News Round Up 2020

[Douglas Dubh]

Chapek’s chance for his first acquisition


https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/22/hollywood-giant-mgm-puts-itself-up-for-sale-at-5bn

Ooh, they could go back to calling it Disney-MGM Studios.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Disney PhotoPass uploads a new mobile wall paper for EPCOT!!! (and some others I guess)

https://blogmickey.com/2020/12/disney-photopass-spreads-holiday-cheer-with-new-mobile-wallpapers/

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Ooh, they could go back to calling it Disney-MGM Studios.

so now we know why they didn't go through with the prior rumored name change!

 

[sherlockmiles]

Ooh, they could go back to calling it Disney-MGM Studios.

YES PLEASE!!!!!

 

[RivShore]

so now we know why they didn't go through with the prior rumored name change!

I forgot about that - was there ever any mention of it after that initial comment from Iger? (I think it was at a shareholder meeting a few years ago.)

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Current menu at Gideon's

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341758942146392065

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341763285629227009

 

[BriarRabbit]

Current menu at Gideon's

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Moff Gideon has a bakery?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Moff Gideon has a bakery?
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"I have something that you want. You may think you know what edible pleasure is, but you do not. In a few moments, these will be yours. It will mean more to your stomach than you will ever know."

 

[MickeyWaffles]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341763285629227009

If you have a car, this is when you just drive to the other location and bring the cookies back. Would take less than half the time

 

[BrianL]

Current menu at Gideon's

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I think I got diabetes just reading that menu!

 

[Mit88]

Chapek’s chance for his first acquisition


https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/22/hollywood-giant-mgm-puts-itself-up-for-sale-at-5bn

Im not sure they’d be allowed to. Arent there monopoly laws in place that they got awfully close to crossing during the Fox acquisition? In all reality this wouldn’t be a terrible deal though. They were trying to sell the rights to “No Time to Die” for only 1 year at 500M. They could put Soul Plane on Disney+

 

[rteetz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341779696330174468

 

[BrianL]

Im not sure they’d be allowed to. Arent there monopoly laws in place that they got awfully close to crossing during the Fox acquisition? In all reality this wouldn’t be a terrible deal though. They were trying to sell the rights to “No Time to Die” for only 1 year at 500M. They could put Soul Plane on Disney+

MGM is such a mess. I think it would be better if Warner bought them so they could reunite the library. I do not think it would be a good acquisition for Disney at all. Disney should lay off studio acquisitions for a while.

 

[Farro]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341779696330174468

 

[Mit88]

MGM is such a mess. I think it would be better if Warner bought them so they could reunite the library. I do not think it would be a good acquisition for Disney at all. Disney should lay off studio acquisitions for a while.

I was thinking Universal might be the best spot for them. They have a lot of horror properties, and with their partnership with Blumhouse makes a perfect fit. And their streaming service sure could use the content

 

[BrianL]

I was thinking Universal might be the best spot for them. They have a lot of horror properties, and with their partnership with Blumhouse makes a perfect fit. And their streaming service sure could use the content

I was just looking at their properties and they are all over the place. They have too many different distribution deals - Sony for Bond, UA for some things...it's messy. I'm not sure all that could be straightened out. As we move into a streaming world, ideally I want to see franchises unified on one service at least.

 

[The Pho]

Im not sure they’d be allowed to. Arent there monopoly laws in place that they got awfully close to crossing during the Fox acquisition? In all reality this wouldn’t be a terrible deal though. They were trying to sell the rights to “No Time to Die” for only 1 year at 500M. They could put Soul Plane on Disney+

The antitrust issues surrounding Fox were mostly related to the Sports portion of the purchase, which they offloaded immediately as part of getting approved. Buying MGM wouldn’t run into those issues.
Their biggest property, Bond, isn’t fully owned by them anyways.

 

[andyw715]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341779696330174468

Yea but, not 180 min "excellent".