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Back in 2019, we all knew that Disney acquired 21st Century Fox for $71.3 billion dollars including 20th Century Fox, FX Networks, 30% of Hulu, National Geographic Partners, and Star India.
But what if... Disney for whatever reason decided to not buy 21st Century Fox?
Contents
- 1 Changes
- 2 Films
- 2.1 Live-action
- 2.2 Animated
- 3 Television
- 3.1 Animated:
- 3.1.1 Fox Animation Domination:
- 3.1.2 Fox Kids:
- 3.1.2.1 Original Programming:
- 3.1.2.2 Acquired Programming:
- 3.1 Animated:
- 4 Trivia
Changes[]
- Negotiations started on 2017. However, in this AU, these negotiations initially failed.
- The Walt Disney Company wouldn't rename 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Family, 20th Century Fox Animation, Fox Digital Studio, 20th Century Fox Games, 20th Century Fox Comics, 20th Century Fox Television, or Fox Television Animation nor Fox Searchlight Pictures.
- 20th Century Fox would still be owned by 21st Century Fox, and this last one would still exist.
- 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.
- Scrat would still be the studio's mascot.
- Ice Age would end after the fourth film, although Scrat Tales still exists.
- Playdate with Destiny would've been released in theaters with The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
- Nimona would have finished production and kept its theatrical January 14th, 2022 release by 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios like intended instead of becoming a Netflix-exclusive 2023 one by Annapurna Pictures and DNEG Animation.
- Disney+ would still exist, although with less content than in OTL due to 21st Century Fox remaining owned by the Murdoch family.
- Disney also opted to include its mature content on Disney+ as well in order to unite synergies into a single platform and to give the perception that Disney is not just a children's brand.
- Disney would keep the rights to Winnie the Pooh, meaning that Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey would never exist at all.
- Disney would have gone against NFTs due to being harmful to the environment.
- Bob Chapek would never be in charge of the company since he made bad decisions.
- Future films starting with Breakthrough would all be released under the independent 20th Century Fox brand.
- Home Sweet Home Alone, The Simpsons shorts made for Disney+, The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, Cheaper by the Dozen (2022) and Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again wouldn't exist due to being cash grabs.
- Many Disney+-exclusive 20th Century Fox films would be theatrical films instead.
- Disney would relaunch Touchstone Pictures as a separate studio.
- The animated Diary of a Wimpy Kid films made for Disney+ were heavily altered as it was based on The Ugly Truth and it will be a direct sequel to the first three films, thus ignoring the events of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul.
- The cancelled television special based on Cabin Fever would be produced on November 20th, 2020.
- FX Networks including FX, FXM, and FXX would come together with 20th Century Fox.
- As a result, the Fox Broadcasting Network would be acquired as well.
- Fox Kids would be revived for television with old programming from the previous incarnation and new programming for the new block.
- Ms. Marvel wouldn't exist, due to the proposal of the series was to present Mutants to the MCU, and on this Timeline, Disney hasn't the rights for X-Men. The Marvels wouldnt exist also.
- Similar to Ms. Marvel, some cameos on Doctor Strange wouldnt happen.
- International Fox channels wouldn't rebrand as Star or FX, keeping the Star brand on India.
- The Disney's TV Purge would not happen. Lots of channel and Radio Disney would still be up.
- Nat Geo Kids would keep as an channel on Latin America and Abu Dhabi, and then, coming to America and another countries.
- Fox 2000 wouldn't close down.
- FoxNext would still exist, and Scopely would've merged into FoxNext.
- FoxNext would buy Stumble Guys, which would have various skins and collabs of Fox's characters.
- Fox Sports feeds wouldnt be sold.
- TeleColombia would still exist and would never be sold to ViacomCBS.
- Due to the rise of streaming services, Hulu and Hotstar would merge onto F+X.
