGuy73]

Chris Hemsworth welcomes Deadpool And Ryan Reynolds To Disney
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Our love child #thor#deadpool @vancityreynolds

 

[Duffman]

I saw some tweets saying that Deadpool is the only one getting brought over as is. Disney is totally gonna reboot X-Men and the Fantastic Four

Noah Hawley Met With Kevin Feige About His Doctor Doom Movie

A good first step

 

[calsnowskier]

Noah Hawley Met With Kevin Feige About His Doctor Doom Movie

A good first step

Do you bring in Doom pre-F4? And if so, how? Through a BP tie-in?

 

[BusSport]

Do you bring in Doom pre-F4? And if so, how? Through a BP tie-in?

This was something I've written about before:

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Given that Latveria is an Eastern European country, not an African one, my bet is that either:

- Latveria is going to be revealed to be a neighbor of Sokovia (the country that MCU Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and Zemo are from) under Doom's control that ends up conquering Sokovia in the chaos stemming from the destruction during Age of Ultron, becoming a major world power in the process

OR

- that they're going to retcon Doom a bit, like they did with SW/QS/Zemo, so that he is originally a native Sokovian, who then rises to power in the aforementioned chaos, seizes absolute power, renames Sokovia to Latveria, and then remakes Sokovia into a world power (another small but extremely technologically advanced country like Wakanda)

 

[wildturkey]

Fun piece about what Marvel could do post Avengers

How The FANTASTIC FOUR Could Be the Key to Marvel’s Phase Four


I don't like everything here but like most fan speculating I've seen, everyone (including myself) seems to always come back to making Doom a large part of it. Rebooting the FF properly and bringing in Galactus is a good idea also.