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That's pretty normal for the leading firm in a moderately concentrated oligopoly? (Which if you factor out DWA and give it to Universal for the HHI, it goes down to 2175, so less of an impact, obviously) There shouldn't be any legitimate anti-trust concerns with this merger.

Calculating the HHI for just the top 20 film studios in 2016 (a year that was dominated by Disney, so the HHI will be inflated by a proposed merger in this year) and you get 1569, which indicated there is some concentration in the industry but not to a severe amount by any standards. A proposed merger would lead a 2307 HHI, which is definitely a significant jump and would without a doubt increase Disney's marketpower, but the industry still would not be considered heavily concentrated by typical anti-trust standards. There won't be any legal concerns about this, and I don't see any other significant merger being possible, as of now.

Speaking of funny book movies. I presume either Deadpool or Han Solo will move release dates if the merger goes through and doesn't have any major complications.

Going further, Disney wouldn't have much of a reason to shorten their theatrical windows. They wouldn't be worried about maximizing DVD revenues, as the movie will simply go the streaming service.

Yeah, I'm struggling to see why people are getting worked up about how it's terrible for the industry. I really doubt consumers will feel much of an effect beyond how Disney decides to use their assets.

No. It would not be a monopoly. It wouldn't even be a horizontal merger.

Or you pay $10 a month for a service and have access to the entire Disney/Fox library? It's business, and people are pretty doom and gloom over this.

While I am unsure how this will effect consumers wanting to go to see movies, I think this deal is actually good for theaters. It gives Disney (a movie-studio, which Netflix and Hulu are not) control over a large portion of the market for streamable content. That is, the profits raised from streaming can be used toward producing content. Also, in order for Disney to promote their streaming service, they'll need to continue to produce theatrical hits that they'll later be able to add to their library, in order to keep the streaming service appealing. Their original content won't go straight to streaming, whereas Netflix and Hulu's do (which are the biggest competitors to the theatrical game). And while this is a big merger, I still wouldn't consider this close to Disney being a monopoly. Something like the film industry is always going to be a sort of oligopoly, there's no way around it given the high costs. Disney still won't own enough of a market where I think they're doing anything illegal or majorly damaging to the overall surplus of the industry. There's enough firms for the industry to stay competitive, especially when you compare it to things like the Cable or Telephone Industry.

They'll do it if they want a competitive streaming program. They have enough content already for their program to appeal to some families, what they need is enough content to appeal to a larger amount of the general audience of moviegoers. Having awards contenders on your streaming program is a major plus, especially during the December and January time frame. Fox provides that, and they'll need to be able to continually add to that library, which would mean keeping Fox running. We don't really know how Disney will use Fox yet. It's very possible they just take the library, a few IPs (like Avatar), the regional sports channels and shelve the rest. It's also possibility they let things like Fox Searchlight keep running, especially if they're bringing in a profit. They did similar things when they owned Miramax and Touchstone. Judging from how they've treated LucasFilm, Pixar and Marvel, Disney seems to allow their purchased studios to remain autonomous (even to the extent of not putting the Disney logo on their Star Wars and Marvel movies) and do their own thing. Movie studios in general seem to trying to copy the Marvel formula, I don't think it's that Disney is forcing their studios to be formulaic (especially since the new Star Wars movies really don't play much like the Marvel movies imo, although they do fit the style of modern blockbusters).

I'd think they'd just move the BlueSky teams into their other animation studios? The only actual possibly worth something to Disney is Peanuts. The rest of the movie would just be fodder for their streaming program. Overall, the deal is good for both Fox and Disney. I think there's pros and cons for the consumers. This will create more competition for Netflix, Prime and Hulu, so Disney will still have to be competitive on the streaming front. Plus, Disney's streaming program will have a large library, which will be a major plus for consumers wanting good streaming programs. For actual movies, it'll all depend on how Disney decides to approach Fox's studio as a whole. Will they keep Searchlight running? Will they keep the main Fox studio producing their own things (similar to Pixar and LucasFilm, etc.)? Will they take advantage of all of Fox's IPs and creative talent? My gut instinct is that they'd keep those, but I can't see how Disney's overall costs would look keeping everything running. They may want to streamline Fox, and only keep some IPS, which would then have some negative effects on consumers. We may also get less movies coming out overall, but that could be beneficial to Box Office, as either other studios may try to increase film production or there will be less competition on the market, giving some smaller films more room to develop legs and break into more theaters.

