The company would be rebranded as Warner Disney Entertainment. The pre-2005 Disney library would now be owned by Warner Bros. Pictures. Disney's film and television units would include a TimeWarner (now WarnerMedia later Warner Bros.
Two good things that would come from Disney purchasing WB would be a) we could finally have that Mickey and Friends/Looney Tunes crossover show that fans have been wanting to see for years, and b) this would mean that there would have been no AT&T purchase nor a Discovery merger.
If Disney bought DC, Disney would own literally everything. There would be extreme crossovers in the movies. Disney would have much more leverage over movie theaters, since Disney still supports the old-fashioned way of viewing movies: the theater.
In recent years, Disney and Universal have been two of the most profitable media companies. If they combined, they would undoubtedly dominate an industry that is probably already insufficiently competitive, and the government would probably step in to prevent that.
Originally Answered: Why doesn't Disney buy DCEU? Because, in order to do that, they would have to buy Warner Brothers. (Or convince Warner Bros to split itself from DC comics.) Warner Brothers is not Fox, they don't need Disney to come in and buy them out.
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Did Marvel almost buy DC?
In 1984, DC was so behind Marvel sales that Warner Communications contacted them about the possibility of owning DC's characters publishing rights. Marvel already made up 70% of all total sales, buying the 2nd biggest publisher would create a monopoly. Marvel had to say no on the DC licensing deal.
Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street Corporation, and Berkshire Hathaway are the key players in Disney's ownership landscape. State Street Corporation is the largest shareholder of Disney, indicating its significant influence on the company's operations and decision-making.
Although Disney would try to correct this mistake by trying to buy the movie rights, theme park privileges and even Scholastic themselves, efforts by the company ultimately failed, citing creative clashes with Harry Potter's controversial creator J.K. Rowling, along with the deals made with Warner Bros. Pictures.
TIL Disney almost bought Universal Studios back in the early 2000s, which would have given Disney access to franchises such as Jurassic Park and Back to the Future.
Why did Marvel sell to Disney? In 2009, The New York Times reported that Marvel had trouble financing some of its major movies and meeting a requirement to raise a third of its budget by selling off overseas distribution rights.
In August 2009, Disney bought Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. In 2001, Disney acquired Fox Family Worldwide, which was renamed ABC Family but was subsequently rebranded as Freeform.
Possible, sure. DC is Warner Bros. ' property, which means they can sell it to whoever they want, which includes Disney if they offer a price WB likes. But it's exceedingly unlikely.
Fox Corporation would never exist, due to 21th Century Fox not merging with Disney. The Simpsons and Family Guy wouldn't air on Freeform or be on Disney+. Family Guy was never removed from both Adult Swim and TBS. Blue Sky Studios would still be open, and would make more original films rather than sequels.
Walt Disney Co. said it will acquire a 33% stake in Hulu from Comcast for at least $8.6 billion, a deal that will give Disney full control of the streaming service. Disney has run Hulu since 2019, when Comcast ceded its authority to Disney and effectively became a silent partner.
Sony and Disney didn't buy Warner Bros because Warner Bros' parent company, Time Warner (now Warner Bros Discovery after WarnerMedia, formerly owned by AT&T, was spun off and merged with Discovery Inc.), wasn't selling the studio.
The Warner Bros franchise couldn't previously be shown on Netflix due to licensing issues. The new deal with Netflix has finally brought the films online and, while it's not known exactly how long the collection will remain on the platform, fans needn't panic: it's presumably here for the foreseeable future.
Executives from Apple and Disney have been presented with these rumors, with both sides denying that a deal is in the works. Various publications have cited insiders and Disney employees' beliefs that Iger intends to eventually sell the company to Apple.
Disney's Shanghai resort isn't actually owned by Disney. It's a joint venture with a "state-owned enterprise" — i.e., the CCP. The split? The CCP owns 57%, Disney just 43%.
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How big is Universal compared to Disney World? Universal is much similar to Disneyland in size — so a lot smaller than Disney World, which is 27,000 acres. As detailed by Orlando Park Stop, with the addition of Epic Universe (it's being built on 750 acres), the resort as a whole will nearly double in size.
Does J.K. Rowling still own all the rights to Harry Potter?
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Disney wholly bought Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion in 2009. This granted Disney ownership over the Marvel Comics publishing imprint, Marvel Studios, and of course, all of the various IPs and characters that fall under what is termed the Marvel Universe, including the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
