Thread 149688375

We all know this will happen by next year so out of the 3 which one is going to buy Warner Bros though this bidding war?

>Disney has the highest bid right now.

>>149688375 (OP)
Didn't you already make this thread?

>>149688399
No.

I looked up Desu but those were just news reports.

>>149688375 (OP)
>Disney has the highest bid right now.
After paying 80 billion for Fox I doubt Disney wants to put up whatever crazy number Zaslav has for WB

>>149688375 (OP)
Universal is the Best Option, they need Dreamworks.

>>149688530
Theres already talks about Disney selling most of it's cable networks to Rupert Murdoch's Fox just so Disney can have the money to buy Warner Bros.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGQYc_wVGAI
They're keeping ABC, ABC News, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD and all of the ESPN channels but are selling the rest to Rupert Murdoch's Fox.

>>149688576
I agree with this, makes Universal be on a even playing field with Disney.

>>149688375 (OP)
For the last time (since you made this exact thread yesterday) they are splitting the tv channels off and handing all the debt to it they are they are preparing to continue as a healthy independent company
No one is buying them and with current economy can’t afford to either

>>149688823
They're splitting up the tv channels off so they can make the process of selling the film/IP studio much easier since they don't need to deal with the FTC when it's just the film/IP studio.

>>149688782
so what channels would be even left for Fox to buy? Freeform? doesn't seem that interesting given Fox had owned it prior.

>>149688375 (OP)
God I fucking hope it’s not Disney, they wreck every franchise they buy, Looney Tunes is already in a pretty fucked up state as it is we do not need it to be even worse, we do not need Looney Tunes to conform to being safe shit since the whole purpose of Looney Tunes since the beginning was rebelling against Disney.

>>149688823
I feel like it's someone at Disney pushing the "Disney is buying WB" narrative to cover for F4 underperforming

>>149688375 (OP)
Sony so NRS and Mortal Kombat survive, the others don't make video games in house.

>>149689050
Disneys already on thin ice with the anti-trust people because of their purchase of Fox. Plus with all their recent high profile flops and internal squabbles, I don't think they could afford it even if they wanted to.

>>149689248
They're selling off most of their TV networks back to Rupert Murdoch just to keep this buyout legal, plus they need the extra money for the buyout anyway.

>>149688967
Wrong fags, the tv channels are being handed the 30 billion in debt so that the crumble and die out, while the IP and studio portion has zero in debt and is now better position then the rivals
It’s Jewish business strategies more then anything but this is not for them to be sold

>>149689370
No, right, they're splitting off the TV networks just so Disney's buyout of the film/IP studio can go through without FTC interference.

Apple is the only one who can buy DC. It'd be more than a bargain for them as they need the IP to make Apple TV profitable because it's their only service that isn't profitable and that's a huge embarrassment to them. DC and Harry Potter would be huge for that service.

>>149689468
Apple isn't in this bidding war, Disney, Universal and Sony are.

>>149689320
But what would Disney really get in return for this? More stuff to put on Disney+?

>>149689468
And it's HBO too, right?

>>149688375 (OP)
>WB goes for the shadow realm and Lionsgate buys them from Zaslav for billions
>Starz becomes a part of HBO
>both Keanu Reeves action movies Matrix and John Wick are officially canon
>Saw ends up being in the same universe as Mortal Kombat, Final Destination and Nightmare on Elm Street
>Harry Potter crossover with both Hunger Games and Twilight becomes a reality
>Lionsgate now owns the entirety of Looney Tunes, as well as DC Universe, HB (including Tom & Jerry), LotR and even Six Flags

universal buys wb so they can have something to put in Epic universe/the hole thats going to happen when the simpsons deal runs out.

hell imagine a dreamworks land going in the simpsons spot and Epic Getting a fully flushed out Looney Tunes/DC Land. i would also kill anyone for a pennywise Ride

>>149689412
Has nothing to do with that
It is how Warner Bros doesn’t have crippling debt now and can build out Max and new projects

>>149688576
>>149688793
>Woody Woodpecker finally becomes canon in the Looney Tunes universe

>>149689537
Hence why the film/IP studio is in a bidding war between Disney, Universal and Sony right now.
>>149689541
We can hope.

