Fox Shareholders Will Decide Whether To Sell To Disney Or Consider Comcast's Offer In July

Fox Shareholders Will Decide Whether To Sell To Disney Or Consider Comcast's Offer In July

Well, it appears as if we'll finally get some clarification about whether or not the X-Men and Fantastic Four are heading back to Marvel because a date has been set for a vote which will decide Fox's fate.

By JoshWilding - May 30, 2018 05:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Disney
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
It's been confirmed today that Walt Disney and 21st Century Fox have set a date of July 10th for shareholders to decide whether or not the latter company sells the bulk of its assets to Walt Disney or instead considers a potential offer from Comcast Corp (they recently made their intentions clear to offer a cash bid which could bring a swift end to the merger which has comic book fans so excited).
 
Should Comcast make that deal before this vote takes place, "21st Century Fox may postpone or adjourn the special meeting of its stockholders to allow reasonable additional time for the filing, mailing, dissemination and review by its stockholders of any such disclosure prior to the meeting."

Unfortunately, it's hard to imagine that Comcast won't put in that counterbid before then but it's also possible that they'll wait to see how Fox's shareholders respond to the Disney deal because a negative result could go in their favour. Either way, it now appears as if we're
closer to finally getting some answers about whether or not the X-Men and Fantastic Four really are on their way to the MCU.

Disney still seems like the better bet but should Comcast offer considerably more money, shareholders could be wooed by the rival company. If that happens, the good news is that the Deadpool franchise will live on in its current form. The bad news is so will every single one of Fox's Marvel movies!
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SpiderParker14
SpiderParker14 - 5/30/2018, 5:43 AM
FOX, if you know what's good for you, you'll side with Disney. You'll be all the better for it!
PINOYFAN
PINOYFAN - 5/30/2018, 5:54 AM
@OptimusPrime114 - Why exactly?
KWilly
KWilly - 5/30/2018, 5:48 AM
Comcast is the villain of this story. Disney is the hero. We all know who usually wins at the end.
PINOYFAN
PINOYFAN - 5/30/2018, 5:54 AM
@KWilly - Yeah but what if it's an Infinity War type of story?
Skrull
Skrull - 5/30/2018, 6:06 AM
@PINOYFAN - Then half of life as we know it is dead.
KWilly
KWilly - 5/30/2018, 6:26 AM
@PINOYFAN - Lol, Comcast wishes they were as cool as Thanos.
PewPewPew
PewPewPew - 5/30/2018, 7:37 AM
@KWilly - So you still haven't seen Infinity War?
SisterSunday52
SisterSunday52 - 5/30/2018, 11:45 AM
@KWilly - Are we sure? Disney is better learning how to handle Marvel properties since 2017, but they're not there yet. Plus, look what they've been doing to Star Wars. Everything may look more comic accurate, but will it feel right? I don't want Wolverine going, "Is Magnet O there? I'll hold."
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 5/30/2018, 5:50 AM
"the good news is that the Deadpool franchise will live on in its current form. The bad news is so will every single one of Fox's Marvel movies!"

"X-MEN: APOCALYPSE Review; "The Best Instalment Of The Franchise And On Par With Some Of Marvel's Best Movies" - Josh Wilding

Nightwing1015
Nightwing1015 - 5/30/2018, 5:53 AM
Can we all just agree that if the deal doesn't go through to never see a Fox Fantastic Four film again? They belong with Marvel.
BloodyBed
BloodyBed - 5/30/2018, 6:28 AM
@Nightwing1015 - I don’t think you’re going to have to work very hard to convince people not to see another fox f4 movie..
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