BFI's Sight and Sound poll of 180 international critics on their favorite movies. @WrathOfHan should be happy about a couple of the inclusions 1. Get Out, dir: Jordan Peele2. Twin Peaks: The Return, dirs: Mark Frost, David Lynch3. Call Me by Your Name, dir: Luca Guadagnino4. Zama, dir: Lucrecia Martel5. Western, dir: Valeska Grisebach6. Faces Places, dir: Agnes Varda, JR7. Good Time, dirs: Ben and Josh Safdie8. Loveless, dir: Andrey Zvyagintsev9. Dunkirk, dir: Christopher Nolan9. The Florida Project, dir: Sean Baker11. A Ghost Story, dir: David Lowery12. BPM, dir: Robin Campillo12. Lady Macbeth, dir: William Oldroyd12. You Were Never Really Here, dir: Lynne Ramsay15. God’s Own Country, dir: Francis Lee16. Personal Shopper, dir: Olivier Assayas16. The Shape Of Water, dir: Guillermo del Toro16. Strong Island, dir: Yance Ford19. I Am Not Your Negro, dir: Raoul Peck19. Lady Bird, dir: Greta Gerwig19. Let the Sunshine In, dir: Claire Denis19. Moonlight, dir: Barry Jenkins19. mother!, dir: Darren Aronofsky19. Mudbound, dir: Dee Rees25. The Other Side Of Hope, dir: Aki Kaurismaki25. Silence, dir: Martin Scorsese

That's called confirmation bias. Maybe you heard rumors that turned out to be true for them. But you aren't counting the number of times rumors are spread that turn out false. If something happens, it will happen, there's no point in talking about it until it actually does.

In all seriousness, giving credit to gossip sites that won't even name names out of fear of being sued for libel or slander is a slap in the face to the actual journalism exposing sexual misconduct. Theres no scandal because some anonymous guy with a keyboard on a blogsite thinks there is. Leave it, unless something legitimate from an actual newsource comes up.

Right now I see it as Lady Bird, Call Me By Your Name and Get Out being the frontrunners, while Three Billboards, The Florida Project and The Shape of Water are darkhorses. It's still pretty early though. But I do think The Post's reviews take it out of contention for the win, it should still get a nom though.

THE FLOODGATES ARE ABOUT TO OPEN! I HEARD SO ON A COMMENT FROM A BLOGPOST ON TEENZLUVCELEBGOSSIP.COM #FrancoGate #EthicsInFrancoJournalism

I personally think you shouldn't give any credence to a website called "Blind gossip dot com"

We should have a general awards season thread for discussion about it all overall. That's pretty much how this ones been treated.

Also, another minor critics society (LA Online Film Critics Society)

Here are the Detroit Film Critics Society's nominations. They reveal their winners Thursday. BEST FILM The Disaster Artist The Florida Project Get Out The Shape of Water Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BEST DIRECTOR Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread Sean Baker, The Florida Project Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk Jordan Peele, Get Out Geuillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water BEST ACTOR Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name James Franco, The Disaster Artist Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Robert Pattinson, Good Time BEST ACTRESS Jessica Chastain, Molly’s Game Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie, I, Tonya Saroise Ronan, Lady Bird BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Patrick Stewart, Logan Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me by Your Name BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip Holly Hunter, The Big Sick Allison Janney, I, Tonya Melissa Leo, Novitiate Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird BEST ENSEMBLE The Big Sick Lady Bird Mudbound The Post Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri BREAKTHROUGH Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name (actor) Gal Gadot, Wonder Woman (actress) Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip (actress) Caleb Landry Jones, American Made, The Florida Project, Get Out, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (actor) Jordan Peele, Get Out (writer/director) BEST SCREENPLAY Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick Liz Hannah, Josh Singer, The Post Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Jordan Peele, Get Out Taylor Sheridan, Wind River BEST DOCUMENTARY The Defiant Ones Human Flow Kedi Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond Step Strong Island Whose Streets? BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Cars 3 Coco The LEGO Batman Movie Loving Vincent BEST USE OF MUSIC Baby Driver Blade Runner 2049 Good Time Phantom Thread The Shape of Water

We should all rate it an F just to spite @That One Guy

Wow! Those were pretty darn close, given expectations.

What kind of bull would that be??

Sally Hawkins sure took Baumer's words to heart.

You think I'd stan for some blue fish fucking movie when I could stan for STAR WARS? The nerve of some people!