>>149689507
and also Lionsgate buys Turner networks like TBS, TNT, truTV, CN, Adult Swim, etc.
which means Jigsaw from the Saw movies becomes part of the Impractical Jokers

>>149689510

Six Flags has LT and DC theme park rights for the next several decades.

Probably in the top 5 of WB fuckups

>>149688375 (OP)
>>149688823
Disney would literally be burning a hole in their pocket if they bought WB they'd just be taking on a company with ludicrously bad PR
The real prize would be all the IPs they can scrape ideas from for the next 1000 years, but their OWN scrape bucket has been blowing up in their face as they desperately try to resurrect the MCU

>>149691624
That's why I don't believe in Disney buying WB. They showed that they barely can handle having Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Fox. Adding WB to it would just mean more overall incompetence or even worse

How about NO ONE buys them? Megacorps buying megacorps isn't a fun game to bet on like horse races.

>>149691729
The IP's are valuable but it's really about the WB lot, that's A1 real estate in California, probably the most valuable land on the planet, ready for development.
Sony tried to buy Paramount just for the lot, the industry is moving to Nevada where it's cheaper to film and they don't have an intrest in maintaining a streaming service. I assume it's the same for the others, you get multi billion dollar plot of land and Batman

bump

I am. Any questions?

>>149693286
>Any questions?
More of a statement: If you give people WHAT THEY WANT, they'll give you MONEY in return.
Hope that helps you run WB better than WB did for the past 30 years

>>149693878
But what do people want?

>>149693286
Yes but... Esta Bonito?

>>149694009
Well I'd say do the OPPOSITE of almost every decision made in the past 2 decades

>>149688375 (OP)
Why would Disney ever want Warner Bros? Disney is one of the most Non Masculine companies ever. We already know what they do to male franchises. And its worse than what Nickelodeon has done to Ninja Turtles. So basically if you want Warner's properties to be dare I say it "respected" they need to be sold to Universal. In fact in the future Disney themselves will be EATEN by Universal.

Universal is Disney's eternal rival as early as Universal stealing Oswald from Walt Disney himself so it would be karma that long after Walt has died Universal comes to own Disney's ass. All MUST return to Universal eventually for one thing Universal has the titular name for it. All begins and ends with Universal. Disney is just a disobedient little brat who thinks he's going to win against his father. That's the history of Universal and Disney.

>>149693286
look at all those riches

>>149689541
So would Felix. Oh wait Universal doesn't care they own that one. The trademark literally was allowed to expire.

>>149690846
Six Flags I can see relinquishing the licenses if someone buys them out, they are not doing too hot and a billion or two would get them out of debt entirely.
If Universal actually buys parts of Warner they might go for it

>>149688782
>FOX wins by doing fucking nothing

>>149688782

Can they sell the FOX IPs back too?

>>149694996
Trademark still seems active to me?
There are usually different trademarks for different niches that sometimes get expired

>>149695052
Last I heard Dreamworks had the official blessings to make Felix media but Dreamworks allowed it to expire not that long ago. So I guess it went back to the parent company aka Universal because Dreamworks ultimately had no interest in making use of Felix.

>>149689050
Not to defend Disney but the main thing that's happening at Disney is they have hired a lot of woke freakshows and trashy women being promoted to positions of power. That's why so many Disney productions are trash all these horrible activists. But Warner is not innocent remember African American Batgirl? Yes it got shelved bravo for that tactic but you know that Warner has their own internal failings and Gunn is one of those freaks.

