The Empire of Joy: Disney's list of films for the coming year and beyond - Sensationalist Headlines

https://deadline.com/2019/04/disney-fox-star-wars-episode-ix-new-mutants-1202587943/ [Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan] Horn called out all the achievements of Disney and Fox, and Searchlight’s Oscar-winning streak. He paused when he came across the title of Guillermo del Toro’s best picture winner and wryly said “Shape of Water. What is that? I never understood that.” This was all before Horn launched a Searchlight sizzle reel showing their hits like The Favourite, Descendant, Black Swan, Three Billboards, etc., and a placard in the reel touting awards stats 139 Oscar nominations and 39 wins. If you've gotten this far and aren't despressed yet, Disney hasn't taken New Mutants and Dark Phoenix off the table, though Avatar 2 is missing. They promised more Deadpool and something about Wolverine, but I don't think Disney has the balls to has Jackman back.

Tolkien? They have some Tolkien license now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Girzu81oS8Q It's a biopic.

I really don't see this going well for any of the beloved franchises they got from Fox except for maybe something like X-men.

Unless I'm blind, the next Spiderman movie is also missing from that schedule.

Disney owns all the former fox Entertainment assets and international networks.

They're doing an Artemis Fowl movie? I loved those books.

These remakes are a fucking embarrassment

it's technically a sony movie despite being part of the mcu

Don't worry, Disney will buy that too later in the year

i really hate how lately the only original movie stuff disney seems to put out are mediocre sequels to their/pixar's movies and live action remakes that really have no reason to exist over the originals.

Tbh all I want Disney is to not touch their greasy hands on Fox Searchlight

Another Maleficent? Why? That was the only (and not-so-coincidentally the first) live action reimagining they got right. A total thematic change from the original that put a new spin on a popular but ultimately one-dimensional character, which wrapped itself up satisfactorily at the end. There isn't any base story to work with like they did past that point, where could they possibly go with it?

Because they did it right the first time they think they can do it again. Disney is arrogant like that.

Unchecked capitalism sure is great for consolidating the production and distribution of media.

The Artemis Fowl movie is probably going to be bad and I'm unhappy about it.

Cautiously optimistic. Liked the books from my childhood. Wouldn't mind seeing a movie made of them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXlBep9uFjI It looks okay. However making Root a woman tosses out Holly's arc entirely and I can't find it now but I swear the description of Artemis' character is something that isn't "arrogant asshole looking to bring his family name back into the spotlight"

Read the books as a kid, loved them and always thought they'd make fantastic films... Unless of course you're going to ruin Hollys story and completely change Artemis' entire personality.

what really tickles my bum is that jrr tolkien absolutely loathed disney, and now a biopic about him is under disney's helm (albeit it was originally under fox)