• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Disney/Fox Talks
3 3

Started by Key Largo Comics,

731 posts in this topic

AnthonyTheAbyss

AnthonyTheAbyss

Posted
Posted
14 minutes ago, chezmtghut said:

Apparently Comcast may raise their bid to 79 billion. I don't think you can count them out just yet.

So how does bidding work with this kind of $$$.  Can Disney bid $80B?  Or are there certain increments that they have to meet?  Plus, can Fox decline the higher bid?

 

This whole thing is above my pay gradelol.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Gatsby77

Gatsby77

Posted
Posted
2 hours ago, chezmtghut said:

Apparently Comcast may raise their bid to 79 billion. I don't think you can count them out just yet.

I've said it before and I'll say it again -- Comcast needs this much more than Disney does; and they could still lease comic book characters to Disney a la Sony.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
media_junkie

media_junkie

Posted
Posted (edited)

I saw a report today, that not only did Disney offer to pay the $72ish billion for fox, they also agreed to buy the $13 billion debt load it is carrying.  So that is like an $85 billion bid all total.  Has comcast offered to buy the debt as well?  If not then I don't see that potential $79 billion bid winning.

Edited by media_junkie
Link to comment
Share on other sites
DeadOne

DeadOne

Posted
Posted
2 hours ago, Georgie123 said:

Rumor has it that the deal was not going to go through and then Disney added an Amazing Fantasy #15 cgc 9.2 to seal the deal

And just to show everyone, once and for all, that Fox does know how to handle a comic franchise, they would quickly send this off to PGX for a shiny new holder.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
AnthonyTheAbyss

AnthonyTheAbyss

Posted
Posted
15 minutes ago, Key Largo Comics said:

Comcast officially OUT.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/comcast-drops-pursuit-of-its-bid-for-21st-century-fox-assets.html

I'm not going to believe it until they sign the papers.  There have been too many "the deal is done" moments only to be not done.

 

1 minute ago, jason4 said:

Mickey Mouse just pwned Comcast. This is great for marvel fans and comic books. 

Another "I'm not going to believe it until I see it".  In theory it is great to get all the characters in the MCU.  But Fox made some pretty awesome movies that Disney wouldn't have.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Jaydogrules

Jaydogrules

Posted
Posted
1 hour ago, Key Largo Comics said:

Comcast officially OUT.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/18/comcast-drops-pursuit-of-its-bid-for-21st-century-fox-assets.html

It was a troll offer all along, intended solely to extract an extra pound of flesh from Disney.  

DOJ has already approved the buy out. Shareholder meeting on the 27th to make it official.  

Done deal. 

-J.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
fantastic_four

fantastic_four

Posted
Posted

Fantastic Four return to the page in August and Wolverine returns from the dead to Marvel in September.  You've got to assume both returned so close to each other almost entirely due to this buy.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
STORMSHADOW_80

STORMSHADOW_80

Posted
Posted
6 minutes ago, ComicConnoisseur said:

I also wonder how this move affects the Aliens, Predator, X-Files and Planet of the Apes franchises because all four would now be owned by Disney?

Would Marvel do their comic books?

hmmm I remember when the Star Wars purchase first happened. Dark Horse still printed the comics for a year or so.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
ComicConnoisseur

ComicConnoisseur

Posted
Posted (edited)
10 minutes ago, STORMSHADOW_80 said:

hmmm I remember when the Star Wars purchase first happened. Dark Horse still printed the comics for a year or so.

Knowing Marvel they might give us a Predator vs Punisher or X-Files meets X-Men comic when they finally do the licenses.

Edited by ComicConnoisseur
Link to comment
Share on other sites
ComicConnoisseur

ComicConnoisseur

Posted
Posted

It is official now X-Men, Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer are coming home!

DISNEY-FOX Deal APPROVED: The X-MEN & FF Are Coming Home

https://www.newsarama.com/41133-official-disney-fox-deal-done-the-x-men-ff-are-coming-home.html

 

In a meeting Friday morning, shareholders of 21st Century Fox and the Walt Disney Company approved Disney's $71.3 billion bid to tak eover a large portion of Fox's assets, including 20th Century Fox's movie and TV studio.

The U.S. Department of Justice has already approved the transaction.

In separate meetings, shareholders reportedly approved the transaction in sessions that lasted less than 15 minutes each. 

According to Variety, 21st Century Fox CFO John Nallen told shareholders the merger is expected to be completed in the first half of 2019. 

Here's how Disney described how the transaction would affect the Marvel Cinematic Universe when the proposed takeover was officially announced last year:

“The agreement also provides Disney with the opportunity to reunite the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Deadpool with the Marvel family under one roof and create richer, more complex worlds of inter-related characters and stories that audiences have shown they love...”

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
3 3
Go to topic listing