Disney has been steadily buying up all the competition in Hollywood, so by now they’ve created an imperium that’s hard to keep track of. Do we even know what is and what isn’t owned by Disney anymore?
Don’t worry – I’m here to help. Let’s take a look at some of the biggest brands that Disney currently owns.
Marvel
Well, we all knew this
since the Disney logo is shown at the start of every MCU movie since Iron Man
3. They paid a hefty sum for the property, but it’s made them billions as well.
Lucasfilm
And Star Wars also
belongs to Disney now. George Lucas sold his company and the rights to the
intellectual property a few years before the creation of Episode VII: The Force
Awakens. Since then, we’ve been hit with a Star Wars movie for pretty much
every year.
Pixar
Remember when there were two companies that made animated movies? Yeah, Disney doesn’t like too much direct competition. They did what they do best and just outright bought Pixar.
Fox Studios
Ever since Disney got
hold of the Marvel properties, this was bound to happen. They’ve been looking
for ways to get all the Marvel superheroes in their hands but because of the
way the Marvel rights were splintered, it hasn’t been too easy. They struck a
deal with Sony, which is volatile at best, and bought Fox Studios to get the
X-Men (and all the other Fox properties, like The Simpsons, Alien and the
upcoming Avatar movies).
ESPN
Micky Mouse even has his
own sports channel. There’s nothing these guys haven’t thought of in their
quest for media dominance. Disney owns a 80% share in ESPN.
The History Channel
And even the more
informative TV channels aren’t safe from Disney. The History Channel only belongs
to Disney for 50%, but that also means that they have a big enough share in it
to not be simply case aside.
ABC
The ABC channel
completely belongs to Disney, so that rounds out their trip into tv media with
a more entertaining TV channel.
Touchstone Pictures
Yup, not every Disney movie is a Disney movie. Disney also owns Touchstone Pictures, probably for the more “we don’t think these are Disney approved” movies.
