Well, it looks like, as we reckoned, the deal between Disney and 20th Century Fox is close to being closed…
Yes, we’ve been reporting this for a while now, but it looks like Disney may be close to acquiring the parts of 20th Century Fox that, among other things, produce the X-Men movies.
Disney has held talks with the Rupert Murdoch-controlled media company to acquire its studio and television production assets, leaving Fox with its news and sports assets. Fox is also talking with CNBC parent company Comcast, but the talks with Disney have progressed more significantly.
While this is exciting news for Marvel fans… the X-Men and Fantastic Four back in the MCU?!.. it is worrying because the acquisition would give Disney between 30-40% of the world’s box office.
That’s one step closer to Planet Disney, folks.
Oh, and the Simpsons once again called it:
Well… someone’s having fun with the idea as Captain America and Deadpool stars Chris Evans and Ryan Reynolds took to Twitter for some comedy shenanigans. For the record, we’d watch Evans’ idea. Just sayin’:
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