Just thought it was interesting how these things happens over the course of studio buyouts.

Disney owns the rights to the Batman 1966 movie (the series itself is distributed through WB) via their acquisition of 20th Century Fox.

Warner Bros. owns the rights to the Blade trilogy. Marvel sold the rights in 1992 to New Line which was bought by Turner in 1994, which was bought out by Time Warner in 1996. By 2008 Warner Bros took over distribution of the New Line library . They also own the rights to the short-lived Blade TV series.

It was also interesting how the first Blade had no Marvel branding whatsoever, I had no idea it was a Marvel movie when it came out. I think it wasn't added until the third movie, probably to ride the hype of the Xmen and Spider-man movies.

This is what I think would've happened if Disney managed to buy Warner Bros. instead of Fox.

I follow a lot of Warner fan/history accounts and came upon a post that’s showing Cartoon Network properties on Disney+ which seems crazy because….well…a lot of reasons.

Is Disney going to eat WB?!

Please, Disney, acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery before Paramount Skydance gets hands on Warner Bros. so Mickey Mouse can save Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes as Cartoon Network characters.

I can see Warner Bros Pictures logo under The Walt Disney Company.

What if Disney acquiring Warner Bros instead Paramount buys WBD?

Wow. Which one do you dislike the least?

Edit: I was incorrect I meant movie and tv studios as I only listed the movie studios. My apologies.

Edit 2: This doesn’t mean I’m against entertainment because no matter what I’ll always love films and television shows. It’s just a scary thought about the continuing fact that studios are being owned by other companies/studios and passing anti trust laws. At the end of the day what can be done. This also applies to companies in general beyond the entertainment industry.

Edit 3: Forgot to add the fact that Sony owns Columbia and Tri Star.

Edit 4: National Amusements own Viacom which owns Paramount and CBS.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-07/netflix-co-ceo-ted-sarandos-wooed-trump-personally-ahead-of-warner-bid

Netflix management has debated pursuing just about every major asset put up for sale, including Electronic Arts Inc. and Fox. They had even debated acquiring Disney. But executives could never coalesce behind a deal. Nor did they want to hurt their stock price by overpaying for an asset that traded at a much lower multiple. They feared what a deal would signal to their investors.

How would this affect not only the timeline, but also the movie industry? If Disney bought Warner Bros., what would happen to 20th Century Fox?

As the buyout of Warner Bros. Discovery has started and Comcast is confirmed to being their most favorite, it will be even better with The Walt Disney Company acquired as well.

Bob Iger will step-down as CEO of Disney very soon and if he will plain to sell the company to Comcast, then that will be an absolute win.

Thank god Disney will has no plans to buy WBD now. But what about Paramount, Comcast, and Netflix, who the studio to buy WBD?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-07/netflix-co-ceo-ted-sarandos-wooed-trump-personally-ahead-of-warner-bid

Netflix management has debated pursuing just about every major asset put up for sale, including Electronic Arts Inc. and Fox. Thev had even debated acquirinc Disney. But executives could never coalesce behind a deal. Nor did they want to hurt their stock price b' overpaying for an asset that traded at a much lowe multiple. Thev feared what a deal would sianal to their investors.

During Walt Disney's lifetime, Warner Bros and its most prominent property Looney Tunes were a credible competitor. Now, Warner Bros is worth $25.98 billion compared to nearly $200 billion for Disney. Disney has around double the annual revenue. This is despite owning properties such as Scooby Doo, the aforementioned Looney Tunes, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, The Flintstones, DC Comics, the Sopranos, Game of Thrones, The Wizard of Oz and Godzilla. Is it because Warner Bros made it big in the theme park business? Is it because of Disney's acquisition spending spree under Iger, which added Marvel, Pixar, Lucasfilm and 21st Century Fox? From 2005 to 2020 under Iger net profits rose 300%.

It's been at the whim of much larger conglomerates ever since then, so it being bought out by Paramount-Skydance, Comcast or Netflix isn't actually anything new. You could argue that the original Warner Bros already died in 1996 when it merged in all the Turner stuff like CNN, Cartoon Network, Hanna Barbera, New Line, Castle Rock and MGM's pre 1986 library (which was probably larger than the Warner library itself)