>>149688375 (OP)
>sony
mismanaged as fuck
>disney
best case scenario for new content
>universal
same shit as before

>>149689072
Underperforming more like outright failing. Disney's MCU has no more fuel. Not even the incoming X-Men is going to be a guarantee to profit especially if rumors are true (hiring that ugly bald actress from Wicked to be Storm, and race swapping both Magneto and Professor Xavier). Once Disney fails with X-Men they will have nothing at all and Kevin Feige will be truly out of a job. He has no more safety nets afterward because Spiderman is Sony's prostitute.

>>149690846
If I remember right Warner was careless so Six Flags can use Looney Tunes at their theme parks until 2050. So.....another twenty five years to go. By then Bugs Bunny will be public domain globally.

>>149694980
Why would Disney ever want Warner Bros?
DC, because they're running low on Marvel characters.

Plus Disney is plaining to make Warner Bros their boys division hence the Bros in their name, plus they left Fox alone.
>>149695136
Also Animaniacs'2020.
>>149695167
If anything it's...

>Sony
Only wants Warner Bros for Jojo and their anime department but mostly Jojo, the US branch sees this as returning Spider-Man and Venom back to Disney so they can make DC movies instead and Warner Bros being able to use certain songs for free again, namely Powerhouse.

>Disney
Only for DC, Family Guy can use WB's stuff for free cutting down it's $2 million dollar per episode production cost down to $200,000 per episode, The Disney Treasures sets being updated for Blu-Ray through Warner Archive, another attempt of a Animaniacs reboot (done right this time with the original crew) for Hulu and more stuff for Disney+.

>Universal
Best case scenario for longevity, also Walter Lants shorts, Harveytoons, Felix the Cat (1950s and Twisted Tales) and Rocky and Bullwinkle on Blu-Ray through Warner Archive.

>>149695363
>DC, because they're running low on Marvel characters.

They actually aren't. The catalog of characters in X-Men alone that Fox hasn't even used is lengthy, to say nothing of other stuff from Marvel they haven't used yet.

Disney's problem right now is their reputation isn't as good as it used to be. Yes, they had Lilo and Stitch and Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine. But they also had, since 2023:

>Quantumania
>The Marvels
>Elemental
>Indiana Jones 4
>Brave New World
>Thunderbolts
>F4 First Steps

Some of these are not that bad. But it's very clear that Disney expected them to do better.

Buying DC accomplishes nothing if they're just going to continue to mismanage it like they're doing with their own stuff.

>>149688375 (OP)
Sony makes more sense. WB is already distributing movies in Japan

>>149688375 (OP)
So long as it's not Disney, the other two seem to be a safe bet.

>>149691624
It’s this, they have too many problems of their own to deal with the retards at WB

>>149695888
>>Quantumania
>>The Marvels
>>Elemental
>>Indiana Jones 4
>>Brave New World
>>Thunderbolts
>>F4 First Steps

Also Wish, Elio, Snow White 2025
At least Elemental and Little Mermaid made some money even if they were underperformers

>>149688375 (OP)
I hate living in 2025.

>>149688375 (OP)
I can see Sony picking up DC for the games alone. They also might prioritize a Spiderman DC crossover. Disney wouldn’t take a large chunk, just small individual channels/properties. No one knows what Universal is thinking. Amazon I think would be the contender for DC besides Sony.

>>149688375 (OP)
I don't want DC and Marvel under the same banner. I REALLY do not care for Sony or Universal, but we cannot afford a monopoly in the capeshit sector.

>>149695044
No, otherwise Rupert Murdoch wouldn't have sold Fox films and TV division in the first place.

>>149688375 (OP)
Universal is the lesser evil here

>>149695986
Universal is their best bet.
>>149696135
This is for the entire Film/IP studio, not just DC.

>>149696103
>Elio
What a sad state that movie ended up being
>if it continued with it's original ideas, it would be called woke trash
>but with how much was stripped from the movie, it's a nothing burger
It just couldn't win.

>>149697672
No company except for Amazon and Apple could afford it

>>149697832
They're not in the bidding war is the thing, Disney, Universal and Sony however are.