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Today atCinemaCon , Disney laid out the future of its recently larn 20th Century Fox movie franchises , and give self-confidence that there is a futurity for thePlanet of the ApesandAlienmovies - among others . Disney recentlyacquired Fox ( minus a few video networks)for $ 71 billion , and the merger has left many who follow the film diligence queasy , not only about Disney ’s grow say-so and the inevitable layoff that will follow the hand , but also about the future of Fox ’s franchises .
Disney has carefully craft its ikon as a family - well-disposed studio apartment , rivet on films that are suitable for all ages . By contrast , Fox has a plethora of franchises built around universal gas constant - rated movies , likeDeadpool , Alien , andPredator . It seemed unlikely that Disney would simply go forth these dimension to stagnate after expend so much money evolve them , and Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn has previously said that Disney will use Fox as a manner tomake the kind of R - rated moviesthat it could never have made with a Disney label attached .
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Horn used much of Disney ’s CinemaCon panel as an chance to repose out Disney ’s plans for Fox movies . Emma Watts , Vice Chair of twentieth Century Fox Film , also utter positively about what Fox can do with the " Brobdingnagian resources " of Disney at its disposal . She promised that Fox " will extend to produce new story , " and listed a number of enfranchisement that the studio apartment considers to still have animation in them , admit Alien , Planet of the Apes , Kingsman , andMaze Runner . While this credibly does n’t mean that Fox has Alien or Planet of the Apes moving picture in active development , it is a sign that the studio apartment is concerned in building upon those franchises in the approximate hereafter .
Part of the presentation was a sizzle reel that blended footage from Disney and Fox movies , both past and upcoming , to highlight the biggest successes of both studios . Overall , the CinemaCon presentation gave a clearer picture of how Disney and Fox will operate go forward . While Disney may select certain prop to soak up into the family - friendly side of the business enterprise ( specifically , the hug drug - Men and the Fantastic Foureventually join the Marvel Cinematic Universe ) , Fox will be maintained as a disjoined brand that ’s able to produce gas constant - rated films and other project that do n’t quite fit with Disney ’s image .
The Alien movie enfranchisement is currently on hold espouse the unsatisfying box office performance ofAlien : Covenant , though there are rumors ofAlien TV shows being in developmentfor a streaming platform . Meanwhile , the recent Planet of the Apes prequel trilogy firmly wrapped up its tale at the end ofWar for the Planet of the Apes , but there ’s obviously potential for more stories to be narrate in that world - for example , the apes building their new world without humans to interfere .
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