At that time, Disney announced the acquisition of 2 1 Century Fox's film production business, including 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Film, Fox Animation and so on. 265438+20th Century Fox Company and 20th Century Fox are completely different concepts. 2 13 2 1 century fox company was founded in 20 13, and it is the parent company of 20th century fox, which includes news broadcasting and other industries besides movies.
Disney's acquisition is only in the field of film and television. 265438+The non-acquisition part of 20th century Fox established a new company separately, retaining the title of Fox. Fox group? , or Lackland, CEO of Fox? Murdoch. So in 2020, in order to avoid the existing? Fox? What will Disney gain from industrial chaos? Fox searchlight picture, Twentieth Century Fox Film Company? Remove it? Fox? Sign, make a clean break with the past.
Many people will worry about what will happen to the existing IP after the acquisition of Fox Pictures. The production concepts of the two companies are very different, and it is difficult to achieve a good balance. Disney has the right to directly eliminate movies that do not conform to its values, those movies that have no potential to become a series of movies and cannot be watched by the whole family. And IP, which is already a cash cow, will naturally stay, such as Deadpool series. At the same time, the highly anticipated X-Men series is full of uncertainty due to its return to the Marvel universe.
It's hard to say what will happen to these movies left by Fox after Disney takes over. No matter how well planned in advance, the feeling of the final audience is the most important. Interests first, Disney, a well-known product, should not change its core concept. However, those concepts that are still in infancy are estimated to die a lot, and there may be fewer and fewer films that are niche, bold and high-standard. But the market decides everything, and the voice of the majority is always better than that of the minority.