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Re: Disney Buys Lucasfilms
By: Mac Date: November 9, 2012, 6:23 pm
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Is this true?
[glow=red,2,300]Disney's $4 Billion Pay Out, Doesn't Include
Original Star Wars [/glow]
[quote]Disney will own and release future films in the Star Wars
series (as for potential Indiana Jones films, Paramount retains
some distribution rights and future movies will only be made if
both Paramount and Disney agree on terms). Lucas apparently has
sketched out plans for three more Star Wars films -- he always
envisioned making nine -- with Episode Seven set for release in
2015. But Fox owns distribution rights to the original Star
Wars, No. 4 in the series, in perpetuity in all media worldwide.
And as for the five subsequent movies, Fox has theatrical,
nontheatrical and home video rights worldwide through May 2020.
While the rights on those five films eventually will revert to
Disney, that "in perpetuity" pact for the first film appears to
be an obstacle to Disney releasing a complete set -- unless a
deal can be made.
According to a longtime Lucas associate, the filmmaker always
wanted to keep his films together. “Now it seems like he can't
have a total package of the story because one of the movies is
with Fox, unless they can make some kind of deal [with Disney]
to release nine of them,” this person says.
Disney and Fox did not respond to a request for comment. But a
Fox insider tells THR that as for Disney's blockbuster deal to
purchase Lucas' company, "we certainly would have liked a crack
at it but i get the play."
Fox plans to proceed with plans to re-release the supposedly
much-improved 3D versions of Attack of the Clones and Revenge of
the Sith in fall 2013. The re-release of Episode I -- The
Phantom Menaceturned in only a fair performance earlier this
year, grossing a total of $102.8 million worldwide. Fox receives
only a relatively low - six percent - distribution fee to
release those films. [/quote]
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Re: Disney Buys Lucasfilms
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 9, 2012, 6:39 pm
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Interesting.
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Re: Disney Buys Lucasfilms
By: Neumatic Date: November 9, 2012, 6:40 pm
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It probably explains why the price is so low (compared to
Pixar). But that's fine, I mean, pretty much everyone who wants
the old movies on DVD or Blu-Ray probably has them, or will get
them used, so it's not like they could squeeze much more money
out of that stone. The value is coming from the new movies:
the merchandising, the DVD/Blu-Rays, the online downloads, the
TV and streaming rights, and the tie-ins. It's all new content
no one has seen before and the demand and interest in that is
pretty palpable.
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Re: Disney Buys Lucasfilms
By: Mac Date: November 11, 2012, 8:02 pm
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[glow=red,2,300]Someone Help, George Lucas Is Talking About
Touching The Star Wars VII Script[/glow]
HTML http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBuOHM51YdI
[quote]NO TOUCHIE GEORGIE!!!! Sorry, I’m ok, I swear. We
previously showed you a video of George Lucas and Kathleen
Kennedy discussing Disney’s acquisition of LucasFilm. Guess
what? There’s a part two! In this new clip, they say a few
things we already know – they’re making new films, etc. – but if
anyone thought the sale meant Lucas wouldn’t be involved in the
next trilogy (a death sentence to most fans), they’d be wrong.
Lucas is still Creative Director and will have his hands
aaaaaallllll over that script. Also, Kennedy claims there’s no
source material to go to for the new films which means you can
ask for your money back on all those supposedly in-continuity
novels, comics, etc. you’ve bought over the years.[/quote]
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Re: Disney Buys Lucasfilms
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 11, 2012, 9:36 pm
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Ugh!
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Re: Disney Buys Lucasfilms
By: Mac Date: November 12, 2012, 10:38 pm
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Yea, I think I heard a universal sigh.
Doesn't George know about the Internet?
Peeps are saying stuff and he should listen.
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Re: Disney Buys Lucasfilms
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 12, 2012, 10:42 pm
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George has gone on record saying that any journalist that takes
into account the views of those on the internet are not real
journalist. That pretty much sums up what he thinks of people
like you and me and the rest of the planet. He's from a
different generation when all they had was 2 tin cans and a
string in between them. If you ask George what the 'Internet'
is, his response would be "isn't that when you step inside a
net"?
#Post#: 14037--------------------------------------------------
Re: Disney Buys Lucasfilms
By: Mac Date: November 20, 2012, 10:44 am
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well, my take on rumors have about zero register on my radar...
but thought I'd post this anyway... sounds ridiculous
actually...
[glow=red,2,300]Rumour: Disney planning 2-3 Star Wars films
every year?[/glow]
[quote]As if the news that there is to be a new Star Wars
trilogy wasn’t seismic enough, rumours are now circling that
Disney plans to follow-up Episode VII with two or three Star
Wars films every year!
An upcoming interview with Entertainment Weekly apparently has
Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy confirming that the studio
plans to turn out several movies per year, in order to explore
the Star Wars universe to the full.
The thinking is that Disney would like to establish a
wider-reaching universe, a la The Avengers, in which a variety
of supporting characters are introduced individually, before
being brought together further down the track.
Meanwhile, the search for a director for Episode VII is
reportedly down two a couple of candidates, with Steven
Spielberg, J.J. Abrams and Zack Snyder’s names still doing the
rounds.
All should become clearer over the next couple of weeks, but
whatever happens, we’re going to be talking about Star Wars for
a good while to come[/quote]
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Re: Disney Buys Lucasfilms
By: Chiprocks1 Date: November 20, 2012, 10:47 am
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I heard that back a few days ago. It won't happen. First off, it
would be beyond overkill. Second that over-saturation of that
many Star Wars films per year would kill off the franchise
faster than if George Lucas still had creative control of it. As
for the directors, Spielberg and Abrams withdrew their names
from the list a couple of weeks back.
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