{"id":135312,"date":"2017-11-06T15:53:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T22:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=135312"},"modified":"2017-11-07T07:50:50","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T14:50:50","slug":"might-finally-get-avengers-vs-x-men-etc-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/06\/might-finally-get-avengers-vs-x-men-etc-movie.html","title":{"rendered":"We might finally get an “Avengers vs X-Men’ (etc.) movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

That is, if the current negotiations to sell 21st Century Fox’s studio\/media properties to Disney comes to pass.<\/p>\n

I’m not usually big into major media consolidation, but I’m willing to do it so that Marvel Studios could get the X-stuff back and<\/b> the Fantastic Four. Wowzers.<\/p>\n


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\n21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell to Disney: Sources<\/a><\/span>
\n21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell most of the company to Walt Disney Co., sources say.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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That is, if the current negotiations to sell 21st Century Fox’s studio\/media properties to Disney comes to pass. I’m not usually big into major media consolidation, but I’m willing to do it so that Marvel Studios could get the X-stuff back and the Fantastic Four. Wowzers. 21st Century Fox has been holding talks to sell … Continue reading “We might finally get an “Avengers vs X-Men’ (etc.) movie”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35,11,263,525,28],"tags":[903,1314,522],"class_list":["post-135312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business","category-media-comics","category-disney","category-marvel-cinematic-universe","category-media-moguls","tag-disney","tag-fox","tag-marvel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/unnamed-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30378,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/27\/and-in-the-role-of-the-20th-century-fox-joss-whedon-mark-millar.html","url_meta":{"origin":135312,"position":0},"title":"And in the role of The 20th Century Fox Joss Whedon, Mark Millar","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 27-Sep-12 2:37pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Hmm.On the one hand, Millar can be creative. 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