10 Scandals Disney REALLY Wants You To Forget
1. The Fact It’s Slowly But Surely Taking Over The Entertainment Industry
In the last decade alone Disney made massive moves to expand
its empire with its surprise acquisitions of both Marvel Entertainment and
Lucasfilm and with its $71.3 billion takeover of 21st Century Fox
practically a done deal Disney is one step closer to owning half of Hollywood.
Such a monopoly of the entertainment industry is understandably worrying yet the Disney-Fox merger was given the official go-ahead by the US Department of Justice who found the takeover wasn’t in violation of its antitrust laws designed to ensure fair competition. Nevertheless, this means that Disney is about to wield a massive amount of box office power with approximately a 39% share of the theatrical market.
Just to put things in perspective the Disney-Fox takeover will mean Disney owns such properties as X-Men, Deadpool, Alien, Predator and Avatar. And that’s in addition to Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Perhaps most sadly, the deal means that Disney will also own The Simpsons which funnily enough predicted the takeover back in a 1998 episode and has routinely taken the mickey out of Disney over its 30-year history. It probably won’t be making as many jokes at Disney’s expense in the future.