Post by stanch on Jun 28, 2023 3:35:05 GMT
As we are well aware of on this forum, the history of Paramount's many divisions and subsidiaries, from Viacom to CBS and everything in between, is a convoluted mess.
I personally hope its current state as Paramount Global is the final form it takes, come Hell or high water. But that's besides the point.
How does this involve the House of Mouse? Simply put, I want to do to Disney what National Amusements did in 2006.
I want to turn The Walt Disney Company into a holding company that everyone thinks has just shrunken in size.
To prove my point, here's how I shall accomplish it:
Also, their stake in A&E Networks, plus any other partial assets they may have, are sold off to cover for this. They still own 80% of ESPN, though.
Thoughts?
I personally hope its current state as Paramount Global is the final form it takes, come Hell or high water. But that's besides the point.
How does this involve the House of Mouse? Simply put, I want to do to Disney what National Amusements did in 2006.
I want to turn The Walt Disney Company into a holding company that everyone thinks has just shrunken in size.
To prove my point, here's how I shall accomplish it:
- Disney-Pixar Animation Studios: Disney's mainline animation studio. A merger between Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios, this subsidiary covers feature films, shorts, and the occasional theme park event. We do get a new logo as a result, in which Mickey and Luxo Jr. interact in some form.
- Disney Television Animation: The TV studio for Disney. This branch of the company is where most of the animated originality lies, but it also dabbles in existing properties on its own from time to time. Its biggest draws are Darkwing Duck, Kim Possible, Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls, and Big City Greens.
- Walt Disney Pictures: The film studio for the House of Mouse. This is where the live-action films are housed, with a renewed emphasis on making new franchises for their actors and actresses to flourish in. Some of them have had very lucrative roles in the MCU.
- Hyperion Parks and Resorts: Disney's theme park business remains in operation after the shift into becoming a holding company. Not only does their global outreach from America to China keep chugging along, but Buena Vista Theatres, Disney Theatrical Group, Disney Retail, D23, and all else that heavily involves the Disney Parks are folded into this venture. The catch is that it's now named after Hyperion Avenue. And before you guys ask, I do know about Hyperion Pictures. The thing is, Disney owns their best-known projects anyway, those being The Brave Little Toaster and The Proud Family.
- Marvel-Lucasfilm Enterprises: After all these years, Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm Limited have finally merged together. They also brought The Muppet Studio into their fold as well, due to Kermit's history with both of them. Not only that, but movies based on these beloved characters can finally be distributed by other studios again.
- 20th Century Studios: This branch was the sole reason I wanted Disney to turn itself into a National Amusements-esque holding company. Because buying the studio formerly known as Fox was the last straw for a lot of people desperate to believe they weren't too big to fail. And while we're at it, let's revive Blue Sky Studios as well.
- National Geographic: Yes, I'm making this a different company than 20th Century Studios. But I am considering relocating the Disneynature division over here, just to be sure.
- Kingswell Incorporated: To summarize, this is where the likes of American Broadcasting Company, Disney Music Group, Disney Studio Services, Disney Interactive, Hulu, Movies Anywhere, Disney Publishing Worldwide, and most of the miscellaneous parts of Disney's empire would fall under.
- Buena Vista International: Because of course turning Disney into a holding company would mean the return of the Buena Vista name somehow, why do you ask? Regardless, this is where Disney's European, Asian, and Latin American units are merged into. Star+ is included in this merging as well.
Also, their stake in A&E Networks, plus any other partial assets they may have, are sold off to cover for this. They still own 80% of ESPN, though.
Thoughts?