Disney-Fox Announce Featured Film Theatrical Release Schedule for 2019-2027. The Walt Disney Studios has unveiled its upcoming slate following the recent acquisition of the Fox film studios, including changes to previously dated films and a number of... Read more
It’s been a long road for Disney acquiring 21st Century Fox properties with a Disney-Fox Deal. However, the long road could be coming to an end after a 5-to-1 vote with Brazil’s antitrust regulatory agency Cade giving the Disney-Fox Deal the go-ahea... Read more
It is looking like the deal between Disney and Fox will be announced on Thursday according to a report by CNBC on Tuesday. Disney is set to acquire key entertainment and sports assets from 21st Century Fox, including its film and TV studio in this $6... Read more
Disney Cancels Hundreds of Fox Films. Though a good portion of these films would never come to fruition, Disney has given the axe to almost every film that Fox Studios had been looking to produce in the future. Roughly 246 films were in various forms... Read more
Disney Rebooting Fox Titles such as ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Night at the Museum‘ for Disney+. According to THR, Disney is looking to reboot popular franchises from Fox for their new streaming service, Disney+. Disney CEO Bob Iger sa... Read more
Creative Control Over Deadpool and X-Men Franchises Officially Given to Kevin Feige. Though the Disney-Fox merger became official in the spring, the merger has been rather slow going as the two companies figure out what and who will stay and go. Fox... Read more
Josh Brolin Wants to Play Cable in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With the acquisition of Fox by Disney, the rights to Deadpool and affiliated characters now belong to the mouse, so Josh Brolin’s wish just might come true. Brolin has the best o... Read more
Another Round of Layoffs Hits Disney and Fox Film Studios. As the two entertainment conglomerates are woven together, there is an effort to reduce redundancies within the studios. The Hollywood Reporter brought notice to the layoffs, which occurred o... Read more
Fans Want Danny DeVito To Be The Next Wolverine, But The Role May Already Be Cast. With rumors swirling that Disney is looking to reboot the X-Men franchise, Fans are speculating who will be cast as one of the most iconic comic book characters and th... Read more
Approximately 4,000 Layoffs Expected at Walt Disney Studios and 20th Century Fox Due To Merger. According to Variety, the first wave of layoffs occurred on March 21st with the firing of several dozen executives at 21st Century Fox. Both Disney... Read more
“Good Morning America” is offering the chance of a lifetime! “GMA” wants to celebrate the love of Star Wars in families around the country with the Live Your Star Wars Adventure Challenge. One Grand Prize Winner will receive a four-day trip to the Di... Read more
At 12:02am ET on Wednesday, March 20th, the Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox will be officially complete. The multi-billion dollar deal was first announced in December of 2017. After much consideration and negotiation, Disney wil... Read more
Disney and 21st Century Fox in connection with Disney’s acquisition of 21CF (21st Century Fox) made an announcement today that the deadline for holder of 21CF common stock to elect the form of consideration will be at 5:00 pm ET on March 14, 2019. I... Read more
The Walt Disney Company is the current owner of most of 21st Century Fox assets and is currently managing the current deal as part of the its plan to sell the YES Network along with 21 other regional sports networks. The selling of these networks wa... Read more
In January, The Walt Disney Company announced CEO Bob Iger’s compensation package for 2018. Just before the shareholder meeting, Iger’s salary has been amended with changes to his base salary and bonus. Overall, Iger will see a reduction... Read more
The idea that movies and theaters are things of the past has been proved wrong in 2018. With new amenities like reclining seats and alcoholic beverages in theaters, movies theaters are popular again. The exhibition, or movie theater, business came ro... Read more
On Monday, November 26, 2018, news spread like wildfire about Disney and Fox being sued by Genting Malaysia Berhad for wrongfully abandoning a previously contracted 21st Century Fox films theme park. Genting claims Disney ultimately pulled the plug o... Read more
We have been covering the acquisition of 21st Century Fox by The Walt Disney Company since it was first announced. At one point, Comcast also made a bid to acquire 21st Century Fox, but they later backed out. Today, after a vote by shareholders on bo... Read more
Along with the news of the Disney-Fox deal that come out last week, Disney has also announced that they have extended the contract of Bob Iger,Chairman and Chief Executive, through 2021. The extension was not a total surprise. It was expected as a wa... Read more
The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) has issued a statement expressing their opposition of the Disney-Fox merger announced on Thursday. The statement reads: “In the relentless drive to eliminate competition, big business has an insatiable appetit... Read more
This morning the huge announcement that we were all waiting for was finally released. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) and Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (“21st Century Fox” —NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX) entered into a definitive agreement for Disney to acq... Read more
On Sept. 20, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts announced an agreement for exclusive global theme park rights with filmmaker James Cameron and Fox Filmed Entertainment to bring the fantastical, science fiction world of AVATAR to Disney’s Animal Kingdom an... Read more
