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

[SiL]

Not a surprise, but glad to hear confirmation at last.

[Necronomicon II]

Makes sense if they want to go head to head with Netflix.

[skull-splitter]

Anyone surprised? Disney wants $$$...

[The Old One]

Pleasant news.

[SM]

Anyone surprised? Disney wants $$$...

I daresay some of the multitude of people who said 'Alien is ded, Disney don make R rated movie' might be a bit surprised.

[LtJesseRipley]

Excellent.

[The Old One]

[Whiskeybrewer]

Its a start lol

[Voodoo Magic]

I honestly thought this was never in any doubt.

Makes sense if they want to go head to head with Netflix.

As far as I understand, Disney is cutting ties with Netflix. Plus they will own Hulu.

[The Old One]

Why would they keep Hulu around if they have their own streaming service upcoming?

[Magegg]

Maybe Disney wants to expand to "non-family-friendly" territory now that they merged with Fox.

It only makes sense to start aiming to different audiences with more variety if they want to compete with Netflix.

[Voodoo Magic]

I'd wager they rebrand Hulu and merge. I have a feeling Disney's streaming service will be branched into two tiers, one being for adults without the Disney monicker, but both offered as a package to consumers. Will it still be called "Hulu" remains to be seen.

[AVP-CAPCOM]

Could the PG-13 "Once Upon a Deadpool" been a clever way for Disney to test the waters for making a R-rated franchises PG-13?

It failed so that explains the backpeddling of keeping acquired Disney properties rated R.

I am worried of the mentioning of offloading ALIEN/PREDATOR/AVP to streaming services with low budgets, crap CGI and dodgy make-up.

Ridley Scott hates Disney, so don't count on him finishing his "David arc".
Blomkamp has dropped ALIEN 5 working on smaller projects
The PREDATOR- bombed

As for the almost mooted AVP3 (via now deleted and reshot scenes in THE PREDATOR) they went with IRON MAN.

Can't see it happening but my suggestion is AVP3.

Sorry to spam the forum that is all I've got.

[Nukiemorph]

Ridley Scott hates Disney, so don't count on him finishing his "David arc".
Blomkamp has dropped ALIEN 5 working on smaller projects
The PREDATOR- bombed

He's making Merlin for Disney.

[AVP-CAPCOM]

Ridley Scott hates Disney, so don't count on him finishing his "David arc".
Blomkamp has dropped ALIEN 5 working on smaller projects
The PREDATOR- bombed

He's making Merlin for Disney.

He was..................back in January 2018.

Nothing on IMDB and nothing for 2019.

Ridley Scott has done a lot of producing and executive producer roles, but no Directorials since- All the Money in the World January 2018.

My comment was based on him saying he disliked Disney for "putting ALIEN on display in a glass cabinet" in Disneyland with his "the beast is cooked" comment.