you will find outWhen does jetix become a thing?
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you will find outWhen does jetix become a thing?
I've gotta a what if for ya, what if disney outbids Turner and aquires Hanna barbera?I just had a what-if for Warner Bros. a couple of days back (and yes, it's around the mid-90s, which I chose to skip, don't worry, I'll get back to late 90s-early 00's after this)
What if... Warner Bros owned DreamWorks?
You might be thinking that this is a bit stupid, but consider the following:
- Warner has no New Line, since that's with Paramount
- DreamWorks OTL made some shows for Nickelodeon and NBC (Penguins of Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda: LOA, Monsters Vs Aliens, Father Of The Pride)
- Warner needs something to stand up in the modern-day animation industry, considering that they have no Hanna-Barbera (they have Nicktoons, but that counts as half of a leg though, DreamWorks could make that other leg complete)
But DreamWorks ITTL would be different than OTL, so here it is:
- DreamWorks Pictures and Animation don't split in 2004, they actually got the other stake of the founders (Spielberg, Katzenberg, Geffen) bought up by Warner in 2005. The former is now a label of Warner Bros for arthouse movies, while the latter remains as its seperate studio.
- DreamWorks Animation here is different than OTL, you see, they're Warner's "premiere animation" division, and that means that they would have films catered to a general audience instead of families (so expect adult animation like Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut, and even Ren and Stimpy to join the DWA lineup)
- Continuing on the "general audiences" schtick, We'd strip out what I think are some of the weaker films that DreamWorks made (Boss Baby, Trolls, The Croods, etc.) transferring them over to Paramount's animation division (name pending), while we make some of their films PG-13 (i.e. Shark Tale, which ITTL will be called Sharkslayer, and will feature more emphasis on Oscar's shady tactics and egotisticism. and Madagascar, which would put some shine on Gloria and Melman's relationship, while adding in some language to certain characters like the grandmother. Heck, even Shrek's being put as PG-13 ITTL)
- We'd have DWA not limit themselves to CGI and allow them to do traditional animation and still distribute Aardman's films internationally.
- DWTVA would instead be focusing on adult animation and experimental TV shows (with sometimes TV shows based on DreamWorks IP, but they won't do that as much)
- We'd resurrect some cancelled movies like B.O.O and Me And My Shadow into the lineup, while taking some sequels like Megamind 2 and actually make it a solid sequel to the original (Shrek The Third won't exist though)
- We could have Steven Spielberg do creative operations with Katzenberg and Brandt/Cevrone to run the animation studio and its sister counterpart, Warner Bros. Animation. Considering that Spielberg had some ties with Warner before DreamWorks existed.
- PDI here would exist as a multipurpose effects studio for Warner Bros, DreamWorks and even other studios. (They'd mostly compete with Pixar and ILM in terms of everything)
Alrighty that's all I've got for DreamWorks and Warner Bros. Hope y'all like it.
To be honest, I think Disney's perfectly fine.I've gotta a what if for ya, what if disney outbids Turner and aquires Hanna barbera?
Well then you haven't watched with yet.To be honest, I think Disney's perfectly fine.
I didn't watch Wish, tell me why Disney wants to get HB?Sorry I meant to spell wish.
The Great Saban-Fox dispute: Beginnings
so around the 1996-97 season, Haim Saban and Rupert Murdoch have proposed a merger between Saban Entertainment with Fox Kids into one unified division in order to streamline operations, which was widely welcomed at the time, because of streamlined programming operations and planned international growth, but was concerning to some, especially considering how the shows would be handled, and how the network overall would be programmed...
anyway, Saban and Murdoch were increasingly optimistic about this merger, but a Fox Kids executive wasn't convinced, and he immediately began to leak Saban's plans and start a strike, with various concerned employees, joining the strike with said executive.
having feared the loss of programming diversity to shows like Power Rangers and Digimon. Saban's "secret plan" was leaked at the same time the strike happened. with which unfortunately led to a lawsuit between Haim Saban and News Corporation, and oh boy,
things aren't gonna turn out well...
would Saban win the lawsuit and the plan goes normally, or would the executive win and the block goes back stronger, while Saban packs up to another studio? let's find out what happens next...
Wow...........that's crazy....
The Great Fox-Saban Dispute: LawsuitSo, to continue on what I said, Saban's plans were leaked around the same time the strike began, Haim Saban was worried about his career at Fox falling apart at the time, and ended up settling on a lawsuit against the News Corporation and the various Fox employees on strike... Fox Kids programming was temporarily suspended on Fox stations at the time because the trial ended up taking weeks, to months to figure out...
Saban rentlessly continued arguing about his plans working due to maximum profitability, while the employees on strike argued against him as they wanted Fox Kids to catch up with its audience and potential competition (especially ol' orange, check and maybe mouse)
and after a week of consideration, the jury has ruled in favor of the employees on strike, and has forced Haim Saban to find a new partner, and so, he ended up cutting all ties with Fox and put the broadcast rights to his shows up for auction...
the new Fox Kids might emerge or smth, and Saban finds an unlikely partner whom have relaunched their channel to catch up with the competition...
it's gonna get even crazier... after I finish my talks with the Multithink guysWow...........that's crazy....