The merging of Fox and Disney - if it ends up going through - will likely go down as one of the most significant shifts in power for Hollywood in years.
The deal has been poured over and scrutinised by press and financial analysts since it was first announced and while it looked like it was pretty much a foregone conclusion, Deadline is now reporting that a third party is now attempting to scupper everything. Telco giant Comcast is now set to make a better offer for everything that Disney is after from Fox, with an estimated offer of $60 billion on the table.
Comcast had a total asset value of a little over $186 billion in 2017 - significantly more than Disney's $95 billion - and currently own Universal, the oldest of the Big Six studios. The other element to this is an ongoing antitrust case for the merger of AT&T-Time Warner, which would signal whether or not a deal between Fox and whoever ends up buying it will go through.
While this might all seem a bit over the head, Disney buying Fox would mean that a number of well-loved properties would come under their control and give Disney the ability to bring every Marvel property under one roof - not to mention giving them access to a huge amount of properties under Fox's control currently.
Via Deadline
