DISNEY KILLS OFF MULTIPLE FOX FILMS
Posted: 082019

The merger between Disney and Fox has resulted in Disney killing of several Fox films. The first film to go was the adaptation of Mouse Guard due to the excessive budget. Also dropped were Paul Greengrass’ News of the World and the adaptation of Angie Thomas’ best-seller On the Come Up. News was picked up by Universal while Come Up was picked up by Paramount. The box office failure of The Hate U Give made Disney rethink doing the film. Ted Melfi’s mental-hospital-set film Fruit Loops” which was to star Woody Harrelson is also likely to be put in turnaround and offered up to who ever wants the film. Projects that are safe are: the Avatar sequels, Kingsman: The Great Game, Fear Street, West Side Story, Free Guy and Death on the Nile. The first film to get approved under the merger is Clint Eastwood’s The Ballad of Richard Jewell. Expected to remain in the planning stage is Artemis from Phil Lord and Chris Miller. The film will be based on The Martian author Andy Weir’s 2017 novel and takes place in the late 2080s and is set on the first and only city on the moon.

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