According to various sources, The Walt Disney Company is reportedly in talks to purchase most of 21st Century Fox. The talks have been taking place for Disney to buy most of the company, not including the news and sports assets.
While talks have been taking place over the last several weeks, there is no guarantee that there will be a final deal. Sources say the talks have ceased for the time being, but that the entire conversation has been on again and off again for some time.
For entertainment aficionados, the deal would specifically include 20th Century Fox, 21st Century Fox’s movie studio. The deal could then reunite Marvel’s X-Men and Fantastic Four with the characters currently existing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and could bring the rights to the home release of the theatrical cut of Star Wars to the same company that owns Lucasfilm.
Fox senior management is reportedly leaning towards a tighter focus on news and sports for the multimedia company to more effectively compete in those spaces.
Disney has already acquired a massive media library that includes the Marvel and Star Wars universe The purchase of 21st Century Fox would also bring X-Men movie franchise under that umbrella, for Disney to do with as they see fit, as well as the Alien franchise.
