like 3 disney remakes a year

3 Marvel movies

a Star Wars

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they own 40%

the FOX side of Marvel seems gone but there are other properties there

yeah, did you notice Dumbo, Aladdin and Lion King came out months apart

what's weird is they put them against Marvel movies essentially

Disney animation used to be on a strict schedule of 'once every 4 years'

Disney doesn't compete with its own movies

they're potentially cannibalising themselves putting Lion King against Far from home

normies don't think "should I see Spider-Man OR Lion King?" they see both

at the same time as Toy Story 4 too

that too

wait

WAHT TOY STORY 4

And now we have the slowest box office in 2 decades

what rock have i been living under

I've been living under the rock known as work

I saw a kid on the bus the other day with a Sporky toy and it got me thinking how that would work within the universe

Disney is like those giant irons from FLCL. Just sterilizing everything so we're all dumb paypigs for shit entertainment

what happens to toys of toys story characters?

especially ones that professionally made toy versions of amateur toys

eh if they make good stuff I'll watch it, if not I won't same rule as always for me

mass quantity doesn't necessarily mean low quality

but I doubt they'll see big returns for long if they flood with 3 remakes a year

they used to do remakes/sequels to hold onto rights but Lion King was probably 80+ years away from that

is the profit from the remakes more than what they'd get for a remaster release?

Disney now has until 2023 to figure out how to extend that date once again. Enter Steamboat Willy, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon and the first animated short by Walt Disney in 1928. Under the 1909 Copyright scheme, the Mickey Mouse character had copyright protection for 56 years (with the renewal), expiring in 1984

Mickey Mouse as Public Domain?!!??! NAY SAY DIZNAY

hmm I'd imagine some non disney cartoons would be pushing into public domain by now like Little Lulu or Felix

they still have a trademark on Mickey too don't they?

yeah

but there's no trademark infringement I believe

like there is for copyright infringement

if someone uses it they just sue don't they?
I know trademarks do have a higher expectation of defence on the owner's part

I go apeshit for cape shit.

so you can use the Superman S in stuff without getting sued, so I think you can use the name and visage of "mickey mouse" in your own art but not as it pertains to the disney logo

disney logo doesn't have mickey mouse in it anyway, its the castle with tinkerbell flying in an arc over it

I think Mickey's name is trademarked

so in theory you could remake Steamboat willy but not call the character Mickey I guess