After the Paramount/Skydance merger failed to take place, the company's CEOs have spoken out about how they see the road ahead.
Paramount seems to be headed for a merger, and the company being tipped as the other party is the best choice.
The Arrowverse looks to be quickly winding down to a close, but what brought about the collapse of this once-thriving TV universe? We break down the big reasons and explore why the Warner Bros. Discovery merger isn't necessarily the culprit.
With the surprise cancellation of HBO Max's Batgirl movie, we break down all the DC movies and shows to be canceled or otherwise impacted by the recent Warner Bros. Discovery merger.
A co-op PvE Aliens game was in the works with 3D Realms but was cancelled after Disney acquired Fox.
With the completion of the Viacom/CBS merger, the Star Trek franchise is whole again, with its TV and film rights residing under the same umbrella.
Never one to miss an opportunity for a good joke, Family Guy has chosen to focus its next episode on the Disney-Fox merger, which was made official earlier this year. Family Guy has been a Fox staple since it debuted on the network in 1999. Given the show's love of big bits and meta-commentary, it may not come as too much of a surprise the next episode in the show's 18th season is going the route — but that doesn't mean we can't get excited. [caption id="attachment_839829" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Fox[/…
I used to want to see a straight franchise merger with both continuities left in tact. Not anymore.
The chopping block is back.
The post-Disney Fox studio is looking to be much smaller.
On today's episode of Movie Talk, Perri Nemiroff, Jeff Sneider and Scott Mantz discuss the following: THR reports that a number of films have been given the axe by Disney since their merger with Fox. One of those movies is Ted Melfi's Fruit Loops. The New York Times is reporting that Steven Spielberg’s beef was never with Netflix, but rather the exhibitors who wouldn't budge on the exclusive period they get to play films in their theaters. THR is reporting that Ben Affleck has signed on to direct and star in Ghost Army based on the …
Late last week we learned that Disney had pulled the plug on Wes Ball's $170 million adaptation of Mouse Guard just weeks before it was slated to start production -- a move that came on the heels of the studio's decision to put Fox 2000's Tom Hanks movie News of the World and an adaptation of Angie Thomas' bestseller On the Come Up into turnaround. And now, yet another film may join that trio, as THR reports that Ted Melfi's dramedy Fruit Loops, which had been slated to star Woody Harrelson, is also expected to be put …
Not all of the projects Fox had in development will find a place within the new Disney-led regime and as jobs are lost, so too will projects be cancelled.
As of February of this year, Tom Hanks and director Paul Greengrass were set to reunite in the Fox 2000 picture, News of the World. Things change quickly in this world of ours. Thanks to Disney's mega-buyout of all things Fox, this picture didn't make the transition over to the Mouse House. Instead, the actor/director team that netted six Oscar nominations when they worked together on Captain Phillips will now take their talents to Universal Pictures. As Deadline reports, the first Fox-focused casualty of the merger is News of the World, an adaptation of novelist …
Disney won't want to cannibalize its own box office numbers, after all.
Now that Disney and Fox have officially announced the close of their merger there is plenty of fantastic news coming to phase four of the MCU and beyond. With the merger finally coming to a conclusion and solidifying papa Disney’s firm grasp on the world (of Marvel) as we know it, we can expect Disney to take control of thousands of characters for potential use in their cinematic universe.
Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants weren't the only mutant movies Fox was working on when Disney gobbled it up.
Big layoffs coming to Fox Studios after Disney's takeover.
The entertainment industry has changed forever, but at least one Marvel hero is ready for the new adventure.
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