Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm, Star Wars Episode 7 Due In 2015 816
Jason Levine writes "Disney will acquire Lucasfilm, including the Star Wars trilogy. Additionally, Star Wars: Episode 7 is due to be released in 2015, with more feature films on the way. George Lucas said, 'For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next. It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I've always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. I'm confident that with Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy, and having a new home within the Disney organization, Star Wars will certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come.'"
It is October (Score:4, Informative)
ILM/PIXAR/DISNEY (Score:5, Informative)
Seems fitting as Disney has already picked up a few of the older ILM guys when they acquired Pixar.
Re:ILM/PIXAR/DISNEY (Score:2, Informative)
Sorry ILM should be Lucas Film. DUH
Remember Pixar was a part of Lucas Films, and they now are for all intents and purposes Disney's animation group. I'm just saying this could be a good thing. Hell it's not like they can shit on the brand anymore then Lucas did with the Phantom Menace.
Re:I felt a great disturbance in the Force (Score:5, Informative)
as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly...
It ain't no trick to get rich quick
If you dig dig dig with a shovel or a pick
In a mine! In a mine! In a mine! In a mine!
Where a million diamonds shine!
Heigh ho, heigh ho, we'll rape your memories you know.
Re:Because it worked so well before (Score:5, Informative)
Yeah - Marvel was SUCH a bad buy for Disney, and horrible for Marvel...
5/7/2010 Disney Iron Man 2 $128,122,480
5/4/2012 Disney Marvel's The Avengers $207,438,708
Re:Because it worked so well before (Score:5, Informative)
No, for PIXAR to have "bought" Disney, Jobs would have to have ended up with over 50% of Disney holdings. Instead, he received approximately 7% of Disney stock as part of the stock swap. While this did make him the single largest shareholder of Disney, he did not end up with enough stock to control the company. Two of the top institutional holders together (4% each) could easily outvote him (and now his estate).
Then again, why let facts get in the way of a good story...
Re:I'm Optimistic (Score:5, Informative)
Re:I'm Optimistic (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Joss Whedon's Star Wars (Score:5, Informative)
No, Joss Whedon is the same as George Lucas: they both work well with supervision. Compare the Firefly comics with the series, so many things are just out of character and wrong in the comics, because Joss was unsupervised.
I will have to dispute that, and submit Dr. Horrible and Much Ado as evidence. Joss Whedon was 100% unsupervised when doing those.
Re:I'm Optimistic (Score:5, Informative)
Re:I felt a great disturbance in the Force (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Huh? (Score:5, Informative)
I really prefer that Seth Green guy better. The Robot Chicken sendup was funnier.
Re:Huh? (Score:5, Informative)