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trump Rupert Murdoch
The question of whether Disney's $52.4 billion deal to purchase most of the assets of 20th Century Fox will be good or bad for consumers has been on everyone's mind this week We know who the deal will be bad for: people who like a diverse array of offerings in movies and television, as well[...]
trump Rupert Murdoch
Yesterday, Disney acquired most of the assets of 21st Century Fox in a deal that gave Fox shareholders $52.4 billion worth of Disney stock Prior to the announcement, President Donald Trump called Fox mogul Rupert Murdoch to congratulate him on the sale (and make sure that Murdoch hadn't sold Trump's favorite television channel, Fox News)[...]
bob iger
Fulfilling multiple doomsday properties earlier today, Disney made things official by announcing that they bought most of the assets of 21st Century Fox Included amongst those assets, according to the press release, are the movie rights for the X-Men and Fantastic Four (though it's unknown how Constantin Films factors into the Fantastic Four deal at[...]
ryan reynolds disney fox
Following the expected but still shocking sale of most of the assets of 21st Century Fox to Disney this morning for $52.4 billion in stock, the quick-witted Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds was quick to post a humorous reaction on Twitter: Apparently you can't actually blow the Matterhorn pic.twitter.com/2bEAAcZrUv — Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) December 14, 2017 As a result[...]
Disney Officially Makes $52.4 Billion Deal to Acquire Fox
Taking the timeless advice of Beyonce, Disney has put a ring on 21st Century Fox, Inc., purchasing most of the company's assets for $52.4 billion in stock Reports that the two companies were negotiating first surfaced earlier this month, and in the spirit of 2017, things spiraled quickly and here we are. Under the terms of[...]
James Mangold and Patrick Stewart Weigh In On Disney Buying Fox
In what will eventually end up being a case of every single person involved with the production of the movie Logan, director James Mangold has weighed in on the looming Fox sale to Disney, which could happen this week Star Hugh Jackman also commented on the deal earlier today. Mangold revealed to website Deadline that he's[...]
Lethal Weapon
To go with tomorrow night's mid-season finale of Lethal Weapon, Fox has released a new trailer that mimic's the original trailer for the 1987 Lethal Weapon movie that starred Mel Gibson and Danny Glover They used similar graphics to the original and cut in scenes from the television series with Clayne Crawford and Damon Wayans[...]
Hugh Jackman Comments on the Potential Disney-Fox Merger
Everyone on the internet is talking about the fact that Disney could be buying 20th Century Fox This is a big deal to comic book fans who are equal parts excited and nervous about the idea of the X-Men and the Fantastic Four making their way to the Marvel Cinematic Universe There are a lot[...]
Dave Bautista
Bautista isn't done movie-starring yet, as a new report from Deadline says Bautista has been attached to a Fox action comedy called Stuber. In Stuber, Bautista plays a detective who commandeers an Uber vehicle with a driver named Stu, in a concept at least on par with other superstar wrestler roles like Hulk Hogan in Suburban[...]
LOS ANGELES - MAY 7: Jillian Rose Reed at the MTV Movie and Television Awards on the Shrine Auditorium on May 7, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA
Reed recently ended a five-season run on Awkward and has since appeared on VH1's Daytime Divas, YouTube Red's Foursome, and provides the voice for Naomi on Elena of Avalor on the Disney Channel. Lucifer is in its third season on Fox with the biggest change to the series being the addition of Tom Welling as Marcus Pierce[...]
Gotham
I think Lee Thompkins and Lucius Fox are the only two who didn't make an appearance this week. Basically, what we learned this week is that Sofia is far more manipulative, conniving, and ruthless than she first appeared She had things so planned out that it's kind of scary It starts with her receiving a call[...]
Replacement Director for Bohemian Rhapsody Announced
 First, there was the announcement that the production was halting due to the absence of their director, Bryan Singer.  Then, Singer was officially fired from the production by FOX, citing his unexplained multiple no shows to set.  But then yesterday, Singer fired back, stating that the studio was not allowing him to take time off from[...]
the exorcist
Jeremy Slater, showrunner on Fox TV series The Exorcist, sequel to the 1973 horror movie classic of the same name, has taken a strong and unique approach to online backlash over a gay kiss in the series. Beware, minor spoilers for the series' second season follow. After a recent episode, The Exorcist received some criticism online, as[...]
new mutants poster
Fox has released a new poster for The New Mutants, the first in what director Josh Boone hopes will be a trilogy of horror films The movie takes the New Mutants out of their traditional setting at mutant school and puts them into a secret government facility and also it's a horror film The description[...]
Bryan Singer Says Fox Fired Him Because He Was Caring for Sick Parent
Director Bryan Singer has fired back at Fox following the announcement Monday afternoon that the studio had fired Singer from the production of Bohemian Rhapsody, the Queen biopic starring Rami Malek Reports said the studio fired Singer for taking absences from the set too often, and that those absences propelled Singer Headlong into conflict (involving[...]
Gotham
With that knowledge and a drawing based on his actual skull shape, Gordon and Lucius Fox discover that Pyg is actually a serial killer named Lazlo Valentine But Pyg escapes Arkham and leaves a message for Jim signed Lazlo… so he wasn't really trying to hide who he is. In the Narrows, there is another mob[...]
SHIELD
time slot while Marvel's Inhumans averaged 2.6 million and a 0.6 rating during its run at 9 p.m. A look at their competition and CBS is the winner of the night with MacGyver (6.7 mil/0.8) and Hawaii Five-0 (8.6 mil/0.9), but both are down a tenth, bringing in their series lows. Blindspot (3.3 mil/0.7) was up a tenth for NBC while Fox's[...]
Queen Biopic Halts Production Due To Bryan Singer "Health Matter"
Studio Fox issued only a single sentence statement, which read: Twentieth Century Fox Film has temporarily halted production on 'Bohemian Rhapsody' due to the unexpected unavailability of Bryan Singer. But Singer isn't just lazing on a Sunday afternoon Variety obtained an additional statement from a representative of Singer, which elaborated that the issue was "a personal health[...]
Ghosted: Fox Scares up 6 Additional Episodes and a New Showrunner
Credit: Fox 'Tis the season for additional episode orders, it seems Following on the heels of CBS's order for an additional eight episodes of Elementary comes word that Fox has picked up freshman series Ghosted for six more episodes. Created by Tom Gormican with a pilot directed by executive producer Jonathan Krisel, the first season of the sci-fi[...]
nycc 2017
Culture clash comedy Re-Training Day is looking to set up shop at Fox, with the network giving a pilot commitment to the comedy from Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley (developers/executive producers, Uncle Buck). Written and executive produced by Cragg and Bradley and based on a segment from NPR's Planet Money, the series pilot will also be executive[...]
James Franco and Dave Franco
I think probably what I can say is, like anything, there's a need to develop more." In a very strange turn of events, Fox is currently the studio taking the most risks with their superhero properties when it comes to genre and tone Their three movies and two television shows are nothing alike, and it's going[...]
CNN Defends Their International Journalist Against Latest Trump Attack
Then, this morning, he called for a contest to find the most dishonest, corrupt coverage of his administration, excluding Fox news from the group.   .@FoxNews is MUCH more important in the United States than CNN, but outside of the U.S., CNN International is still a major source of (Fake) news, and they represent our Nation to[...]