Disney has shown the way: secured itself with clever acquisitions the Mickey Mouse Group is some of the most important entertainment brands of all time, sometimes at dirt cheap prices. This was secured in 2012 by taking over George Lucas' production company Lucasfilm the rights Star Wars or Indiana Jones. For a sum that today seems downright ridiculous $4.05 billion. The next takeover was significantly more expensive.
In 2019, Disney paid incredible amounts $71 billion for 20th Century Fox, which was then renamed 20th Century Studios. The most expensive takeover in the history of the US film industry to date includes rights to The Simpsons, Home Alone, Titanic, AvatarFamily Guy, Planet of the Apes and last but not least the X-Men including Deadpool and Wolverine as well as this legendary Marvel superhero group.
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So that Disney doesn't buy out the entire market, the Playstation manufacturer Sony is apparently preparing to buy up a very special competitor. However, it is not the video game business with Nintendo and Xbox that is affected, but Hollywood.
Sony wants to buy competitors – is the deal worth it?
In summary, Sony Paramount want to buy. Among other things, this would give you access to the Star Trek film and series licenses. Tom Cruise is with Top Gun and Mission: Impossible also a regular at Paramount. One of the most successful series of all time also comes from the film company with the iconic Sněžka in the logo. How much should Paramount cost?
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In the past there have already been $11 billion for Paramount Pictures offered. The entire company is even said to belong to the joint venture between Sony and the investment company Apollo $26 billion be worth. Whether the deal actually goes through is still up in the air, but it would be a huge advantage for the PlayStation manufacturer and Spider-Man rights holder.
The takeover could be doubly worthwhile for Sony. In addition to the rights to Star Trek and also Transformers, one would the streaming service Paramount Plus and would no longer be dependent on streaming chaos with Netflix and Disney Plus. And who knows? Maybe one or two Star Trek games will be released for a possible PlayStation 5 Pro.
Source: The New York Times