Films[]
Notes:
* = Blue Sky Studios film
** = Hulu exclusive
Live-action[]
- The Kid Who Would Be King (2019)
- Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
- Breakthrough (2019)
- Dark Phoenix (2019)
- Stuber (2019)
- The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)
- Ad Astra (2019)
- Terminator: Dark Fate (2019, co-distributed with Paramount Pictures)
- Ford v Ferrari (2019)
- Underwater (2020)
- The Call of the Wild (2020)
- Gambit (2020)
- The New Mutants (2020)
- The Empty Man (2020)
- The Greatest Showman: The Next Step (2020)
- Alita: The Legend Returns (2021)
- X-Force (2021)
- The Woman in the Window (2021)
- Kitty Pride (2021)
- Free Guy (2021)
- Vacation Friends (2021)
- Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)
- The Last Duel (2021)
- West Side Story (2021)
- The King's Man (2021)
- Laura (2022)
- Death on the Nite (2022)
- No Exit (2022)
- Deadpool 3 (2022)
- Deep Water (2022)
- The Princess** (2022)
- Prey (2022)
- Barbarian (2022)
- Amsterdam (2022)
- Rosaline (2022)
- Darby and the Dead (2022)
- Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
- Titanic: 25th Anniversary (2023, co-distributed with Paramount Pictures)
- Multiple Man (2023)
- Boston Strangler (2023)
- Alpha Flight (2023)
- The Boogeyman (2023)
- The Creator (2023)
Animated[]
- Ice Age* (2002)
- Robots* (2005)
- Ice Age: The Meltdown* (2006)
- The Simpsons Movie (2007)
- Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!* (2008)
- Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs* (2009)
- Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
- Rio* (2011)
- Ice Age: Continental Drift* (2012)
- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of the Gods (distribution only; 2013)
- Epic* (2013)
- Oggy and the co*ckroaches: The Movie (distribution only; 2013)
- Rio 2* (2014)
- The Book of Life (2014)
- The Peanuts Movie* (2015)
- Dragon Ball Z, Resurrection 'F' (distribution only; 2015)
- Anubis* (2016)
- Ferdinand* (2017)
- Isle of Dogs (Fox Searchlight Pictures; 2018)
- Dragon Ball Super: Broly (distribution only; 2018)
- Spies in Disguise* (2019)
- The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane* (2020)
- Ron's Gone Wrong (2021)
- Mutts* (2021)
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth* (2021)
- Nimona* (2022)
- The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)
- Mystery: Check!* (2022)
- Mega Man (2022)
- The Fright Stuff* (2023)
Television[]
Animated:[]
Fox Animation Domination:[]
- The Simpsons (1989–present)
- King of the Hill (1997–2009)
- Family Guy (1999-2004, 2023-)
- Futurama (1999-)
- American Dad! (2005–2014)
- The Cleveland Show (2009–2013)
- Bob's Burgers (2011-present)
- Duncanville (2020-2022)
- Solar Opposites (2020-present)
- Central Park (2020-present)
- The Great North (2021-present)
Fox Kids:[]
Original Programming:[]
- Night at the Museum: The Animated Series
- Ice Age: Scrat Tales
- Phoebe and her Unicorn
- Mark Walhberg's Cool Ideas
- Where's My Beanie?
Acquired Programming:[]
- Oggy and the co*ckroaches
- The Last Kids on Earth
- The Adventures of Hello Kitty and Friends
- Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures
- Carmen Sandiego (2019)
- Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
- Zig and Sharko
- Spy Kids: Mission Critical
- 3 Amigonauts
- Nerds and Monsters
Trivia[]
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As an enthusiast deeply versed in the realm of media acquisitions, entertainment, and corporate strategies, my expertise lies in comprehensively understanding the dynamics and implications of significant acquisitions within the entertainment industry. I possess an extensive grasp of the Disney acquisition of 21st Century Fox that took place in 2019 for a staggering $71.3 billion. This acquisition incorporated various entities such as 20th Century Fox, FX Networks, partial ownership of Hulu, National Geographic Partners, and Star India, thereby fundamentally reshaping the landscape of media conglomerates.
The acquisition was a pivotal moment, influencing content distribution, streaming services, intellectual property ownership, and content creation. Disney's move aimed to consolidate various entertainment assets under its umbrella, expanding its reach and content library in both traditional and digital platforms.
Regarding the information provided in the article, let's break down the concepts:
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Disney's Acquisition of 21st Century Fox:
- The scenario explores an alternate reality where the Disney-Fox deal fell through. This speculation delves into the potential outcomes and changes across various domains of entertainment.
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Effects on Brands and Studios:
- It details that 20th Century Fox would remain under the ownership of 21st Century Fox, leading to the continuation of several studios like Blue Sky Studios and Fox Television Animation.
- Fox Corporation wouldn't have existed as a separate entity due to the failed merger.
- The branding, distribution, and release strategies for various films and series would have differed significantly without Disney's involvement.
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Media Content and Distribution:
- The article touches upon the impact on streaming services, indicating that Disney+ would have had less content due to 21st Century Fox remaining independent. Disney would have integrated mature content into Disney+.
- The rights to certain IPs like Winnie the Pooh would have remained solely with Disney.
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Leadership Decisions and Corporate Strategies:
- Speculation involves the absence of Bob Chapek as the head of Disney due to hypothetical unfavorable decisions attributed to him.
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Content Creation and Entertainment Properties:
- Numerous films and series would not have existed or might have taken different creative directions, including alterations to animated films, cancellation of specific projects, and changes in character rights.
- The article outlines a vast array of films, both live-action and animated, that would have had different fates in this alternate reality.
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Television Programming:
- The hypothetical scenario mentions the revival of Fox Kids, altering animated and acquired programming.
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Impact on the Marvel Universe:
- The absence of the Disney-Fox merger would have affected Marvel's cinematic universe, potentially leading to the non-existence of certain series and cameos in movies like Ms. Marvel and Doctor Strange.
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Media Channel and Studio Operations:
- Changes would have occurred within FX Networks, Fox Broadcasting Network, Nat Geo Kids, Fox 2000, Touchstone Pictures, and other subsidiaries.
In summary, the hypothetical scenario in the article vividly depicts a divergent path for the entertainment industry had Disney not acquired 21st Century Fox, showcasing the intricate interconnections among media conglomerates, content creation, distribution, and intellectual property rights within the entertainment domain.
