While Fox's Future Remains Uncertain, Surprising Details Emerge About The Studio's Big Screen Animated Plans

While Fox's Future Remains Uncertain, Surprising Details Emerge About The Studio's Big Screen Animated Plans

There's a lot about the Fox/Disney merger that we don't know but a new report reveals some of the projects Fox is working on which may or may not happen once the House of Mouse takes charge of the studio.

By JoshWilding - Aug 13, 2018 02:08 AM EST
Filed Under: The Simpsons
Source: The Wall Street Journal
According to a very interesting new report from The Wall Street Journal, Disney is planning to release all Fox movies that are complete or in production once the acquisition is complete and that obviously means that Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants will ultimately see the light of day. However, the most interesting thing about the site's report is Fox's current plans to revamp its animation department.

Apparently, Fox is looking to bring in a new partner to replace DreamWorks Animation after it was acquired by Comcast, and that's started with a collaboration with Fox's television studio for a big screen adaptation of Bob's Burgers. A second movie for The Simpsons is also in the works as is a Family Guy movie which will reportedly be a mixture of live-action and animation. How will that work?

We'll have to wait and see but on the small screen front, TV shows are being developed for Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Ice Age, and Night at the Museum. How Disney will feel about that remains to be seen, especially as there's no doubt plenty they could do with those franchises, especially in their theme parks. What do you guys think? As always, share your thoughts in the comments section below. 
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JamesPunn
JamesPunn - 8/13/2018, 2:33 AM
I know people will complain "Who asked for this," but I'm all for it.
zeon00
zeon00 - 8/13/2018, 8:28 AM
@JamesPunn - Simpson’s fans ask for it 👍
WarnerBrother
WarnerBrother - 8/13/2018, 2:35 AM
I wonder if Disney is going to want a copyright violation battle on its plate when Paramount and CBS go after
The Orville as a Ster Trek ripoff by FOX, while they are trying to create new trek content.
PewPewPew
PewPewPew - 8/13/2018, 3:07 AM
@WarnerBrother - Better tell the producers of Galaxy Quest to watch out for that lawsuit then. After 20+ years it's gotta be right around the corner... 😒
FASELI
FASELI - 8/13/2018, 7:58 AM
@WarnerBrother - That's not going to happen.
GreedoSarducci
GreedoSarducci - 8/13/2018, 8:56 AM
@WarnerBrother - not gonna happen. Not ever. Why are you making up such nonsense?
jerryblake
jerryblake - 8/13/2018, 2:43 AM
The Simpsons ? No
Bob's Burgers The Movie - would watch.
Family Guy New Movie - probably would watch too
mgeoff88
mgeoff88 - 8/13/2018, 3:06 AM
I’m not sure about Dark Phoenix, but I’m glad New Mutants will still be released.

Another Simpsons movie? The last movie came out over 10 years ago. No one asked for this.

Having the Family Guy movie be a mixture of animated and live-action sounds like a bad idea. Again, no one asked for a Family Guy movie.
dracula
dracula - 8/13/2018, 4:00 AM
@mgeoff88 - Plus Simpsons and Family Guy are garbage now, they need to end already, and Fox needs some new blood in the studio, someone with fresh new ideas. A while back Alex Hirsch was in talks to do a show for them, now that could be great, especially after watching

Maybe talk to Dan Harmon, although he is probably going to be busy for a while
Grodd87
Grodd87 - 8/13/2018, 4:11 AM
@dracula - gravity falls is such an underrated show I laughed so hard at fight fighters.
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 8/13/2018, 3:43 AM
That's great. I've been waiting for the Family Guy movie for a while and the First Simpsons movie was great.
dracula
dracula - 8/13/2018, 4:07 AM
@Nightwing1015 - Yeah but both shows suck now. The Simpsons was going down hill when the first movie came out and it was still good, so who knows, maybe they can pull it off. I seriously dont see how a Family Guy movie can work, the writing is worst than modern simpsons and Seth's only good movie was Ted. A Million Ways To Die in the Old West and Ted 2 were crap
Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 8/13/2018, 5:06 AM
@dracula - I have a feeling they'll get the writers of the first Simpsons movie to come back, meaning it'll be good. And I actually liked Ted 2. It wasn't as good as the first but I thought it had a lot of good jokes.
dracula
dracula - 8/13/2018, 3:56 AM
Simpsons: Too late, first movie managed to be good, but the show has been crap for way too long now, hell it was crap before the first movie came out. Just end it already.
Family Guy: Worst than the Simpsons, it was great for its early seasons until it got cancelled. The seasons that happened when it came back started off great, but it wasnt the same as it was previously, and after a few years the problems just got worst, its the worst thing fox has.
Bob's Burgers: Havent watched that much of it, but heard its good.
Fox needs to cancel Simpsons, Family Guy and American Dad, and get some new blood in the studio, hopefully Disney will cancel this crap and do some good stuff
StormXmen123
StormXmen123 - 8/13/2018, 4:00 AM
@dracula - I love American Dad. I think Simpsons and Family Guy have fun their course. But American Dad has stayed strong.

I think the diversity in characters allows for stories to be fun. Roger essentially becomes a new character every week.
dracula
dracula - 8/13/2018, 4:04 AM
@StormXmen123 - American Dad is probably the best of Seth Mcfarlan's shows right now, but I never saw it as anything special, its funny, but I never thought it was that funny. Really they just need to end Family Guy and Simpsons, they have both been bad longer than they were ever good
JohnnyTBP
JohnnyTBP - 8/13/2018, 4:42 AM
New Mutants yes. Dark Phoenix hell no
McFly13
McFly13 - 8/13/2018, 4:57 AM
American Dad was sold to TBS around 2015...
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 8/13/2018, 5:01 AM
I still want an Archer movie, one where whomever they cast as Archer has all of their lines dubbed by H. Jon Benjamin.
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