Disney in talks to buy Fox. What could this mean for Alien and Predator?

[skhellter]

Ridley is gonna make the last prequel and then Bad Robot will try to get their hands on the Alien Franchise.


This is 100% the type of stuff that JJ Abrams would love to do.

[Samus007]

Alien and Predator comics to Marvel

Hmm, yeah wow. I never even thought about that. Wonder what all this really would mean for Darkhorse. And NECA as others have pointed out.

[Kurai]

Alien and Predator comics to Marvel

Hmm, yeah wow. I never even thought about that. Wonder what all this really would mean for Darkhorse. And NECA as others have pointed out.

Probably nothing until the license is up for renewal, then it would depend on how the hierarchy of Disney owned Fox decide to go about things. If the structure doesn't change, or if Marvel doesn't want the IPs for their own comic brand, then it's possible that any partnerships like with Darkhorse and NECA may not be affected.

[Alionic]

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/12/fox-disney-on-glide-path-for-thursday-deal-announcement-sources.html

21st Century Fox and Disney are on a "glide path" for a Thursday deal announcement, sources familiar with the deal said.

Via Samus007.

The beginning of the end...

[Gate]

Some of you are acting like Disney wont revitalize this franchise and award it an enormous budget that it deserves.

[Alionic]

Why would an Alien movie need a $200 million budget again?

[Nukiemorph]

And why would Disney care about a franchise whose last entry made $240 million?  That's chump change to Disney.

[SM]

You mean like Ang Lee's Hulk?

[Still Collating...]

That's the greatest concern for me. I just hope they don't put it on ice because it's not a superhero franchise, it's R rated horror sci-fi and maybe it's not a big enough player for them, profit wise. I hope that's not the case. It all depends on their expectations and plans.

[Whiskeybrewer]

Hopefully dark horse keep the licence and the franchise gets on track

[bobby brown]

Disney probably will sell the rights off to other parties, like new line cinema or blumhouse or something like that.
And we will finally have that cheap direct to video alien sequels we always wanted.

[Rush Hour Rambo]

Who wants that?

Every chance Disney shakes this franchise up, makes more movies and generally reinvigorates where Fox has lost focus.

[Gate]

Who wants that?

Every chance Disney shakes this franchise up, makes more movies and generally reinvigorates where Fox has lost focus.

Glad someone else sees this. Disney would be insane to sell off a big brand name such as AvP or any serious action/horror title Fox owns.

[newbeing]

Who wants that?

Every chance Disney shakes this franchise up, makes more movies and generally reinvigorates where Fox has lost focus.

Glad someone else sees this. Disney would be insane to sell off a big brand name such as AvP or any serious action/horror title Fox owns.

Disney has ALIEN in it's Hollywood Studios ride, and at one point were going to have a ride called Nostromo, an Alien themed ride in Tomorrowland (before it was changed to Alien Encounter). They know this franchise has worth to it, just as they recognized comic book films which had sucked in the past, could be retooled to be mega franchises.

If Disney can nab someone like who knows how to steer the Alien franchise like Kevin Feige with Marvel, then we could see some pretty great Alien films in the future. Maybe finally some ones that bring us back to pulse rifles, dropships, and the USCM, but with a Disney budget.
And as stated before I don't think theme park rides are out of the question.

And who knows, maybe Disney will see the benefit of putting more money towards Alien and Predator based video games.

I'm cautiously optimistic, but I doubt we're going to see any immediate decisions. Probably the effects of this purchase on the two franchises won't be seen for a few more years.

[Scorpio]

If Disney can nab someone like who knows how to steer the Alien franchise like Kevin Feige with Marvel, then we could see some pretty great Alien films in the future.

If by "great" you mean generic garbage..